What is Average Cost of Fat Injection to Upper Eyelids?

The cost in our office for a Fat transfer procedure is about 2700$. It take 1 to 1.5 hrs to perform under local anesthetic.  I would be very careful about having fat injected into the upper eyelid. Risks of injury to the ocular globe, blindness from a fat embolic event and visual distortions are higher than injections in other areas. I am a big advocate of fat injection to the cheek and tear trough region, lips, smile lines and glabella lines.  Make sure you go to a Certified Plastic Surgeon with fat transfer experience of course.

Upper eyelid hollowness is a dramatically underappreciated, yet incredibly important component of aging in the eyelids. With normal aging, our upper eyelid fat pads tend to retract and expose this upper lid hollowness, those with “deep set eyes“ are especially prone, and unfortunately old-school upper eyelid surgery that is overly subtractive can artificially create this hollowness early, actually looking worse than it did before surgery - the before and after photo in the link below resulted from overly subtractive upper eyelid surgery with another surgeon, and you can see the results after revolumization of the upper lids. Correcting this hollowness can happen with fat or filler injections into very specific planes of the upper eyelid, or transposing and rearranging the upper eyelid fat pads to provide fullness, as you see in this surgeon’s view video, borrowing the excess fat to move into the areas lacking fullness!
To ensure you are receiving the highest level of care, seek out a modernly trained, new-school dermatologic surgeon, oculoplastic surgeon, facial plastic surgeon or plastic surgeon who is board certified and fellowship trained in one of these “core four” cosmetic specialties. Membership in organizations like the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery help to identify a highly trained surgeon.
Cameron Chesnut
#realself100 Physician

Although general plastic surgeons and facial plastic surgeons have experience in eye plastic surgery, Oculoplastic surgeons dedicate the bulk of their practice to this type of surgery. I would recommend ALSO getting a second opinion with an Oculoplastic [Eye Plastic] surgeon.

Fat grafting and filler injections may be options that are appropriate for you, and make sure you ask your surgeon [whether Oculoplastic, facial plastic, or general plastic] what their experience level is with both techniques.

There is often more than one way to achieve a desired outcome and surgeon experience and comfort may be the deciding factor in the decision making process.

Good luck.