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Can you help with trauma to facial fat transfer several years after the procedure?

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I had a fat transfer to the cheeks/lower eyes in October 2016. It's currently July 2021 (almost five years since the procedure), and I hit my face pretty hard on one of my cheeks. Is it possible for trauma to disturb/kill transferred fat at this point? Another concern of mine is that it could cause a cyst to form. It's very sore and feels like it hurts more now than what I recall getting hit in the face felt like before ever getting the fat transfer.

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