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Will Sleeping on Your Side Affect the Result of Facial Fat Transfer?

hannah3Oct 23, 2010
I had facelift revision and fat transfer to face and lips 3 days ago and am able to sleep on my side. If i do, would this affect the position of the fat transfer in my face.

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Vincent P. Marin, MD, FACS

I am sorry to hear you are not happy with your results, however, you may continue to lose volume depending upon how far out from your procedure you are at the moment.  If you are a few weeks out, there will likely be continued resorption of your fat to about 50% of the initial volume is what we ...

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