I have malar mounds but am not sure it is caused by edema. In the mornings the mound is slightly worse but resolves in an hour or less and stays like that for the rest of the day. I have tried lymphatic drainage massages but they just stay the same. They aren’t very severe but they do cast a shadow and I’ve had them since I was young. I think it is due to my flatter face. Would fat grafting or sculptra help or make lymphatic swelling worse?
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Yes you can do lipofilling to add volume and make the skin healthy. Breaking up the tissue connecting the deep structures to the skin will also blunt the under-eye line you see.
Yes you need fat grafting to the cheek area. Do you have fat elsewhere in the body? If not, nowadays there are off the shelf products from MTF that are like fat, and not like filler.
Based on your photos, you are a great candidate for adding volume to the area under your eyes with fat grafting, which can be done alongside facial skin tightening, though these procedures can also be done separately. Non-surgical treatments like fillers are also likely to achieve the desired...
