How does facial fat/volume change during/after pregnancy?

Most women gain weight during pregnancy, so this may be what your doctor was referring to. The added weight is spread evenly throughout your body, including on your face. Therefore, you may find that your face has more volume, your cheeks are fuller, and the hollowness beneath your eyes less apparent. If you don’t gain weight, or if you lose it after delivery, however, you may find the same gauntness that’s troubling you now. If you’re currently pregnant, don’t get fillers, Botox, or any other unnecessary procedures for safety reasons. If you’re considering pregnancy, you can go ahead and get fillers now, or just wait until you’ve had your baby and are finished nursing to see if you still think you need them. Please be sure that any dermatologist you use is board-certified.

Thank you for your questions. It is hard to predict changes with pregnancy because everyone is different. The only way to tell is to wait and see. If you are planning on pregnancy, I would wait until things are stable afterward to consider treatment with fillers. Best of luck!

It's difficult to determine how pregnancy will affect your facial fat volume. Keep in mind, usually the under eyes need a combination approach with fillers and lasers, microneedling/prp to get the most improvement. Best, Dr. Emer

Pregnancy causes a distributed weight gain throughout its process. You will have more volume even on your face.You may then lose the added volume during pregnancy once you've labored. It would be advisable to have your pregnancy first before considering a surgical option to be sure you will have a safe pregnancy and also to ensure you are stable enough prior to the procedure. 

There is no way to accurately predict how your face will change during and after pregnancy. Your facial appearance is a combination of aging, weight, and your environment/lifestyle. If you lose weight after the pregnancy, it is likely that you will also lose some facial fat which can accentuate any hollowness you already see. Fillers, fat grafting, or surgery are all options which can be used to resolve the hollowness. Hope this helps!Johnson C. Lee, MDBoard-Certified Plastic Surgeon@drjohnsonlee

Every woman will have her own unique changes which are not predictable. With loss of pregnancy weight there should be some reduction of facial volume but what one's changes will be can't be known beforehand. Once the weight loss occurs then you can determine whether or not fillers may be beneficial for you.Steven Turkeltaub, MD

The changes a woman's face goes through during pregnancy are quite varied and unpredictable, and rarely last much longer than the period of breast feeding as long as the woman returns to her prepregnancy weight.