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Can you surgically shift fat from lower cheek to upper cheek dent from under the skin? (fat 'injections' don't work) (photo)

4ever YoungJan 4, 2022
I have two areas of dents in my left cheek, from Exillis RF treatments that killed fat. Normal fat injections from lipo (even w/ subcision) only created donut effect due to scarring. Done years ago. Good news: During lower eyelid blepharoplasty, doctor shifted a fat mass over - it survived. Months later, I got talked into Infini RF -- it killed the fat & my dent came back. Can you surgically shift extra fat from my lower cheek to upper cheek dent from under the skin? (not fat 'injections').

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Dr. Dean P. Kane, MD, FACS
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Answered on Jan 7, 2022
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