Can Fat Injections Hide Hip Implant Edging?

Q: Dr. Eppley, Last August, I sent you a question about hip implants and their possible complication of inferior edge show, if it would be possible to inject fat or synthetic fillers around the visible implant edge to try to camouflage it and your answer was yes. Would this camouflage only work while not bending or leaning, like when standing normally? Will it show if I ‘pop’ my hip out or If I lean? When in dynamic motion or dynamically “posing”? Thanks in advance.

A: A treatment like fat injections around hip implants is done in the static position. What may subsequently happen in dynamic motion is different and cannot be predicted. However, it would be safe to assume that the dynamic show would still persist but perhaps be a bit reduced.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon