Facial Fat Grafting
Baton Rouge
If you’re interested in improving the appearance of hollow areas of your face such as the cheeks and temples but you’d prefer a more natural treatment than dermal fillers, you may be a great candidate for facial fat transfer.
Did you know that your very own fat can make an excellent facial filler? In the right patients, fat provides a beautifully natural-looking way to get youthful plumpness in sunken areas of the face. This is known as facial fat transfer or fat grafting, a minimally invasive procedure that achieves impressive results.
Nearly everyone has excess, unwanted fat in one area of the body. This is typically the stomach, thighs, and hips. Dr. Stephens can take some of this extra fat by using liposuction, a minimally invasive procedure, and then use this fat as a filler to get that volume you want to improve wrinkles, hollowness, and sunken areas of the face.
The advantage of using your own fat instead of dermal fillers is that there’s no risk of an allergic reaction because the fat is from your very own body. It also looks very natural and lasts longer than dermal fillers. Fat transfer is ideal for adding volume in the temples, cheeks, wrinkles, and nasolabial folds.
The first step in facial fat transfer is liposuction to remove the fat from the donor site. Both general and local anesthesia can be used, depending on how much fat is being taken. Dr. Stephens will make small incisions near the donor site.
He will then insert a cannula (a small, thin tube) to loosen the fat and remove it. Once the fat has been removed, it will be prepared and then placed into a syringe so it can be injected into targeted areas — just like a dermal filler. The procedure takes 1-2 hours.
If you’re considering facial fat transfer, it’s important to be aware that the results will be more gradual than they are with dermal fillers, which tend to be instant. Results with fat transfer may not be fully settled for several weeks, and you may also need to have the procedure done again if enough fat doesn’t survive in its new environment. Once your desired outcome has been achieved, results are long-lasting and sometimes even permanent.
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