This 35-year-old woman (5'3", 180 pounds) previously underwent silicone injections that eventually required open surgical removal. While silicone injections may initially appear to improve body contour, they can lead to serious long-term complications, including chronic inflammation, pain, migration of silicone, hard scar tissue, contour deformities, and permanent damage to healthy tissue. Removing the silicone is often the most important step because it eliminates the source of these ongoing problems and helps prevent additional tissue destruction.
Approximately four months after her silicone removal surgery, she returned for reconstruction. Using her own purified fat, harvested from her abdomen, upper hips, love handles, lower back, and inner thighs, I carefully restored the areas that had been left with depressions and contour defects after the silicone and scar tissue were removed.
Her transformation is truly impressive. The severe irregularities have been dramatically softened, the volume has been restored, and her body contour is now smooth, natural, and beautifully balanced. She looks healthier, more confident, and far more like herself. Cases like this demonstrate that successful treatment doesn't end with silicone removal—it continues with meticulous reconstructive fat grafting that restores shape, symmetry, and natural body contours.