FAT
TRANSFER (MICRO LIPO INJECTION)
Do you have deep wrinkles,
furrows or depressions from age, acne scars on your face or elsewhere
that you just don't like? Taking fat from one area of your body
where there is plenty, processing that fat and transferring it
to that wrinkle or depression to "fill" it in may be the solution
with aging, we loose fat from the face and other areas of the
body. Replacing the fat lost with your own fat from another part
of your body is a safe, effective, and an excellent way of correcting
the problem. Lips loose bulk with aging, fat injection to the
lips can restore the youthful look.
THE SEARCH FOR THE IDEAL FILLER
Transferring a oneís
own fat has always been an attractive solution as there are no
allergic reactions, there is usually an abundance of it, and is
the ideal filler. Newer techniques to harvest, treat, and implant
the fat have improved the survival of transferred fat dramatically.
In fact, many of us are transferring fat to enhance the results
of other cosmetic surgeries such as facelifts, Filling hollow
eyelids, and depressions..
THE FAT TRANSFER PROCEDURE
Fat transfer is an
office surgical procedure. Involves harvesting A small amount
of fat, about one or two ounces, taken from the hips, buttocks
and/or abdomen under local anesthesia .anesthetic solution infiltrated
into the selected donor area not only makes the procedure pain-free,
but also minimizes any bruising and bleeding afterwards at the
donor site. We collect your fat by running a thin metal tube,
called a cannula, attached to a syringe, back and forth through
the anesthetized area. The fat harvested is then carefully centrifuged
to separate it from the anesthetic solution and placed into smaller
syringes for injection. The one or two tiny incisions made to
introduce the cannula to harvest the fat require no sutures. Injection
of the fat into the site to be enhanced is the second of the two
steps in the fat transfer process. The area on your body (usually
the face) to be improved is anesthetized with local anesthetic
prior to fat injection. The freshly harvested and centrifuged
fat is then carefully injected into the desired area.
RECOVERY TIME AND COMPLICATIONS
The recovery time from
fat transfer is almost negligible. In most cases, you can return
to your normal activities almost immediately. Complications are
very rare and include infection, no take of the fat graft. Bruising
and swelling is common, and will tend to resolve in a week or
two. As we use only your own fat, there are no allergic reactions
or graft rejections.
HOW LONG DO FAT INJECTIONS LAST?
Fat injections are
usually permanent. A variable amount of any fat injected may not
survive the transfer process. It is not uncommon to require a
repeat of the fat injections to maintain the final desirable results.
We usually wait a minimum of four to eight weeks between these
sessions. Occasionally, no matter how many times we inject the
fat, it will not "take" or stay in a particular area.
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