Dr. Sam Lam Plastic Surgery Forum

Dr Lam

I have rosacea, ie blood vessels close to the surface of the skin. will fat grafting traumatise these vessels further? would i get more blood vessels due to the process of grafting and the prolonged swelling? could the grafting actually improve my rosacea?

thankyou

That is a great question. Honestly, the answer is I don't know. I have done a lot of people with rosacea and I really haven't gotten strong commentary back either way. I can see that both scenarios are possibilities. Most likely, that it could worsen early on and then improve down the road. However, that would be more conjecture than fact. In either case, rosacea is a lifelong issue that needs ongoing treatments to maintain. if you look at it that way, you won't be so frightened to proceed with FT.

when you say you have received no strong commentary either way, does this mean that no one has mentioned this problem to you? thanks dr lam

as far as i can recall, no.