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Upper molar removed - asymmetric cheeks. Fat transfer or filler, to get result I'm looking for? (Photos)

I had to get an upper molar removed. It caused one cheek to be more sunken then the other. See photos. First photo shows the sunken apearance. The second shows the result I'm hoping for. I do not want volume on my cheekbone or jaw. Just that one small area of my lower cheek. Where the red arrow is. Would filler migrate? Or is fat graft best?

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