i am having microfat grafting including under eyes area. . i had bad experiences with fillers due to overfilling or tyndall effect in the past. i am starting to think that perhaps my skin is too thin since fillers show and that fat grafting will result in lumps even though my surgeon is highly skilled in that. shall i do fat grafting to the lower eyelid? do surgeons overfill that area or do they put just enough (i read that the blood supply is good there so what if all fat thrives).
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You do not need muscle for the fat to live. Fat just needs vascularized tissue of any sort surrounding it.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA
I would fully agree with your surgeon. The rate of fat survival is very poor in the areas that see a lot of muscle activity. Most of the fat transferred to the lips is likely to disappears within a month or two.Another reason not to use fat for correcting lip asymmetry is that fat...
Thank you for your question. Very roughly, 1,000 grams or 1,000 cc's weighs approximately 2.2 lbs. While not exact this a reasonable approximation. If 2300 cc's of fat was transferred that translates to approximately 5 lbs of fat. After body contouring...