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A Close Encounter of the Botched Kind: My Fat Transfer Disaster.
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A Close Encounter of the Botched Kind: My Fat Transfer Disaster.
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I had a facial fat transfer done with this doctor back in June of 2014. It was awful. I remember the swelling was terrible and for the longest time I looked like the sasquatch from Harry and the Hendersons. I don't know what convinced me to get surgery at all. I looked so much better before I got any type of surgery. I basically paid thousands of dollars to look slightly worse and I'm still spending money trying to reverse everything I had done. I wouldn't recommend any type of elective surgery to anybody. At this point, after everything I have been through and after all the money I wasted, I wouldn't even recommend changing your hair color. I'm still left with fat pockets in my lower cheek area after all this time and it looks ugly. It has slowly gone down over time and it's nowhere near as bad as it used to be but it still looks kind of bad, especially in certain lighting. I still don't have that gaunt, slender face I used to have but I'm hoping one day I can revert back to that. Plastic surgery is a scam. It's probably the biggest scam of the modern era. And it's turning out to be a windfall for the doctors. Make it rain. I just wish I would have chose to get tattoos like every other normal 25 year old but I chose to do something even more reckless with my money and appearance and I still have to live with the consequences at age 31. I recently went to another surgeon in the Houston area to see about having the transferred fat taken out via liposuction but I was told that not only will liposuction "not work" but I needed a buccal fat removal along with a Profound treatment to correct the area. I was then shown a quote that was insultingly expensive before I literally ran out of the clinic. I felt pretty sad. But not for me. I felt bad for the poor bloke who might actually get suckered into paying that much money for something they don't need/want with no guarantee that it will even work. I'm sure there's lots of them out there. I used to be. I trust carnival workers at the bottle toss more than I trust plastic surgeons. I guess you can say I "lived and learned" but that doesn't make me feel any better. I'm basically trying to be a voice of reason on this website but I know my advice will fall on deaf ears. The chance to look more attractive/different is too tempting and money is no option! Been there, done that. Just don't be upset if you come out looking like E.T.
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5 years post
Fat pockets
I was left with weird looking fat pockets in my lower cheek area that look unsightly. It's worse when I tilt my head downward. It's not as bad as it used to be. I remember for the longest time my face looked really bloated and one side was bigger than the other. I think I'm just going to have to live with it. I have visited other surgeons to see about getting it corrected but they always say there is nothing they can do.
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5 years post
This was me before I got any surgery.
This was me back in 2011. Way before I even knew what plastic surgery was. I miss the old me. No wonder I was botched. You can't improve on perfection. I don't know why I decided to get surgery. I'm hoping one day I can go back to my original appearance.
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July 25, 2019
The actual photo is a bit faded and I was taking a picture of a picture so it's a bit hard to see. I tried editing the color and saturation of the photo to make it stand out a bit. I think I made it worse. Oh well.
July 27, 2019
I’m so sorry this happened to you! Is there any chance it’s part of normal aging process over 5 years? I’m much older than you but I’m very thin and my face has that same look. I know you don’t like plastic surgeons anymore but have any of them suggested filler? It seems like filler in your cheeks would pull that up. You look fine to me and I’m sure you notice it more than others, but I understand if it bothers you. We all look at ourselves with a more critical eye. I have the same sort of place on my face but it’s from age and being thin. Filler in my cheeks and lower face always pulls it out. It’s just expensive to keep up.
July 30, 2019
There's a poster on this site who said she turned to acupuncture to reduce the fat grafts. Maybe try that.
July 31, 2019
I won't ever get anything injected into my face again. Temporary fillers are the worst. I think it's just a clever way for plastic surgeons to bamboozle people out of their money on the regular. As far as the fat transfer was concerned, I know that if I never had it done I wouldn't be dealing with those fatty areas in my lower cheeks. It used to be really gaunt in the areas where it now looks over-filled. That means he was probably more aggressive in those areas than others. I wish it still was. I miss having that gaunt look. I felt like I was talked into getting it done. It was recommended to me by one of his assistants. I had a chin implant done with that doctor too and I was at the post-op visit when his assistant said..."Now is there something you want done about your cheeeeeeeeeeeks?" I didn't even know what a fat transfer was. I mean, at the end of the day I only have myself to blame for choosing to get surgery but looking back I truly believe I was suffering with BDD at the time and my judgement was seriously off. I felt taken advantage of. I wish the doctors would have just turned me away. I also have jaw implants. Those were put in back in 2015. I'm actually going to talk with the surgeon who put those in this week to see about taking them out. I think it looks bad as it contributed to my face having a bottom-heavy look. It adds insult to injury when coupled with the disastrous fat transfer results that I'm still dealing with. I also get a lot of pain from them. If I am able to reverse the fat transfer results and take out the jaw implants I think I will feel a lot better. I will have come a long way in trying to revert back to my original appearance. But it's easier said than done. The doctors treat me like I'm a cash-cow. A couple of weeks ago I went to see a plastic surgeon about getting facial liposuction. It was advertised on their website. But when the doctor sat down with me I was quickly steered away from that to more costly procedures. At first I was told that it would be better if I didn't "just get the liposuction" but also a buccal fat removal. Then it went from that to..."Ohhhh no. The liposuction actually won't do anything. You need a buccal fat removal along with...*long pause*...a Profound treatment. It's this new machine that gets rid of fat. Let me get you a quote." I was then told that it would cost 6,000 dollars for both procedures and that was my "special price" as it would normally cost 7,000 dollars for everybody else. Yea ok. Just because I only have my GED doesn't mean I'm THAT stupid. Who do you take me for? It's sad because had it been 2014 I probably would have forked over all that money only to be disappointed and probably worse off in the end appearance-wise. I'm not that naive anymore. I actually researched that Profound treatment later on and found out that it actually adds volume and doesn't eliminate it. Which is the exact opposite of what I wanted. Yea, I'm sure it doesn't even do that. Like I said, it's all a bunch of snake oil garbage. It's all about marketing. Anything that is advertised to make you look better or "turn back the clock" is a scam and should be avoided.
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