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I have a fat transfer set for August 5th, I have...
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I have a fat transfer set for August 5th, I have been seeing this doctor for over a year making sure he totally understood that I want to look like me and not some movie star wanna be with a pillow face ( Horrible experience with a horrible injector in Halifax). I am just here looking for some feedback and some people to talk to that have went through this procedure... I am REALLY hoping this will work for me.. The change I am looking for is so small, but means so much to me. Any advice or help would be appreciated. Thank you.
UPDATED FROM Lilah31
2 months pre
My wish pic!
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What I hope to regain, it's mainly through my cheeks ( I have always has year throughs and they don't bother me" I don't wanna look like a celebrity I want to look like me! Not what society deems beautiful, just me!
What I hope to regain, it's mainly through my cheeks ( I have always has year throughs and they don't bother me" I don't wanna look like a celebrity I want to look like me! Not what society deems beautiful, just me!
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June 1, 2014
omg you are insane, i would do ANYTHING to look like you in the first. You are probably just thinking you look less good DUE to the horrible stress, not from any sense of reality. You really are stunning and I don't want you to destroy yourself!
June 1, 2014
You are still young enough to get it back naturally, not the wrong way which has too many ifs.
June 1, 2014
No, I'm 31... Naturally won't work... I just have birth and the weight gain didn't matter. The ends of my brows are totally hallow and sunken in, as is my temple... I have been seeing my surgeon for over a year and waiting for effects of filler to leave.. I have to do
This for my own sanity.. No one understands but I can't live like this anymore I have three babies that count of me :( having a depressed mama is not good. I can't do fillers becauSe sadly I'm allergic
June 1, 2014
what happened from filler? I am not seeing anything bad but perhaps the photo doesn't show it? I am serious, I will look again and I am being honest here
June 2, 2014
I have very bad allergies and my skin tried to reject the fillers, I always got swollen and sore and still do a year later at times and have together antibiotics to clear it, when I lost weight my cheeks deflated. The ends of my eyebrows are hallow and my temples. My surgeon has been seeing me for about a year he tells me I'm " chasing a ghost" but he sees what I do but most people wouldn't take notice to it. It's like not seeing you tho, it's hard to explain.. It's the littlest change I'm after and this is the only way I can achieve it. It's a horrible feeling to not feel like " you" .
June 2, 2014
Have you had a fat transfer? I know a lot of my friends who had it done with great results from my doctor because he's conservative and likes a natural look not the overdone celebrity look...
September 28, 2016
June 3, 2014
Hey, I have fat transfer for eye hallows and lips scheduled for June 20 - Im very anxious as Im afraid of the overfilled fake pillow face too - I love my PS, he did my B.A. a year ago and hes amazing, none the less, Im experiencing A LOT of anxiety over the recovery and the end result. Im 34 -- So much anxiety! and Im reading conflicting opinions of fat transfer for lips - some say its great alternative to artificial fillers, others say the fat wont stay cant live there and will dissipate so its a waste - Im just a basket case while I wait till surgery date. One thing I can relate to is feeling realllly uncomfortable in my skin with my current under eye bags - its all I can see and I just want them gone!!!!!
June 3, 2014
I truly know how you feel... I don't have bags but I have hallowed out everyone says nothing changed but I can see it because I've always has deep set eyes and chubby cheeks! I just want my chubby cheeks back... I really feel for you and if you ever need someone to talk to just message me anytime.
June 10, 2014
Dont do it......Fat Transfer is so unpredictable. All I wanted was a subtle change and I ended of looking like a monster. No matter how great the surgeon may be, this procedure varies from person to person. Once it goes wrong, and nine times out of ten it will, there is no way to fix this mess. I had a perfectly normally life before this horrendous procedure and now for the past three years all I have done is kicked myself in the rear end for allowing a manipulative doctor to screw up my face.
June 10, 2014
I live a life like that now, so either way it will stay the same or get better. I haven't been outside my house in over a year... It's not normal and this is the only thing that will help, I'm allergic to fillers. I am doing this in small procedures not all at once slowly introducing volume..
