My Face Seems Round and Too Big One Week After Facial Fat Transfer, Is It Swelling? (photo)

It is pretty normal to be bruised, swollen, and generally look like a monster for the first two weeks after a full face far graft surgery.  By week 6 or 8 you will generally be much much happier with the result and then by month 4 you will be telling the doctor that none of the fat survived (although that would also not be correct).  So try to relax and heal from your recent surgery.

You certainly will have a significant amount of normal swelling this soon after surgery. This should dissipate with time so I wouldn't have anyone try to remove fat this early. Also, not all of the fat grafted survives so you'll find that the ultimate result will be much less than your current appearance.

In these early stages of healing, sleeping with your head elevated at least 30 degrees can help with bringing the swelling down.

Give yourself time for the swelling to go down and the expected volume resorption to occur. It is natural to lose about 50% of the volume that was initially injected in the first several weeks following the procedure. It is common to overcorrect in anticipation of the natural loss of the volume that is being injected. That along with the fact that much of the fat is being deposited under the muscle on top of bone creates a lot of swelling. I would give yourself about 4-5 months before you have a more accurate picture of what your final appearance will be.