Is It Common to Have Scars After Fat Injections?

Hi. It's just too early to tell.  Fat transfer to the under eyes is tricky and there are frequent problems,but why worry prematurely?  You trust your surgeon.  Ask him.

Yes, steroid injections can be used to correct fat injections, but it has to be done extremely carefully. A very small amount of kenolog could be used to correct any deformity. Care to avoid injecting too superficial other wise skin pigmentation could occur.

Fat transfer is powerful way to move fat from an area of excess fat to any area in the body. Plastic surgeons are especially trained to transfer fat. A part of our practice is dedicated to fat transfers and injections. The most common areas of fat transfer in our practice is the face, breast,...

There is no good way to correct skinny legs except with exercise and muscle building.  Fat grafting and implants are not necessarily an ideal solution.

I think that you doctor is right to some degree regarding platelet rich plasma and centrifuging the fat. Fat can be something that can improve scars. Although I think depressed scars are a little harder to correct with fat grafting. Fillers were suggested by another doctor but you better be...

Fat grafting (using the patient's own fat, from the abdomen or hips) to help restore soft tissue volume around the eyes. I often perform fat grafting in the upper eyelid area to fill in hollows that occur from age, genetics or previous eyelid surgery. Too often upper blepharoplasty leaves...