June 10, 2014
Hey Lilah31 and others, I know how it feels. I too have been relatively agoraphobic and being on your own too much adds to the stress/depression part that goes along with this. It's basically severe cabin fever. Bad! I'm sure you already know this, and I know how you guys feel -- and I STILL don't see that you need this Lilah31! It sucks that you are allergic. Do you think that it blocked sinus/lymph nodes, did massage help? Or was it something else? I don't want to suggest something you have already tried. Sometimes what seems to be allergies is something else, is all. And what if the same happens from fat transfer? Sounds like you have done some good research on the doctor, though, so that's good. Oh one more thing -- if at all possible I have heard from both patients and doctors that you want to avoid needing antibiotics if at all possible, whenever possible. They do all kinds of bad things (along with the good) for weight and for aging. I have heard this many times, not just a few. Even Dr. Oz had a recent thing about it, but I had heard it long ago from people who suddenly aged overnight from it.
June 10, 2014
Oops lol. I lead a holistic lifestyle ( my father passed of cancer which scares me) , I don't smoke. I don't drink... Nothing, that's why I don't understand why this happened, but as my doctors said " stress".. I lead a very stressful life for two years when my dad was sick. That's the only explanation
June 10, 2014
Im so sorry to hear about your experience, I wish you positivity & hope you can gain back what youve lost. I dont believe 9/10 is an accurate reflection, I am very curious to research more on variables that lead this procedure to go awry.
June 10, 2014
Well 9/10 it's the injector and I noticed that most of the people that had problems have gotten this procedure done years ago.. I'm lucky to have my surgeon . He's amazing , reconstructive surgeon that travels to help kids in third world counties.. I've asked him for cheek implants and he was very honest and told me my face does not need it. He does not just want my money, I know that because he's been seeing me for over a year at no charge. I'm hoping for the best :)
June 13, 2014
Hi Lilah31 and others, I hear you re the stress factor. I am, as I like to say, disgustingly healthy. I try to be the best I can be, usually. My parents both look amazing for their ages. Yet I have suddenly aged overnight practically, from two things which are really one: stress/lack of sleep. I don't exercise enough, because I became agoraphobic following a traumatic incident that occurred a few years back. It has caused me great stress and lack of sleep because I am scared to walk down the street and have someone come up behind me. I can tell you for sure that stress is FAR more powerful than I would have ever thought -- well I suppose sleep plays into that too. I have always tried to look my best which is why it's so very frustrating that I cannot defeat this stress monster! It DOES age you. I am trying to become the person that expected good things rather than bad, because it never helps to expect the worst all the time. I just wish I could feel pretty again -- I would take ONE WEEK, if I knew I could just have that.
June 13, 2014
:( I hear you.... I'm not Agoraphobic, I do go out and no one seems to notice anything. But I do. Stress can certainly play with your mind last July I found out I was pregnant with my third child ( a boy) three days later my dad lost his battle to cancer which tore me to shreds, two weeks later my twin sister was involved in a devastating car crash that claimed the lives of her fiancée and two best friends , leaving her fighting for her life hospitalized for three months and her other friend paralyzed.. Shortly after I learned I had a placental abruption and only had a 40 percent chance to save my son... I spent 7 months hospitalized and in a bed... Only allowed to get up to shower... Needless to say my life is [RS bleep].... But grateful for my husband and children and don't show them any sign of depression or stress... They make me happy.
September 28, 2016
June 15, 2014
Hi Lilah31,
I was reading the posts and I myself had fat injection several years ago in 2006 and the results were not favourable. Long story short, the fat did not survive and it looked like some of it went southwards towards my cheeks (which was not the results I wanted). Especially being a male; one does not want to have big cheeks or cheekbones, and then hallowed eyes. Not a good look! lol.
Now several years l8r I am thinking of doing it again. Hopefully with successful results this time. I really would like to get my hollowness filled. Like urself, I have darkness underneath as well, but I have become content with that and now I think that the hollows can be fully corrected. Ive been doing a lot of research. I have narrowed my search to 2 great facial plastic surgeons whom are experts in the field of fat transfer. One of them is in New York by the name of George Yang. I will have a consult with him sometime in July. And the other one is Toronto, Canada based which is where Im from.
