Just Thought I'd Add a Little Fat to my Lower Eye Area.....BIG MISTAKE - Minneapolis, MN

I am now 1 month post procedure from having the fat graph removed and I am very relieved!! Dr Patrinelly did a beautiful job and I no longer have bumps under my eyes and look more like myself since before the fat transfer! I was so unhappy with my appearance that I deleted most of the photos of myself after the fat transfer that I really have no photos to compare. But I am glad this chapter is done and I can move on........SAY NO TO FAT GRAPH FOR UNDEREYES!!!!!

After deciding to have my breast implants removed after 22 years, I opted to do a fat transfer (fat liposuctioned from my back waist area) to fill in the area which had been previously fill with an implant. As an after thought, I asked my surgeon if he could just put a little around my eyes since the sockets tended to hollow out. I had had filler in the area two previous times with perfect results. So I thought it'd be an easy similar result. I couldn't have been more wrong!!! Although I will say that I am perfectly satisfied with the fat transfer to my breasts!!! The problem with the under eye area is that the skin is so thin even the tiniest of lumps will show. As a result, I had huge asymmetrical bumps under each that didn't respond to steroid shots and was left deformed (it looked like my cheeks started underneath my lower eyelash line). After trying to accept this look for two years, i decided to pursue a doctor to perform a lower eye revision. I found a doctor who specialized in reconstructive eye surgery and I had a procedure to cut out the fat and tighten the skin a bit. That was one week ago and so far so good. The area has been debulked and the lumps removed. Total results remain to be seen....
Moral of the story.....no cosmetic surgery is ever simple and I'd stay FAR AWAY from fat transfer to the undereye. Having said that I did love my results to the breasts...