badfatgraft

FAMI

Liposuction to Remove Fat Transfer Overfill - Houston, TX

Sorry, Mike, I have never heard of that Doctor. Just be careful with the fat grafting. You could end up regretting it, as many others on here have.

Hi, Badfamifat. Sorry to hear about your experience. "You do not understand the FAMI procedure". I can't tell you how many times they regurgitated that statement to me. Or "You had a GRAFT, remember!" Ohhhh, NOW it makes sense! I don't have to understand it to see what a bad result it is. As if "understanding" the procedure will make you see a better result when you look in the mirror. Dr. Amar is trying to leave behind a legacy with his FAMI technique, but it is quickly becoming evident after so many failed results, that this arrogant doctor will not achieve the notoriety that he is striving for of becoming a respected pioneer in the plastic surgery community. He doesn't care about his patients, which is why he does not warn them of the possible complications associated with his FAMI Technique. That is why i started this thread, to bring to light that this method of fat injection, by this doctor, is very risky and that you can get WAAAAY more than you bargained for if you go this presumptious plastic surgeon. I suppose now I know why they always keep the front door to their office locked, even during office hours, until they can identify you through a peephole to let you in. Maybe they're fearful of angry patients coming to their office demanding answers besides "You do not understand FAMI."

I'm not trying to scare you, simba454. You may still have a great result and be happy with it. I'm sure many people have. I'm just telling you what they told me and my experience. They told me initially i would be swollen for only a month or so. They told me I would lose the result after about a month. I actually lost the result after about five months. I didnt actually lose it all, everything looked great. I was so happy with the result. It looked completely natural and my cheek scars were nicely filled in but not overfilled. Then after a couple of weeks, the graft seemed to grow and I looked swollen and inflated again for about a year and a half.

Read my earlier posts to see my experience and the things I discovered as to the cause of this sudden growth of fat cells. Sylvia told me this loss of result and return of the result happens to nearly all FAMI patients.

I am from the U.S. and flew to Marbella to have the FAMI done by its founder. After being told everything I wanted to hear, I made the biggest mistake of my life letting him work on me.

Legal action will only get me money from him and thats assuming i win. Since I am not disfigured or injured, I doubt i'd win. Besides, getting my money back or even more out of him would not fix my problem. I'd still be stuck with this extra fat in my face. All the money in the world won't make me feel better or find someone who can help me.

Even patients who are four or six years out from the FAMI will tell you that they see improvements after three, four, five years. I dont know what this means, but in my case, it seems like the fat softens a little and does look a bit more natural. But too much fat is till there in my lower cheeks after two and a half years.

But really, try not to worry. Even the doctor will tell you that things are still changing within the first few months.

E-mail me privately if you want some more info.

I'm glad you got a good result then, simba454. Except for your one cheek. I guess he did a good job on you. I was swollen for about four months. When i sent pictures to Dr. Amar after eight or nine months, he thought i had gained weight, but i had not. He just overfilled my face in my case.

There are others I've talked to who have had FAMI with Dr. Amar and did not have any fillers of any kind in their faces and ended up with dents and creases in their cheeks or under the eyes. I did not have any fillers in my face and I ended up with a dent in one of my tear troughs. What happened in my case then?

Dr. Amar tells you not to push or press down on the grafts after the FAMI procedure, because you can disrupt the fat cells before they have a chance to establish a blood supply from the nearby vessels. So, it is clear that you can cause the fat cells to die in the first few days after the procedure. That's what he told me. They even tell you not to move your face too much or talk too much because you can interrupt the grafts survival. Did they tell you that after a month or so, it would look as if you lost your result, but then the result would reappear? He claims no one understands why this happens, but Sylvia warned me about this.

I hope your result stays and that you are happy and the dent resolves on its own. All i'm saying is that if they lied to me, I know I am not the only one out there who has had a poor result.

There's a reason Amar doesn't get too much attention or get asked to show his patients in person at plastic surgery conventions in the States. He's not doing anything unique or exceptional. He may have a great understanding of facial human anatomy but there's nothing exceptional about his technique.

Also, I remember when i woke from the surgery, I had tiny cannulae insertion scars at various points on my face, like chin, under nose, just above eyebrows, on the sides of the mouth, along hairline by the temples and on the upper cheek at the tear troughs. All of the little scars healed and are completely invisible except the ones on the upper cheek. Maybe this is why we have these dents there. I am fair skinned and they sometimes look red. Of course, if you ask him, he'll probably say he did not insert a cannulae through there, but i remember what i saw after i woke up and for the next few days.

Sorry, the beginning of the last paragraph should read "Ask the doctor what is giving you the volume you now have."