I am hoping that the results will be favourable this time. Also like urself, I am determined to do this procedure and have weighed the pros and cons and the pros outweigh the cons from doing the fat transfer procedure.
Currently, I have restylne in the tear troughs (apprx 2 syringes) so, I will also wait until they are depleted until I get the fat transfer procedure.
Do you mind providing the name of the surgeon you will be seeing for the fat transfer? I am quite intrigued and wouldn't mind looking into him myself. If you don't feel comfortable sharing that info through here, I also have an email you could send the info to at; jacob.kon@hotmail.com
I would really appreciate it.
Best of luck and well wishes. Also, keep your head up! Ps. if it's any reconciliation mine are worse then yours. I also got vericose veins under my eyes which add to my sunken in zombi effect. lol
June 15, 2014
Hey, I think everyone is misunderstanding my wants maybe... It's more my cheeks then anything I want back... I was born with dark deep set eyes ( which always worked for me) I don't want them filled in... I want my cheeks, eyebrows and temples done. Gosh I would never want the darkness gone I have a natural smokey eye everyday :) lol... It's the volume on my cheeks of greatly want back:) check out Renu in Halifax ? Such wonderful people :)
June 15, 2014
Lilah31 I have the same thing -- I did NOT want my undereye filled, I loved my undereye. I just wanted cheeks back. But it is unpredicatable and the stuff put in my cheeks area made my undereye horribly puffy. It has something to do with blocking drainage or making collagen in areas OTHER THAN WHERE I WANTED. The nurse I saw wasn't sure why this happened but it did. I NEVER put stuff beneath my eyes....but I am sure as hell stuck with it now and furious. Be careful is all I can say. Doctors don't know everything about what can happen.
June 15, 2014
It really sucks as I wish I had never paid to put crap in my cheeks that could affect other areas. Oh and it was a doctor that did it, and he doesn't know why either.
June 15, 2014
What " stuff " are you referring to!? Are you talking about a filler or your own fat? Isn't production of collegen from sculptra? Or collegen injections ? A fat transfer should not create collegen in other areas? I don't understand from a medical standpoint. Truly I'm sorry this happened to you, but I don't understand and if your doctor and nurse cannot give you answers that's a little shady:s he could have injected it into your eye area thining it would look better and you would like it.. I know my surgeon.. I know he won't do anything I don't want and I'm staying awake and watching the whole procedure. lol call me crazy but This way I can see exactly what's going on and gauge where and what I want. Makes sense.
June 16, 2014
Hi Lilah,
I am 27 and I lost like 15 pounds and lost volume in face and to make matters worse put chemicals on face, which was a mistake!
I want to undergo facial fat grafting to cheeks too! I am waiting for my body to get rid of chemical. I hope everything goes beautiful for you. I have been so depressed and want my features back! Keep us updated!
Do you have any tips on finding a good surgeon for fat grafting?
June 16, 2014
Hey! I totally understand where you're coming from, I lost a great deal of weight when my dad got sick and I have 3 babies.. So I'm always so busy.. I was about 30 pounds underweight horrible. Well I think you got to find someone who no really pushy and gung-ho to do it...I requested things from him just to see his reactions and he told me no to all my requests so I know he does not want my money because he won't preform those surgeries. I feel comfortable with him, he really spends the time with me end listens and he seen me for a year to talk to me without charge and he is a facial reconstructive surgeon with 4 offices from nB to NS... Also he did my sisters reconstruction on her face when she was in a devastating car accident and let me tell you, you wouldn't even know she was banged up:) and she's a beautiful girl :)
June 17, 2014
click on the link below for a list of fat grafting doctors:
http://www.realself.com/fat-transfer/drs
Fyi, u can change the locations to cater to what area ure interested in.
Just curious, what chemicals did you put on your face?
