Dr. Sam Lam Plastic Surgery Forum

Dr. Lam
From your site I know your opposed to injected fat for facial atrophy. But what about if fat is used to augment the cheek areas what happens to surrounding skin? Does it smooth itself out from the fat?


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Hello Dr. Lam,

I am going on 7 months now since having fat graphting performed. In general, I can see a gradual change since I lost most of the fullness from about the 3rd month. My concern is, whenever I start to work out I automatically loose about 4-5 pounds. When I loose those few pounds I see a big difference in my face as far as fullness is concerned. I almost return to the ...

Hello Dr. Lam,
I have read your blog and this forum for a while. Thanks a lot for this great website!
I am a 36 years old Asian woman. My temple area has been hollow since I lost very much weight last year. and the hollow seems worse. I found a post at this forum discussed about hollow temple. I would like to know if you still are very conservative about filling this area?
one ...

Hi there!

I so wish that I lived in Dallas so that I can come to see you but I live in Georgia and can't afford to travel. You and your work are amazing! I am looking for a plastic surgeon in my area to do fat transfers to seven shallow indentions (about the size of the tip of your pinky) from acne and want it to last. When researching for a surgeon, what is ...

Dr. Lam:

Why most doctors in the US do not use Dr. Amar's fat grafting technique? Someone told me it's a lot more work than regular fat grafting ;) I'm wondering about it, especially because it's known to be effective for lips, whereas regular fat grafting is not? What's the future of this technique, in your opinion?

Also, once one puts silicone in the lips, can FAMI ...

I am a 54 year old woman who had a blepharoplasty on both my upper and lower lids back in 1996.

My lower lids have a slight heaviness but are pretty hollow in the tear trough area. I especially see the contrast when I wake up in the morning and my lower lids are puffy except for the tear trough area. I have always had puffy eyes when I wake up in the morning. I ...

Hi, Dr. Lam-

Greetings from Chicago. I am wondering if undereye surgery and rhinoplasty can be done in one surgery?

I am a 36-year-old female and had a consult with a Chicago oculoplastic surgeon about my undereye puffiness and dark circles. The surgeon recommended a transconjunctival blepharoplasty with partial fat repositioning to fill the hollows. I am very confident in this surgeon, but since I'd also like to correct my nose at the same time, ...

I am curious as to what the members of this forum think about eMatrix, the new skin rejuvenation system.

Dr. Lam do you perform this procedure? Also, what is your take on this procedure?

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Dr Lam : I'm a 30 year old woman, who is 2 weeks out of a fat transfer proceudre to the upper face/cheek area. I have always had a flat face, and the graft was intended to boost my cheeks/generally correct flatness.
The swelling has largely/wholly gone, but it doesn't seem to me as if much of the fat has stayed. My doc saw me a few days ago. He said that he was pleased ...

Hello Dr. Lam,

I had your fat graph procedure done back in early November. I loved the results at that time, I am sure due to some swelling, for a few weeks after procedure. I have lost a lot of that 'fullness' and am almost back to where I was initially. I understand that apparently there is a dip in results. When should I expect for it to return and does it look similar to ...