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Fat Transfer Cheeks, Nasolabial Folds and Rhinoplasty - the worst thing I've ever done

UPDATED FROM alice66
1 year post

6 months post rhinoplasty revision and facial liposuction - feeling hopefull

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alice66
$3,500
Hi guys,
6 months ago I got my nose revision and my cheeks liposuction. I was very lucky to find the best doctors in São Paulo, who performed an excelent job, both in my nose and my face. I´m feeling so gratefull and happy with my results. My nose looks better, with a proeminent nose bridge, as I wanted before.
Regarding my boched fat transfer, I got very depressed and desperated with my results for so many time. I´ve lost all my face definition and looked like a chubby child for months. I waited 6 months to get some fat absorbed, but in my case, it just stayed there firmly. After most of all swelling went down, I got a facial lipo suction. It was a very pleasing and restful procedure. I was under general anesthetic and got very little swelling, most of it coming from my nose.
Now, after 6 months of procedure, I´m still not totally satisfied with my face. I´m way better, but still have some extra fat in wrong places of my face, specially in lower cheeks.
I´ve talked to my doctors and they told me to wait more 2 months, and then we can go for a new liposuction, this time a smaller one, under only local anesthesia.
I´m very confident and hoping for the best. I trust them very much.
Well, it´s a long path to victory, and we have to be patient. I don´t know how much more I´ll have to wait to look in tht mirror and like what I see. But I´m walking toward it. If you´re in the same situation of mine, I want to tell you that it´s not impossible to get your self confidence back, but you have to be patient and strong to find the best doctor to undo your botched results. It´s not easy, I cried in despair so many times I can´t tell, but I had support of my lovely husband and my family, this is so important.
Your case is not impossible, keep it in mind. It takes time, it takes energy, it takes money, but you can do it. Step by step and you achieve your dream. Sometimes we think we´ll go crazy but stay strong! This is not your whole story, it´s only a chapter in you life.
My lovely doctor said me: Take this situation you´re going through as a very precious opportunity of learning and becoming a better and stronger person in the end.
Let´s be happy because life is good :)
Cheers,

alice66's provider

Dr Jacintho Sanchez

Replies (5)

C
May 10, 2016
Omg you look amazing, I'm so happy for you... I am considering fat transfer but I'm scared it will be overfilled. I think you look great now.
A
May 11, 2016
I would never do fat transfer. Too risky. :(
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K
May 11, 2016
Please be very very careful with fat transfer. If you are desperate to have it done, research, research and research some more ! Fat transfer is very unpredictable and if overfilled it is devastating. I would if you need it only have it done in stages, you can keep adding but cant take it out easily. Good luck wth what-ever you decide. Xx
C
May 11, 2016
Thankyou kopyto1. I would like to do it in stages, i didn't know that was an option. It's not like my regular face is to thin, I actally lost face fat due to another procedure. I am very hesitant to do this and will try fillers first if I decide to do anything at all. From my last experience I learned that plastic surgery is extremely risky and when something goes wrong it's like living in a nightmare. I wish you luck in removing the fat if that is what you are going to do.
N
May 11, 2016
Hey glad you're feeling better! Who did your revision?
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V
May 11, 2016
I know you aren't totally happy with your face, and Im sure you've heard it before, but you look fabulous. Sometimes I think that when we see something a lot (especially on ourselves), it's like that dress you look at and can't decide. Maybe you see something you think is the right one, but later you don't like it, you change and get something different. Im not making it not important by comparing to a dress, just my first though. When anyone looks at something for a long time, you forget what looks right after a while. You have been through so much trauma, and I am so sorry for your pain. I think now you must love you for you. You look so beautiful, and I hope that you can see this one day. Don't get caught up in the plastic surgery can't get out of thing. It can happen, and you may look back and see how beautiful you truly were, I hope that isn't what happens. You are young, and maybe when you're a bit older and wiser, you will also see your beauty. Good luck beautiful girl!!!!
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K
May 11, 2016
This is very true ! X
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K
May 11, 2016
Please would you post more details about the surgeon who removed the fat transfer. I have the same nightmare and the surgeons i ve consulted have said its too dificult to remove grafted fat because its very very deep. I have had two sessions of lipsuction to my cheeks in an attempt to remove overdone fat transfer and although there was a tiny improvement my cheeks remain overfilled. I am willing to travel and pay anything to remove this awful fat ! : ( Thank you in anticipation ! Xx
A
May 11, 2016
I'm sorry you had such a bad time of it. Your revision looks absolutely beautiful. I love it.
I really do. As you say, be happy, life is good :)
UPDATED FROM alice66
5 months post

5 months

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Some pictures of before/now.

