The procedure is performed under anaesthesia. The post-operative period is manageable with standard painkillers, mild during the first 2–3 days.

Generally between 50 and 100 cc. Most patients, even the slimmest, have adequate reserves. Evaluated during consultation.

At 7 days if fat grafting is not combined with surgery: it is performed with a cannula only, with no incisions or stitches. If combined with blepharoplasty or other surgery, recovery follows that procedure (10–14 days).

Yes, although initial swelling distorts the real volume. The definitive result is appreciated from 3–6 months.

Yes, it is a very common and complementary combination. Dr. Jiménez Ortiz will evaluate the best option.

It is not a surgical facelift (which tightens the skin), but it produces a lifting effect: by restoring volume in the cheeks, temples and midface, the face is lifted and the gaze opens naturally, with no scars. When the issue is volume loss, fat grafting is usually the best option; with significant skin laxity, a facelift or a combination is considered.

It depends on the cause. If it's herniated fat, it's usually corrected with lower blepharoplasty. If the problem is surrounding volume loss, fat grafting can help. If it's skin or pigmentation, the approach is different. That's why diagnosis is the first step, not treatment.

Not directly. Fat grafting does not remove herniated fat — that requires blepharoplasty. What fat grafting can do is fill the area around the bag to soften the transition and improve the overall appearance, when volume loss is also present.

Excess skin (dermatochalasis) is a problem of the eyelid skin, which sags with age; the eyelid itself opens normally. Eyelid ptosis is a problem of the muscle that holds the eyelid up, causing it to cover more of the eye than normal, with or without excess skin. They require assessment and, often, different surgical techniques.

This isn't something you can determine just by looking in the mirror: it requires a specific eyelid examination. During consultation, the eyelid's position relative to the pupil and the levator muscle's function are assessed, along with excess skin, to differentiate both conditions — which often coexist.

It is the surgery that corrects excess skin and/or herniated fat in the upper and lower eyelids. It can be performed on one eyelid, on both, or combined with fat grafting when volume loss is also present.

It depends on where the problem is: excess skin above, herniated fat or skin below, or both. This is determined through an examination in consultation; not all patients need both eyelids operated on.

It is an eyelid rejuvenation approach based on restoring volume with the patient's own fat (fat grafting), instead of removing skin or fat as in classic blepharoplasty. It makes sense in patients where the main component is volume loss, not tissue excess; the right approach for each case is assessed in consultation.

Fat grafting in the tail of the brow and the temple can produce a visual lift of the gaze by restoring lost volume in that area, without surgery or scars. It is not a surgical brow lift (which physically repositions tissue through incisions) and does not replace it in cases of marked sagging — it is a different option, useful when the main problem is volume loss.

Not necessarily. The processing of the fat graft is adapted to the area being treated: on the cheekbones, temples or cheeks, it may be preferable to preserve a larger graft (macrofat) to maximise projection; on the eyelids and other very thin-skinned areas, a finer processing (microfat) is used, with a maximum of 10 passes through the filter to preserve the matrix surrounding the adipocyte, to achieve a natural result without the graft being noticeable. The decision is made individually during the assessment.