2 Weeks Post Fat Grafting Question. Could most swelling be gone at 2 weeks?

Thanks for question but hard to answer completely without pre and post pictures to see if 30 cc of fat is enough. As far as swelling, it would be unlinkely that ALL of your swelling has resolved by 2 weeks.  Everyone's body reacts differently to surgery so we usually talk in general.I tell my patients to wait at least 3 months to see their final result.

Dear Anonymous59,

Thank you for your clinical post. Fat grafting to the face can be an excellent
way to provide volumization and shape to deflated or developmentally under
projected and volumized areas of the face.
Everybody heals differently from surgery, however, one would not expect
the swelling from the fat grafting to be gone at 2 weeks, but rather most
swelling following this procedure can take between 6 and 12 weeks to
resolve. Generally most of the swelling
is gone at 3 months and any fat cells that were going to survive, pick up a
blood supply and thrive in the recipient area would have been stabilized by 3
months. I would anticipate a more
long-term result will be visualized at this 3-6 month mark. Any contour shape enhancement of your face at
this point should be stable fat grafts then will grow or shrink depending upon
your metabolic and caloric status.

From a quantitative perspective it is a very common number 33
cc’s of fat grafting to multiple facial areas and in general we would anticipate
between 30-70% fat graft survival depending on the technique deployed and a
number of factors related to the recipient and donor site.

It would be important that you maintain contact with your
operative physician as they are in the best position to understand how the
procedure was performed and what the endpoints of your fat grafting outcomes
should be.

I hope this information has been of some assistance and best
of luck.

For more information, please review the link below.

R. Stephen Mulholland, M.D.

Certified Plastic Surgeon

Yorkville, Toronto