What is the Best Way to Heal After Facial Fat Grafting to Protect the Cells? (photo)

I usually instruct patients to study the art of ventriloquism for the first 2 months and practice it. Limiting facial movements can help your fat to survive. Much of the survival is based on the technique that is done. Make sure to eat well during the first 2 months. Don't sleep on your face for 2 months if possible.

This is difficult to answer without seeing you, and knowing exactly how much and where your surgeon performed the autologous fat grafting.  When performing facelift I very often utilize autologous fat grafting at the same time, and I always over correct, so that as some of the fat is initially reabsorbed, it usually brings the injected area into a pleasing symmetry and contour not only for the patient but for the surgeon as well.  I always suggest gentle massage for the first two to three weeks, and longer if necessary, and generally speaking I have had some of my patients sustain results from fat grafting for 6 years. 

Jonathan Ross Berman, M.D. , F.A.C.S.