Fat grafted to face 1 month ago - will grafted fat continue being absorbed and swelling continue going down?

At 1 month you most certainly still have swelling. Some of the swelling is probably dependent which is making the lower third of your face looks fuller. I suspect 1 month more and just about all of the swelling will receive. The amount your surgeon put in is not a lot and I suspect things will look pretty good soon enough.

Thank you for your question. At just one month postoperative, you likely do have residual swelling. Once the swelling has fully subsided, you can expect to lose about 10% of the fat each year. Best of luck!

Fat graft are always unpredictable. Normally 30-70% of fat get absorbed within 4-6 months period. After that time, it will me mostly stable. Basically, we over do the fat graft procedure on this statistics. You fat will be still be absorbing for some more time until you have your final result. Give yourself 5 more months for the final result.

This is a question which I believe should have been answered by your surgeon prior to your procedure. The face is always quite larger than the desired immediately after fat grafting for 2 reasons. First, because you are grafting live tissue and some (10-25%) of this tissue dies, you need to place more fat in the area than you would like to be there in the end. Even if the cells dye relatively quickly, the body then takes time to remove them. Secondly, because you are running a cannula back and forth within the tissues, you are creating an injury. The body responds to injury by secreting fluid as well as the hormones and other agents necessary to heal the area. This swelling then takes a while to resolve also. I, therefore, tell everyone that it will take at least 4-6 months for all this to settle to the final result. At one month, you still have significant swelling from the body's reaction as well as residual cells that will be removed by the body.