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Had LFT Done on my Cheeks in 2006. I Hate Them: I'm a 56yr Old Male and They Were Overdone.

I have waited 5 yrs hoping my cheeks would diminish a little. As I get older my cheeks actually look worse or bigger to me. What is my best solution?

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3 Doctor Answers | Asked by Michel56 in New Westminster, BC

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Too much fat

Another option to physically removing the fat would be to use an injection to dissolve it. You need to be evaluated to determine your options.

Michael Hueneke, MD

7 reviews

Nashville Plastic Surgeon

Over Done Fat Transfer

Dear Michel 56, Thank you for your question and photograph. It is unusual to have excess fat stay permanently after grafting to the face, but unfortunately you have been left with too much of a good thing. Sometimes transferred fat can be removed by a type of liposuction with a hand held syringe that takes fat in small amounts. It might also be possible that an open surgery could remove it if the liposuction was not successful. It would be... more

Unhappy with fat grafting

It would be helpful to look at your photos before fat grafting and compare to now. It is possible that that you were over-corrected as is possible that you were not a good candidate for the procedure

Sam Naficy, MD

85 reviews

Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.seattleface.com

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JessieR
18 Mar 2013

Dr. Naficy gets the award for the most useless response on this one! Michel56 said that his cheeks were overdone. Based on his photo, I certainly believe that he is telling the truth. He asked for the best solution to reduce the size of his cheeks. At this point, how is it relevant to Michel56’s situation to look at before photos to confirm he was overdone and determine if he was a good candidate for fat transfer in the first place? How would that make his cheeks smaller? Am I missing something? I appreciate the doctor’s willingness to respond to the patient’s question, but why respond at all if the doc isn’t going to address the question head-on?

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