About 6 months ago I had airsculpt liposuction done around my midsection and fat grafting to my hips, and ever since then I can't sleep lying flat without waking up with very noticeable edema in the inner/upper part of my orbital areas, which can take up to a full 24 hours to resolve as long as I avoid lying flat. Over-eye swelling is not an issue I'd ever had prior to this procedure(not even while hung over). Should I be worried about permanently damaged lymphatic capillaries?
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I currently work at AirSculpt in Nashville and we inject fat with a 3mm cannula and also use Ultrasound guidance to confirm that the fat is being placed in the correct, safe tissue plane, above the muscle layer. I do not know anyone who uses a 2mm cannula to inject fat into the buttocks....
The area you were referring to is sometimes called the banana roll.
I actually don’t know the correct medical term though I suppose using Latin I could create one.
The most common term is still going to be the banana roll.
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