I had a full facial fat transfer exactly a yea ago (under eye, cheeks, temples). Luckily it doesn't look bad, nor lumpy. However, I am still not quite satisfied with the results. I know it is a difficulty procedure to reverse. However, since there are only minor touch ups I would love to make, (such as adding a bit of contour to my cheeks) is there anything I can to do to help hollow out the cheek even a little bit? Lipo dissolving injections? RF treatment?
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Most plastic surgeons, do this by chance positioning, leaving the fat, still attached to its blood supply, and simply pulling the fat from the infraorbital fat pads through the Peri orbital septum, sometimes taking a suture to hold the fat in place in the tear trough.
For the purpose of grafting...
Successful fat, grafting requires there to be a significant host issue to support the grafted fat. The scalp has five soft tissue layers. These are the skin, connective tissue layer, galea aponeurotica, loose areolar connective tissue, and the pericranium.
None of these layers are ideal as post...
Hello and thank you for your question! Between the fat transfer, canthopexy, and buccal fat removal, I think you are looking for a substantial change to your face. Based on the picture you provided and concerns you mentioned, I think starting with fat grafting to the cheeks/mid-face could...