6 weeks ago I had some fat taken from my thigh,and put in to my cheeks and chin area.The swelling and redness, had subsided 2 weeks ago, but these last 3 days the redness has come back with a vengance, also my skin is quite dry in the areas I had treated, I have put moisturizer on, but it stings for a while soaks in,but this morning the redness is still there, i have to cover it with make up, how long should this last? begining to wish i had saved my money, and not bothered....
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In my practice, I often perform fat grafting to repair overly aggressive blepharoplasty surgery performed by other physicians. Of course cost is a consideration, but nothing is more expensive, as you have learned, than having an unfavorable outcome, and paying again for a surgery to correct a ...
I think your final results are likely not yet apparent at 6 weeks. You likely still have some overcorrection and edema distorting your result. Give it another 4 months or so before you consider any revision, as long as your operating surgeon seems to think things are going within normal limits.
For wider hips, fat transfer might be your best option - but keep in mind that harvesting is important to fat transfer. I use water-assisted fat harvesting which gives pure fat to transfer, and I combine it with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to get the most viable and sustainable fat cells. This ...
