I had under-eye fat grafting 2 years ago because of my dark circles.
When I just looked in the mirror, it was okay if I covered them with makeup.. but in photos, the dark circles showed so clearly that I kept worrying about themㅠㅠ After thinking about it for a really long time, I had fat grafting done to the slightly sunken area under my eyes. The director said that to properly improve my dark circles, I would need under-eye fat repositioning, but the surgical method was so scary, and when I searched it, under-eye fat repositioning also seemed to have many side effects... so I just did fat grafting only. They told me fat grafting alone wouldn’t have a major improvement effect haha, but I thought it would be better to have less improvement than to have something go wrong later and suffer from side effects.
I had sedation anesthesia, fat was harvested through my navel, and then when I was awake, the fat was grafted under my eyes with a syringe. I think the bruising lasted about ten days.. and the area on my abdomen where the fat was harvested hurt a bit. But it was tolerable lol.
As for the surgical result.. just as the director said, there isn’t a major effect. But the dark appearance caused by the slightly sunken area under my eyes in photos has improved.. so I’m fairly satisfied. When I’m bare-faced, the dark circles are still there lolololol. At the time I was so scared and worried that I only did fat grafting, but if I could go back to then, since I was investing time and money anyway, I think I would get repositioning for a more definite effect.ㅠㅠ
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