What are the risks of FAMI? Are they less than a facelift?
All surgery has some risk. In a small incision facelift, the risks are reduced for multiple reasons. Anesthesia is less severe, allowing a faster recovery time and less risk. In facial fat grafting, no incisions or sutures are used, and there is no tissue dissection. Because of this, injury to surrounding structures is much less likely. In any cosmetic surgery, the most “desirable” complication (no complication is desirable) is that the surgeon performs slightly less surgery than might be planned, in a safe and controlled manner. While more surgery or “touch-ups” can always be done later, it is impossible to go back and “do less,” and very difficult to “undo” what has been done.
