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How to correct bad facial fat grafting? (Photos)

Hi, i had fat grafting for scars and it looks very wrong. It seems overfilled in my left cheek and has a horrivleble contrast between my upper and lower cheek now. The upper area is fat. The scars are still there. Please what can i do to reverse this? At least the stark line?

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