Fat transfer to upper lip. How many ccs are needed to attain my desired volume? (photos)

Even though you’re upper lip is quite a bit smaller than your lower lip I typically don’t treat just the upper lip. 7 mL seems like a very heavy-handed amount. My approach would be to graft less maybe to cc and have you come back in for a second treatment 6 to 12 months later and slowly build up the volume.

If a significant amount of fat like half survives you’ll be stuck with a giant upper lip that’s very difficult to reverse.

The unpredictable and imprecise nature of fat transfer let me to not do facial fat transfer. Instead I do body fat transfer which is much more predictable.

I did do quite a bit of these procedures including lips in the past.

During in person consultations I would ask to see all of the providers previous results and ask how much fat was grafted in each of those.

Make sure the after pictures are taken at least 3 to 6 months from the date of the initial procedure.

I would be hesitant to have this done by anyone who does not have an impressive collection of before and after pictures.

If that’s the case consider having more consultations.

Too many people post on real self asking how fat can be removed from previously injected facial fat transfer.

Personally I recommend gradually building up the volume over a couple of procedures.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD

Even if some of the fat or a lot of the fat doesn't take (nothing is "permanent") 7 cc is a huge amount to put into lips. Really, fillers are more predictable. If too much of the fat survives you can't fix that. Be careful here.