Fat transfer results arrive on a schedule nobody warns patients about — so week-three panic and month-one disappointment are almost traditions. This calendar retires them.
Swelling plus deliberate over-correction means the hips look fuller — sometimes dramatically — than your final result. Bruising at donor and graft sites is loud and normal (our before/after gallery shows day-4-and-5 photos precisely so this stage isn't a surprise). Enjoy the preview; don't measure it.
Swelling drains, over-correction begins resorbing on schedule — the contour reduces, which is the phase that panics the unprepared. Nothing is failing; the temporary passengers are leaving so the permanent residents can settle. Side-lying returns around week 3 with clearance.
Surviving fat is stabilising its blood supply; the line from waist to thigh starts reading as simply yours. Clothes fit differently before mirrors fully agree — leggings are usually the first to vote.
Resorption done, swelling ancient history: what you see is living tissue and stays. This is when photos are compared against pre-op, satisfaction is judged, and — if you wanted more than one session's ceiling — a top-up is sensibly discussed. Our one-month gallery case shows this trajectory mid-flight: already smoothing, not yet final.
Never judge a fat transfer before month three; never doubt one after month six. Everything between those posts is process — and your photo reviews walk through it with you, wherever home is.