June 18, 2014
Ahh how awesome! Yeah, I am gonna save money for a well qualified doctor. I want to stay awake too. I am even trying to gain weight so I can get fullness in my face. Once I get the face fat transfer I am hoping to get lipo to abs and inject it into lower body! I sound crazy for wanting this but I want to look good. I bet you're excited for the procedure! I am excited for you. I will take your advice and ask for weird procedures during consultations.
June 18, 2014
Thank you. I used a hair growing product that my older sister gave me. I pluck my eyebrows a lot and I was happy with the way I looked. I should have never trusted her. But yeah, I lost volume beneath my eyes. So sad.... I am so eager to find a solution. I am afraid to try fillers because I am sensitive to chemicals.
June 19, 2014
Did you use Latisse!? It does cause orbital volume loss:( half the reason I'm looking into eyelash implants, I'm excited but very nervous... I hope you find a good surgeon! :)
June 19, 2014
She told me it was minoxidil for men. I am so pissed because at first she said it was the women's brand. I have never been so down and I spend all day looking for a surgeon. Thank you so much. I just want to feel normal again and feel confident. I hope all of us can!
June 19, 2014
Oh and I am also gonna look into eyebrow implants. In my teens I plucked like crazy. After this no more chemicals EVER
June 19, 2014
Ah, :( I was going to do the Latisse and then found out about the orbital volume loss ( I am not down with that) lol. I have a little over a month left to go till my procedure.. I'm so nervous.... I just had a baby and the thought of my children noticing a difference in My face makes me anxious as well. I had gotten Restylane to my tear Through with less then desirable results and my five year old told me " mommy you're puffy" not even my mother noticed a difference but she did. Now that it's gone she says " you're my beautiful mommy again" .... I'm happy my family does not think I'm broken as I think I am. I really hope you find what you're looking for, everyone deserves to feel comfortable in their own skin xoxo
June 19, 2014
Fat grafting seems to be the most natural solution of them all. I hope the best for you and everyone else here looking to fill in hollowness. I wear sunglasses everywhere and I am even afraid to wear foundation. Letting my skin heal from chemicals. I will be looking forward to your great results and I wish you the best. Thank you for the support! My family just ignores my problems... they say looks are not everything.
June 19, 2014
My surgurys tomorrow at 8 am, im so nervous and conflicted i hvent slept in two days. I did not hve this kind of anxiety last year when I got my breast implants & that surgury with the same surgeon turned out to be a fantastic experience. Reading other peoples negative experiences & reading conflicting info online has exacerbated my anxiety. I still feel i might not be able to go through with it, im so afraid the results will be bad or ill be one of the cases with lumps or migrating fat, im also terrified about the recovery time - bruised, swollen unrecognizeable face that I brought upon myself seems kind of hellish. I wish i felt better about this, maybe I should just tell him tomorrow that im too anxious which must be a sign Im not ready to have surgury on my face. Too bad theres not a way to fast forward to see the results to know if i should proceed or not .... & yes, i know how naive & ridiculous that sounds. Ive never had so much trouble taking a risk like this before, i dont know why im having such awful thoughts about this one.
June 19, 2014
I know how you feel, my mother and sisters see no change but I do. it's really hard when ppl tell you it's all in your head, but you know your face.
June 19, 2014
you're gonna be fine, don't worry... if you trust him then that's a plus. did you try fillers? usually when there is a problem its from the injector, did he show you before and afters? you can inbox me anytime if you want to chat.
June 20, 2014
Oh no! Like Lilah said, did you see before and afters? It is common to be nervous and you do not sound ridiculous.
June 20, 2014
She had her surgery scheduled for 8 am today.. I'm guessing since no comment or inbox she's gone ahead and is now resting :D so excited for her.
