Fat was injected into my temples to hide veins showing through my skin. The result is multiple, sizable lumps around my eyes. My doctor told me to stroke the lumps, but this has had no smoothing effect. It's been two years now . . . is there any way to smooth them to have them safely and successfully removed? They are hideous.
January 29, 2011
Answer: Lumps of fat after fat grafts
If your lumps are large then possibly small cannula liposuction may help but it probably won't remove it all and you will still have some lumpy irregularity. Excision may leaves scars and indentations, not to mention considerable temporary bruising. Injecting corticosteroid may thin the fat but has a risk of over thinning and creating changes in the coloration of the skin. There may be no perfect solution to your problem, so it may be worthwhile not treating all of them until a test area is treated with whichever modality and await its result prior to deciding if all should be treated that way.
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January 29, 2011
Answer: Lumps of fat after fat grafts
If your lumps are large then possibly small cannula liposuction may help but it probably won't remove it all and you will still have some lumpy irregularity. Excision may leaves scars and indentations, not to mention considerable temporary bruising. Injecting corticosteroid may thin the fat but has a risk of over thinning and creating changes in the coloration of the skin. There may be no perfect solution to your problem, so it may be worthwhile not treating all of them until a test area is treated with whichever modality and await its result prior to deciding if all should be treated that way.
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January 29, 2011
Answer: How to treat fat lumps after fat injection.
These will need to be surgically removed by an experienced facelift surgeon. Usually these are surrounded with scar tissue and cannot be suctioned out,
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January 29, 2011
Answer: How to treat fat lumps after fat injection.
These will need to be surgically removed by an experienced facelift surgeon. Usually these are surrounded with scar tissue and cannot be suctioned out,
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March 17, 2016
Answer: Lumpy fat transfers following fat grafting injections to temples
Microcannula liposuction could perhaps be used to extract fat or at least cause significant distortion to soften the appearance of the lumps.
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March 17, 2016
Answer: Lumpy fat transfers following fat grafting injections to temples
Microcannula liposuction could perhaps be used to extract fat or at least cause significant distortion to soften the appearance of the lumps.
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