A couple of years ago, I had fat transferred under my eyes to correct hollowing. Now, at even the smallest hint of a smile, I have a protrusion of fat under both eyes. Are there any options available to reverse the fat transfer? Is lipo an option to remove the fat or are there fat dissolving options (like Kybella is used under the chin, but for under the eye area)? Thank you.
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Fat transfer results are typically fairly close to final by three months and generally do not change much after six months from the procedure.
Facial fat transfer is by its very nature somewhat unpredictable and precise and unforgiving. some of the injected fat will survive and some of it will...
Fat grafting is not a good way to augment the chin.
There are multiple reasons for this but the first one is that the chin does not have sufficient quality post tissue to support any significant graft volume. Whatever tissue is there is not good tissue to support grafted fat. fat that survives...
Necrosis or death is a pretty definitive term but should probably always be put into context.
When grafting fat only part of the fat will become revascularized and survive in its new location. The remainder of the fat becomes necrotic and is generally absorbed by the body but can lead patients...