Thank you for your question.
You submitted your question without a photo.
You state in your question that you had a Vampire Facelift® 3 days prior or you want
to know if you can get a filler after undergoing Vampire Facelift® 3 days after having this
procedure.
Well, I can certainly share with you a perspective without the benefit of an image or more details.
A little bit of background, I’m a Board-certified cosmetic surgeon and Fellowship-trained oculofacial
plastic and reconstructive surgeon.
I have been in practice in Manhattan and Long Island for over 20 years.
I’ve been a resource for the Vampire Facelift® network in terms of media who often reach
out at times when they want clarification periodically when Vampire Facelift® gets
press.
And so certainly, I have been available to help people understand what the Vampire Facelift®
is.
This can be useful for your question about having placement on the cheek.
So to begin with, just for the sake of clarification, we have to first define what a Vampire Facelift®
is.
If you had a Vampire Facelift® performed by a Vampire Facelift® provider, then you
had a combination of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) derived from your blood which is a concentration
of the wound healing factors that helps stimulate the skin in a way that makes the skin look
healthier.
That’s injected under the skin in different places strategically as well as the use of
hyaluronic acid filler, one syringe or 1 cc placed strategically.
And I would say typically, it’s just below the skin level.
So if you’re asking about the cheeks, I would say that one major variable to be aware
of and that variable is, how swollen are you 3 days after the procedure?
Majority of the time, with this type of Vampire Facelift® procedure, there isn't a lot of
swelling.
And a lot of times, people like this procedure because of the strategic approach that allows
patients to do this and go back to work the next day.
So if there isn't significant swelling, we have to ask what do you want to do in terms
of the cheeks?
When we think of the cheeks, I’ll tell you how I approach this.
Typically, when someone wants cheek volume, it is reflective of the underlying structural
deficit, that’s genetic, or loss related to facial aging.
What I do is something called Structural Volumizing.
Structural Volumizing means placing a long lasting filler whether it’s a Juvederm Ultra
Plus or Juvederm Voluma and placing it under the muscle above the bones using a minimally
traumatic technique with blunt cannulas.
By doing that, we’re actually treating an area that is not likely to have been treated
with the Vampire Facelift® procedure.
So the point is that these compartments and spaces can be technically addressed because
of the separation.
If you were to try to add volume in an area where filler was placed already then predictability
and accuracy in correction can be problematic if there’s still some swelling.
And generally speaking, we see our patients 2 weeks after any filler treatment to look
at how things look when things have settled down.
So if your physician did not do Structural Volumizing at the time then it is probably
likely that it’s completely safe to do that using that strategy.
That being said, I would generally dissuade patients from doing anything so close unless
we’re really looking at separate areas.
For example, if someone had their under eye filler placed and they want to do something
for their chin or jawline, well 3 days later is perfectly fine.
These are separate anatomic areas.
But if we’re looking at overlapping areas, then usually waiting is better.
A lot of times patients will have urgent deadlines.
So they may come in 3 days later because they have a big event a week from now or they have
something they want to look good for and they’re not going to be around because they’re traveling.
So we always have to look at every individual situation.
So the take home message here is, essentially, if the area that you want to treat is not
at all affected significantly by the Vampire Facelift® procedure then you can probably,
with reasonable accuracy, have a correction done and improvement and maximize the outcome
of your appearance.
So I hope that was helpful, I wish you the best of luck and thank you for your question.