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Botched Fat Transfer to the Eyes and Chin. Horrible rhinoplasty revision
UPDATED FROM Popina
2 years post
Adding more pictures
Here are more pictures of my ordeal...Notice the large bags I was left with after the fat transfer. Also, notice how my eyes were damaged after the blepharoplasty done by the doctor in an attempt to correct the overfilled eyes. It left me with scar tissue which I still have along with uneven eyes, which I also still have...
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Botched Fat Transfer to the Eyes and Chin
I've been wanting to write this review for many years now, but I did not have the strength to do it. After more than five years of feeling depressed I decided that it was time to tell my story. In 2015 I went to see Dr Guyuron for a revision rhinoplasty. He was recommended to me by some local doctors near where I live. During my revision consultation I mentioned to him that I was a bit unhappy with some small (very small) wrinkles under my eyes and some scar tissue in my chin from a prior surgery. The doctor suggested to do a fat graft into both areas (under eyes and my chin). I remember him saying something like the fat transfer under my eyes would help regenerate collagen or something similar (cannot precisely remember his words, but it was something along those lines). After my consultation, I google the doctor’s work to see how experienced he was doing fat transfers. I found one or two publications which seemed reasonable and gave me the confidence to accept his advice. WHAT A BIG MISTAKE THAT WAS...I so wish I could go back on time and say NO to his suggestion. I still do not understand WHY I was never advised about the following: 1) possible complications are lumps and bags under my eyes, 2) the fat injected into the face will get enlarged if I were to gain weight. That means, the areas where the fat is injected will grow out of proportion if I ever gained any weight. And so, that’s exactly what happened to me. My eyes were left with bags and lumps and my chin has grown out of proportion making me look older and more masculine.
Sometime after my surgery and upon realizing that the lumps under my eyes were not going anywhere, I decided to contact the Dr for a revision. ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE. He once again botched my eyes. My once beautiful almond shaped eyes where now completely botched. He left one of my eyes bigger than the other, plus a lot of scar tissue underneath both eyes. Some years later, in 2020 I decided to have a revision done by a local oculoplastic doctor who charged me U$10,000. After the surgery the Dr said that I had a large amount of scar tissue under my eyes and that the asymmetry could not be resolved. Furthermore, the oculoplastic dr said that I would have to live with the asymmetry because there was no solution to that problem. This made me even more depressed. As per my chin, the fat injected is still there and not one has been able to provide me with a solution. As I mentioned before, the more weight I gain, the larger and out of proportion my chin becomes making me look very manly and older at the same time. By the way, this was something I mentioned to Dr Guyuron and his reply was: don’t gain weight then (the words may not be exactly, but the message was). I still do not understand why Dr Guyuron would suggest such a risky treatment in a patient who did not necessarily needed it. I am currently looking for a doctor who can resolve my chin problem…..
Sometime after my surgery and upon realizing that the lumps under my eyes were not going anywhere, I decided to contact the Dr for a revision. ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE. He once again botched my eyes. My once beautiful almond shaped eyes where now completely botched. He left one of my eyes bigger than the other, plus a lot of scar tissue underneath both eyes. Some years later, in 2020 I decided to have a revision done by a local oculoplastic doctor who charged me U$10,000. After the surgery the Dr said that I had a large amount of scar tissue under my eyes and that the asymmetry could not be resolved. Furthermore, the oculoplastic dr said that I would have to live with the asymmetry because there was no solution to that problem. This made me even more depressed. As per my chin, the fat injected is still there and not one has been able to provide me with a solution. As I mentioned before, the more weight I gain, the larger and out of proportion my chin becomes making me look very manly and older at the same time. By the way, this was something I mentioned to Dr Guyuron and his reply was: don’t gain weight then (the words may not be exactly, but the message was). I still do not understand why Dr Guyuron would suggest such a risky treatment in a patient who did not necessarily needed it. I am currently looking for a doctor who can resolve my chin problem…..
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I feel so bad for you. I think I’m gonna wait:..
I also had fat grafting and noticed that when I gain weight (even a little bit) the grafted fat grows disproportionally large and looks weird. I'm also looking to get it removed. I hope we both find it
I consulted different Drs and none of them wanted to remove the fat. The reason is that the fat is injected into many different layers of the skin, so removing it would leave you with bumps all over the area.
So sorry to hear of your experience. How was the revision rhinoplasty surgery you had with him? Would yo recommend him for that?
No. I wouldn't recommend him. I was left with a flapping noise whenever I have a running nose. This was a consequence of his revision. In addition, I do not believe my nose looks natural at all.
I still think your photos are very pretty and I don't get which ones are the befores and the afters. Maybe you are very overly critical. I am not saying there is not a problem - just that you are so focused on what you think went wrong and don't see anything else? I still think you look very pretty, wouldn't notie the "lumps" and irregularities in those photos.
How don’t you see those giant folds under her eyes and how large the chin looks
Popina, this same thing happened to me. Fat transfer that went tragically wrong. But I found a doctor in Nashville who removed it all and gave me my life and my beauty back! He's an amazing man and surgeon. There is hope!
Message me if you want his name.
Stay strong,
Tracy
Hi
May I have the doctor name removed fat grafting plz
Can we have the name please and how did they remove it??

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I asked him for my money back after he ruined my nose and I’m very not happy and he sent me a layer:) I have no comment for his personality because I can not say anything nice about him!
I’m just so angry this Dr. still working without any consequences but all the patients are left with ruined faces and life as well. He reacts as a swindler