July 4, 2014
oh sorry just saw this....to answer the question, I cannot be SURE why my undereye area is puffy. I have had, to date, many different things put in my temples and cheek area and none lasted. I only ONCE ever had stuff put below the eye and that was juvederm, years ago. It could be scar tissue or just water retention or allergies or lymph blockage -- who can know? One thing for sure is I will NEVER EVER put stuff in the undereye again -- I like how you put it Lilah that we have the natural smoky eye! haha The RN who did my radiesse was the first to acknowledge the difference she saw in my undereye (there were pics to prove it) and she thinks it could be allergies plus blocked lymph ducts. I don't even take allergy meds as I want it to go away on its own -- and it's true I don't drink enough water which makes it worse. Sorry to hijack yr thread tho.
September 28, 2016
UPDATED FROM Lilah31
2 months post
Finally done first transfer ;)
Well, it was a long road.. A lot of uncertainty , tears and some days even heart ache. I'm glad I did it and I I'll be adding fillers to augment a few places I want more volume ( fat is too unpredictable) and fillers seems to last YEARS, yes years in my face. Here I a pic :) my first one if before any transfer above.
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October 8, 2014
hey! i really want to get fat transfer done but it is so expensive in canada! 5600 to 8000 before tax..... i was wondering how much you paid? I am a 24 male and i for some reason have lost a ton ov volume in my face and my skin just feels like i can pull on it. Brutal. Anyways i hope to hear back from you because i might just go to the states to get this done.
October 8, 2014
Hey, I paid 2400 and I did it awake... I watched the lipo and the injections and told him where I wanted it. ( I'm a control freak) I never took pain meds just froze my face and belly. That was in Halifax where are you from?
October 8, 2014
Hi Rider,
I know your pain! I felt the exact same way being so young yet feeling really worn out just by looking at how tired my face looked!! I have to say this was the best investment I made in myself. The cost is $2500. However I happened to go to their FB page and found a $500 off discount on surgery. I ask about it and they ended up honoring it, so I paid $2100. I am going back for a refill and since I had my transfer about 6 months back it's only $1500. I'm going back for some more volume and some on my chin
October 8, 2014
So it cost you 2400 in nova Scotia....I'm asking this because in Ontario they are all charging 6000-8000 and I am baffled by the price! Was he good? How much experience!! I hate how my face is getting skinny I house to be a really good looking guy and although its not bad right now I fear by thirty it will be. I'm saving right now to do this procedure.
October 8, 2014
Did you do your fat transfer in Canada or the states? Did it clump? I don't want people to know I had the procedure I want it to be shuttle and I don't want to look like a doll. I just want my natural look back
October 8, 2014
Yup! Lots of experiece.. He's a reconstructive surgeon... He actually travels over to Africa and other third world countries and does work for free for children, that's how I knew he was my guy! :) I looked at your pics and your checks and orbital area are very full... You don't like the lines? Those could he from sinus and allergies! I would look into that prior ... I know all too well when we don't like something we want to change it. I'm 31.. I'm so scared of aging:(
October 8, 2014
Canada, it didn't clump... At all. I know what you mean and you have to find the right doctor... The prices you were quoted are insane!
October 9, 2014
I know they really are they had me ready just to admit defeat. And as for the pictures you looked at they're is serious volume loss under the eyes and inside cheeks don't you think? I just find it to be flat and blah.
October 9, 2014
No, I don't find, but I realize what you mean because you're so focused on it... I'm the same way, trust me a few surgeons would not work on me thought I was a vanity case and finally this guy would ( he said I didn't need it) I think he just understood what it's like.. But I don't see " blah" on your face lol.. Not at all.
October 9, 2014
Your face looks so nice don't go overboard!!! I can't wait to get mine done I want to look youthful not gaunt looking. At the same time I don't want to look like I've had work done
October 11, 2014
Thanks:) I just wanna be where I was before, that's it and there is just a few little spots I want to take care of. You need to find a conservative doctor.. Someone that's not gonna pump you full.. My do is all about natural! :) I hope you can see him.. You'd save money even with travel and hotel! And save 300 on being put under and do it awake! It's seriously nothing.. Like I watched it all.. Even the lipo lol
October 11, 2014
I can't believe how cheap it is for you over there its highway robbery over here. How long does it take?? Did you have to meet with him first then go cause I don't want tonnage to go there and then come back!
