Attached are my photos-I have extremely thin and skeletal legs, and i have a LOT of fat in my upper body. I have researched and found a doctor with extensive experience since 1996 performing fat transfer for calf augmentation. He claims fat can be placed anywhere in the lower leg, including shins/ankles, and the results are permanent. In fact, his representative told me she has never seen a patient of his in which the fat has dissolved. I just wanted some other opinions on these claims. Thanks.
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Answer: Is Fat Grafting for Skinny Legs (Calves, Shins, Ankles) a Reasonable Option? (photo
Where the skin is thin there is the potential for some lumpiness with fat transfer, but this can be minimized. One way is to use smaller amounts, another is to stage it in more than one sesison.
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Fat is an excellent filler product, and I have recommended its use in the face to restore volume for 20 years. Your photos show a very shallow midface, with a so-called negative vector of the eye-to-cheek. There are several options for dealing with this problem, including onlay...