“Considering Fat Transfer to Correct Overliposuction of Cheeks”

Tanya2010

Not Worth It
Spent: $5,000 in Los Angeles, CA

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Updated 6 Jan 2010

Posted 2 Jan 2010

Short story, I had my cheeks liposuctioned, this made me look frightening and it was one of the most devastating experiences. I am considering fat grafting to correct this.

The liposuction was by far the most stupid thing I have ever done to myself. I look malnourished and much much older! I should have been happy with what God gave me!

I have a question for all doctors and patients who have done this. This is a tough one and I am pretty sure the answers will differ but I would love to hear all accounts! Lets say I had about 10cc of human fat/tissue removed by tumescent liposuction (there was that much in that tube that collects the liposuctioned fragments)...to reverse would you put back in 10cc of fat during transfer? Or more to account for fat resorption during transfer? Less to account that I used the tumescent technique? I am not sure how much of tumescent fat/tissue recovered from liposuction is equivalent to purified fat which is used for fat transfer? Help?!

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Samir Shureih, MD 15 Mar 2010

To begin with there are very few indications for liposuction of the face. The reason is the fact that with aging we loose fat in the face. Therefore liposuction of the face will exacerbate the aging process. When injecting fat to the face what you should take in consideration is the goal you want to achieve, not how many cc's. Inject as muc as needed to get the ideal results. Must anlyze the face in total and decide where to inject.

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