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FAMI Dr Roger Amar
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FAMI Dr Roger Amar
writingmynovelOctober 3, 2018
WORTH IT
I had this treatment in July. I felt I looked not so much older but glum, that loss of plumpness in my face made me look a bit worn and tired.
I met Dr Amar who was clear that he could help and described the process. I had already researched far transfer and knew it can get good results. I wanted to know about downtime, and I wanted to be sure I would look better but not too different.
I was reassured. I asked to see photos of people 2-3 days post op and was shown them. I knew I would be a particular bruiser so I asked to see the worst - and what I was shown proved accurate.
My down time was 3-4 weeks. After two I could go out with specs and bare minerals powder on, but I still looked as if I had the remains of two black eyes. I am about the palest and most bruising person you could meet so suspect this is the extreme.
It gradually became clear, after 3-4 weeks, that i looked better. Now, 3 months on, I am very happy with the results. I look the same but younger and happier. Photographs of me no longer look miserable or as if I don't eat enough. I have stopped wearing make-up and heavy spec frames and now prefer my frameless specs - I now realise I was using the frames to disguise the rather skeletal eyes (!).
Of the procedure itself I remember nothing. I was very scared - shaking. They were very kind to me. I am medical and know about anaesthetics -and the one they were using is painful for 5% of people. I already knew i am one of those 5% so I was scared about that too - but the anaesthetist was slow and careful and it was uncomfortable, not painful - then I remember nothing till I came round an hour or so later. Apparently I chatted about Brexit.
I would say the procedure was more major than I expected, I was as swollen as I thought my worst case scenario would be. I work from home so I saw nobody for two weeks and then wore sunglasses for another two. After 8 weeks I went to a family wedding and nobody noticed. On the photos I look better than for many years.
I am told the appearance will continue to improve and be long lasting. Even if it doesn't improve further, and even if in ten years I look ten years older than now, it will have been worth it. i don't intend to have any other procedures. I think botox is better avoided as eventually your muscles will sag. I think plastic surgery can stretch your skin but it will sag again. This procedure makes sense to me. I would say the same of other fat transfer procedures, but having read the claims for this one, and the limited academic publications about it, I was convinced that the likelihood of it being more long lasting was worth the price (which was only 15pc more than a quote for 'standard' facial fat transfer that did not claim to be long-lasting).
I met Dr Amar who was clear that he could help and described the process. I had already researched far transfer and knew it can get good results. I wanted to know about downtime, and I wanted to be sure I would look better but not too different.
I was reassured. I asked to see photos of people 2-3 days post op and was shown them. I knew I would be a particular bruiser so I asked to see the worst - and what I was shown proved accurate.
My down time was 3-4 weeks. After two I could go out with specs and bare minerals powder on, but I still looked as if I had the remains of two black eyes. I am about the palest and most bruising person you could meet so suspect this is the extreme.
It gradually became clear, after 3-4 weeks, that i looked better. Now, 3 months on, I am very happy with the results. I look the same but younger and happier. Photographs of me no longer look miserable or as if I don't eat enough. I have stopped wearing make-up and heavy spec frames and now prefer my frameless specs - I now realise I was using the frames to disguise the rather skeletal eyes (!).
Of the procedure itself I remember nothing. I was very scared - shaking. They were very kind to me. I am medical and know about anaesthetics -and the one they were using is painful for 5% of people. I already knew i am one of those 5% so I was scared about that too - but the anaesthetist was slow and careful and it was uncomfortable, not painful - then I remember nothing till I came round an hour or so later. Apparently I chatted about Brexit.
I would say the procedure was more major than I expected, I was as swollen as I thought my worst case scenario would be. I work from home so I saw nobody for two weeks and then wore sunglasses for another two. After 8 weeks I went to a family wedding and nobody noticed. On the photos I look better than for many years.
I am told the appearance will continue to improve and be long lasting. Even if it doesn't improve further, and even if in ten years I look ten years older than now, it will have been worth it. i don't intend to have any other procedures. I think botox is better avoided as eventually your muscles will sag. I think plastic surgery can stretch your skin but it will sag again. This procedure makes sense to me. I would say the same of other fat transfer procedures, but having read the claims for this one, and the limited academic publications about it, I was convinced that the likelihood of it being more long lasting was worth the price (which was only 15pc more than a quote for 'standard' facial fat transfer that did not claim to be long-lasting).
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