I had an upper bleph 5 months ago and I feel like my eyes look to hollow, deep set and the shape has changed slightly to a less attractive look. I would like to regain the youthful look of my eyes and was considering fat grafting rather than fillers because I would like something permanent. I have heard mixed reviews on fat grafting to the upper eyelids and at this point do not want to risk another failure on my eyes.
Answer: It is my opinion, shared by many, that fat grafting into a hollow upper eyelid is not reliable. That is a nice way of saying that it does not work. The upper eyelid has many glide planes that need to slip over each other for the upper eyelid to work properly. Grafted fats scars these planes up. The more fat that is place, the more one ends up with a scared wad. Unfortunately, there is a prominent website out there that claims that fat grafting with a fantastic help for this issue. If only this information were accurate, but it is not. This site only services to give people a false hope or drive then into the hands of well meaning but inexperience surgeons willing to give this a try. You have 79 posts, so you should know that there is no substitute for an actual examination by a very experienced surgeon.
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Answer: It is my opinion, shared by many, that fat grafting into a hollow upper eyelid is not reliable. That is a nice way of saying that it does not work. The upper eyelid has many glide planes that need to slip over each other for the upper eyelid to work properly. Grafted fats scars these planes up. The more fat that is place, the more one ends up with a scared wad. Unfortunately, there is a prominent website out there that claims that fat grafting with a fantastic help for this issue. If only this information were accurate, but it is not. This site only services to give people a false hope or drive then into the hands of well meaning but inexperience surgeons willing to give this a try. You have 79 posts, so you should know that there is no substitute for an actual examination by a very experienced surgeon.
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Answer: Unfortunately too common Upper eyelid hollowness is a dramatically underappreciated, yet incredibly important component of aging in the eyelids. With normal aging, our upper eyelid fat pads tend to retract and expose this upper lid hollowness, those with “deep set eyes“ are especially prone, and unfortunately old-school upper eyelid surgery that is overly subtractive can artificially create this hollowness early, actually looking worse than it did before surgery - the before and after photo in the link below resulted from overly subtractive upper eyelid surgery with another surgeon, and you can see the results after revolumization of the upper lids. Correcting this hollowness can happen with fat or filler injections into very specific planes of the upper eyelid, or transposing and rearranging the upper eyelid fat pads to provide fullness, as you see in this surgeon’s view video, borrowing the excess fat to move into the areas lacking fullness!
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Answer: Unfortunately too common Upper eyelid hollowness is a dramatically underappreciated, yet incredibly important component of aging in the eyelids. With normal aging, our upper eyelid fat pads tend to retract and expose this upper lid hollowness, those with “deep set eyes“ are especially prone, and unfortunately old-school upper eyelid surgery that is overly subtractive can artificially create this hollowness early, actually looking worse than it did before surgery - the before and after photo in the link below resulted from overly subtractive upper eyelid surgery with another surgeon, and you can see the results after revolumization of the upper lids. Correcting this hollowness can happen with fat or filler injections into very specific planes of the upper eyelid, or transposing and rearranging the upper eyelid fat pads to provide fullness, as you see in this surgeon’s view video, borrowing the excess fat to move into the areas lacking fullness!
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March 11, 2015
Answer: Fat Grafting To Upper Eyelids Fat
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March 11, 2015
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March 7, 2015
Answer: Filler or fat injection is great for hollow upper eyelids/brows Yes, either fat or filler injection in hollow upper eyelids/brow region can restore youthfulness to the eyes and face. I published the first every manuscript in use of fillers for upper eyelids/brows. See link provided. See an oculoplastic specialist.
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March 7, 2015
Answer: Filler or fat injection is great for hollow upper eyelids/brows Yes, either fat or filler injection in hollow upper eyelids/brow region can restore youthfulness to the eyes and face. I published the first every manuscript in use of fillers for upper eyelids/brows. See link provided. See an oculoplastic specialist.
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February 12, 2022
Answer: Fat Grafting to upper eyelids In the right person, fat grafting to the upper eyelid can provide a very natural, yet dramatic difference in one's appearance. People can often not put their finger on what they change has been, but when looking at older photos, it sometimes becomes evident that the area has changed. Please view the following images on my eye rejuvenation gallery. Patients ##, #12, #13, #27 and #37 are all dramatic examples of what fat grafting can do for the right person. Many of my other eye area rejuvenation patients have a minimal amount of fat placed in the upper lid. The idea is to be conservative and provide a natural result.
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February 12, 2022
Answer: Fat Grafting to upper eyelids In the right person, fat grafting to the upper eyelid can provide a very natural, yet dramatic difference in one's appearance. People can often not put their finger on what they change has been, but when looking at older photos, it sometimes becomes evident that the area has changed. Please view the following images on my eye rejuvenation gallery. Patients ##, #12, #13, #27 and #37 are all dramatic examples of what fat grafting can do for the right person. Many of my other eye area rejuvenation patients have a minimal amount of fat placed in the upper lid. The idea is to be conservative and provide a natural result.
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