October 11, 2014
I met with him, but I'm sure they do something for out oh town patients , I mean some do consultations on Skype :)
September 28, 2016
September 28, 2016
October 11, 2014
Hi Lilah! Your results look amazing! I am getting mine done in about a week and I'm nervous!! I've had a previous experience that went horribly wrong so I hope it's just nerves from that. Anyway, I want to do my lips but my doc is super conservative and said only about 20% stays. Did ur doc put a lot in ur lips and were they huge the day after? They look awesome. I'm asking because I have to fly out the next day and just wonder how crazy I might look! Lol I'm going to ask for more to be put in my upper lip and a little in my bottom and hopefully it turns out nice.
October 11, 2014
No, lol.. Those are my natural lips... My son head butted me and gave me a fatter lip on one side.. He wouldn't do my lips due to the fact they are very big to begin with.. I'm trying to convince a new doc to inject my Cupid's bow ( which is not looking good) .. He just does not want to so it either. I also did Botox in my forehead which is heaven!! :)
October 11, 2014
Oh :( bummer I thought u had gorgeous lips from fat but there natural! I had nice lips but I got a laser down for acne scarring and it made my lips shrink and scarred my face all over. It's been the worst experience I have ever gone that in my life and that is an understatement. I can't seem to find a lot of people who had their lips done. Thanks for posting!
October 11, 2014
I never had any type of laser and I never had any acne... That's must be hellish, but I know what it's like to live in a depressed state because your looks change drastically .. I lost 60 pounds .. 40 of them I didn't need to lose when my dad got sick with leukaemia.. I felt so bad he couldn't eat and enjoy it that I just stopped eating because it made me feel horrible .. Eventually my esophagus shrunk and I ran into real issues.. By the time the doctors figured it out and a way to reverse the damage I did to my body it was too late. .. So trust me I know. :(
October 12, 2014
wow I didn't know the esophagus could shrink....jeez. I too lost a lot of weight and didn't want to as I was thin already and looked fine, and the picture of how drastically it affected my prettiness before and after in just one year or so was devastating. I am still struggling to get my health completely back. So I agree - when you lose "who you were" it sucks. What fillers are you thinking of trying Lilah?
October 12, 2014
Yeah it sucks , but the fat really did wonders.. I am happy but just want a little more volume ... I already got juvaderm in my cheecks and Botox and I love it. I'm almost 100 percent back to myself. It's a relief and I no longer think I look tired or worn out. I see my doc again next Thursday for more volume again in the tail ends of my eyebrows. :)
October 12, 2014
I still am considering fat because it can be put everywhere, but still hesitant since I am the opposite of you, lilah I mean, in that I metabolize fillers sooo fast (so fat I would probably metabolize fast too). Plus I really struggle to have things look symmetrical since I am naturally too asymmetrical to bear. I have to say juvederm created issues for me because even when I put it towards the cheeks, NOT the undereye, I still ended up with that yucky swelling under the eye (maybe it migrated, maybe it just had no where else to go, but now I won't do it since that swelling looks awful.) It had nothing to do with the guy who filled it as he does excellent work, so people who say it all depends on the filler are incorrect as I have had no problem with radiesse (which is far more difficult to inject in some ways) nor with stuff he injected in my lips. He is an artist as well as a doctor, who trains other people, but juvederm caused too much gross swelling beneath my eyes. I just happen to be someone who gets sinus type swelling under the eye no matter what, so I have to watch it with any kind of filler. For the lips juvederm is great since for some bizarre reason, it stays in my lips but not my face -- most people supposedly have the opposite issue. I know what you mean re the Cupid's bow -- that's what I use filler for since I don't want bigger lips I just want the shape to be more "pursed" with a more defined philtrum, and we literally shaped my philtrum with juvederm. I always want that to be more defined.
September 28, 2016
December 16, 2014
Your such a pretty lady however I do understand. We need to have our youthful back. Always do wants going to make you happy just do your research. Blessing
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Dr. Bourget was your doctor? good experience or bad? I just went to see him for a consult about a lip lift!