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Lower lid blepharoplasty (cosmetic eyelid surgery, eye bag removal) can be combined with Coleman fat injections (structural fat grafting) which can help to camouflage the outer tear trough defects by improving cheek hollows when these cannot be adequately managed by fat repositioning alone. The fat contains stem cells which can also improve the quality of the skin in the injected areas.

The fat is harvested from the outer buttock area or thigh via a tiny incision which is closed with a singe stitch. The fat is spun down in a centrifuge to separate the cells from blood and local anaesthetic solution. The fat cells are then injected with a fine blunt cannula into the outer aspects of the eyelids at the completion of the blepharoplasty. This can be done under “twilight anaesthesia” on a day case basis.

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