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Reshaping the face with fat grafting (not lipo)?

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I have a fat middle face so the majority of the fat in my face kind of droops, leaving my lower face looking long and oval shaped. I have a natural eye crease from a large obicularis oculi, so when I smile I look like a chipmunk. I want to "bring up" that lower-middle face fat, to make the apple and hollow of my cheeks the more prominent point of my face so it looks less long. Asking because I don't want to lipo it and look old later. I just want to relocate and shape it. Is this possible?

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