I am 5'7" and about 130 pounds. I recently gained about 15 pounds due to starting a new, sedentary job. I thought with the weight gain, my ribs and vertebral processes would be less visible. I have read about fat transfers for other perceived problems. Is there any minimally invasive procedure that would help with my situation? (Picture from before weight gain, but one of the reasons I started looking into ways to correct the problem.)
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August 28, 2010
Answer: Fat injections
Ron Shelton, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
Thank you for your question. My answer is likely controversial as many physicians are using filler injection around the eyes today. A perfectly placed filler injection can correct the depression beneath the lower eyelid called the dark circle or nasojugal fold which is different from the Hollow...
Structural fat grafting is a procedure in which small amounts (less than 0.1 cc at a time) of fat are carefully introduced in a series of discrete layers to gradually 'build' new soft tissue structure. As there is space between each micrograft, new blood vessels are able to grow into the grafted...
The downtime for facial fat grafting is very hard to predict from person to person but in general you will look good in 2 weeks. I find that this procedure does cause a lot of bruising particularly when done around the tear trough which is the most common place that I inject fat...