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S
September 28, 2015
I love your result! You looks so cute and much younger now.
S
September 28, 2015
Lovely looking young lady!
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4
September 28, 2015
She posted shes getting microlipo in 40 days, which is a mistake. Perhaps the reason you think it is too much fat is the way it presses against your nose, but if there is anything that you are going to waste money revising - the nose is it. Not the cheeks. Round cheeks are a source of youthful features. You look young enough not to realize that. Anyways, your nose is upturned (nostrils over-exposed) and the bridge is wide. This is probably whats giving you the "too much fat" idea.
A
September 28, 2015
Hi, 4thepleas. I very much dislike my nose as well, I´m going to fix it exactly in the way you said.
A
September 28, 2015
I agree with you that a full face is nice, but everything has a limit. I didn´t want it this way, my doctor told me he´d put just a little bit, and than he put 15cc each. Now I have a round face. I don´t like my nose as well, I´m going for getting both done.
J
September 28, 2015
Sorry I didn't see the 15ccs in each comment. Ignore my previous question.
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4
September 29, 2015
Are you limited on funds and trying to combine 2 surgeries into one to save money on anesthesia ?
Cause other than that, I don't see why you wouldn't just do the nose first then see if the cheeks need reduction (They don't).
I know a few girls who have gotten lipo and now they have weird dimples.
U
September 28, 2015
He should've just put the fat in the area beneath the eye and near the nose. You had a modelesque, exotic (and yes - young!) look before which is now 'cute' because of the rounding out and blunting of your natural definition. As you get older that might look more 'heavy set' than cute. You look different right now but don't look botched or unnatural, nor unpretty (you are still gorgeous). But for the fat and nose reversal, definitely go to an expert who totally understands your requirements and do as much research as you can beforehand.
A
September 29, 2015
Yes, I dont wanna look cute like a child. This time I´m contacting several doctors. I have to trust 100%. I think my nose is the easyiest part to be fixed, I´m worried about my cheecks though. I dont have considerable lumps and the texture of the fat is quite natural, so it´s a good point in my favor. But its my face, I think it´s normal to be worried. I´m doing all I can do now, talking to doctors, reasearching a lot. Now I have to trust and wait. :/
A
September 29, 2015
Thank you for the compliments, by the way.
R
December 6, 2015
Unoq, you hit the nail on the head. I too had strong contoured cheeks and the grafting has blunted my natural definition. Worst thing I ever did. Do you know of any good ways to reverse this? I'm 7 weeks post but I'm having breakdowns from hearing "I couldn't recognize you" from old friends and colleagues. It's depressing.
J
September 28, 2015
Do you know how many cc's of fat were transfered to your face?
A
September 29, 2015
15cc each cheek. And this because I asked him to put just a little little bit.
S
September 29, 2015
I think you look cute, not like a child but like a young lady and your nose is beautiful! Good luck though
UPDATED FROM alice66
4 months post

Totally disapointed, desperated and depressed

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alice66
Well, 4 months has passed, a lot of swelling went down, but I still feel like I've taken the worst decision of my life transfering fat to my face. With 60 days my face went terribly worst, swollen like never before. I really dont know whats was going on. I got really really swollen until 3 months, so that's the reason I didn't update here earlier. Well, as you can see, my cheecks are strongly overfilled, sometimes I dont feel myself. I cry almost everyday, I think I've became obssessed about my look. I'm depressed, don't want go to work, I'm really in a bad situation. My nose is not so bad but it's not the way I thought it would be.
Well, this has ruined my life, for sure. But I'll not give up. Now I'm trying to find a new doctor who can fix my face. Its not easy, I dont have money, since I'm still paying for the first procedure. I hope I can find a good doctor to take all this fat with microliposuction. I've seen a lot of successful cases around. Despite of all, I'm optimist, I think things are going to be ok sometime. It takes time, we have to be patients and strong to face this problem with hope. There's always hope. I took some picture of last weekend, oh Jesus, awful.
Now my only desire is to take it off. In 2 months the doctor said all the swollen will be gone and I'll be ready to do it. :) Looking forward.
I wish you all the best. Keep strong. We're all winners!! :)
Thank you for the messages of support.
If anyone would like to talk about it please send me a private message.
Beijos

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L
August 28, 2015
Sometimes it takes up to 6 months for some of the fat to absorb! I think you look really cute in the first picture! Do you have a current picture of the front of your face?
X
August 28, 2015
I love it. There's more dimension to your face. You look great girl!
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V
August 28, 2015
Hi. I didn't see a picture of you prior to the surgery, however... I know we are all different and have different expectations, so I can't say you are wrong to feel how you feel. I do on the other hand, feel very compelled to tell you what I think. I see the pics you posted, and think how great you look. Not only does your nose look good, your face is not fat, not puffy, and you look like a normal young woman, with good face features. I hope you'll take some time before you get anything removed, because you really look good.. Good luck either way!
C
August 28, 2015
Do you have any lumps from the procedure because I hear its difficult to perform liposuction on lumps
A
August 31, 2015
No, fortunately I don´t have any lumps. It seems my doctor have done a good job, except for the fact that I didn´t need such volume. :(
H
August 28, 2015
Hey, I hope that you have found some comfort. I have to tell you that when I saw your face, I literally had to re-read the title thrice because I thought for some reason there had been a mistake and the title got attracted to the wrong story. I couldnt believe it because you look great and I am sure most people are thinking the same. I think the fat transfer is fantastic and so therefor it is not a problem with the procedure that has upset you but rather a discrepancy with what you had expected instead. I really do hope that You will be okay and will eventually recognise how great you look like everyone else does! All the best