Hi, I have very little fat in the area between my neck and my shoulder. Instead of a straight line from my neck to my shoulder area there's a dip right before my shoulder. Are fat injections feasible for this area? Thanks
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February 2, 2012
Answer: Fat injections for contour
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Ron Shelton, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
A negative effect of fat grafting that I am seeing more and more of is over-filled faces. Fat grafting should look natural. If it looks like fat grafting, in my opinion, that is a problem. The Realself fat grafting before and after gallery includes some examples of what I believe to be natural l...
Anytime we make an incision there will be a scar. In my practice, the access site for fat harvesting is quite small since the cannula I use for harvesting is also very small.
Also, I typically hide the access site in an existing creases or, as in the case of abdominal harvesting, I'll...
Skin dimpling (contour deformities) after liposuction are very difficult to treat. Liposuction and fat transfer can be used but unfortunately no matter what the result will always be somewhat imperfect. You may require multiple treatments to improve (not to correct) your problem...
