Category: buttock augmentation | fat grafting

Dermal-Fat Grafts For Buttock Augmentation

Buttock augmentation continues to grow in popularity, largely driven by the acronym BBL. The Brazilian Butt Lift is a moniker for the transfer of autologous fat into the buttocks though injection using the patient’s own fat harvested by liposuction. Besides being a natural procedure, the additional benefit of body contouring from the liposuction part of Read More…

Fat Injections in the Treatment Of Parry-Romberg Syndrome

Parry-Romberg syndrome, also known as progressive hemifacial atrophy is a very uncommon neurocutaneous disease. It is characterized by shrinkage of tissues (primarily fat although muscle bone and skin are affected as well) on one side of the face that usually follows the distribution of branches of the trigeminal nerve. It affects females more than males Read More…

Fat Injections For Scar Therapy

Fat injections, also known as autologous lipofilling, continues to expand in usage in plastic surgery. While initially perceived as just a soft tissue filler, it has become known for improving the quality of the tissues into which it is injected. The precise mechanisms as to why this happens is not known but observations and anectodal Read More…

Technical Strategies in Plastic Surgery – Fat Grafting in Migraine Surgery

Contemporary migraine surgery for the treatment of perpheral triggers involves decompression of the involved nerves. The most common involved nerves include the supraorbital, supratrochlear and the greater and lesser occipital nerves. (the zygomaticotemporal and auriculotemporal nerves are avulsed so they are excluded) The success of nerve decompression depends on adequate release of the enveloping muscle Read More…

The Biology of Injectable Fat Grafting – When Will I See The Final Result?

The principal objective for fat grafting today is to serve as a soft tissue filler. Patients understandably expect that the fat that is injected will largely survive and they will retain much of the initial result for a successful outcome. A properly educated patient, however, will have been informed that fat graft survival is Read More…

The Biology of Injectable Fat Grafting – How Does It Work?

Injectable autologous fat grafting has been around about as long as liposuction but has only achieved widespread clinical use and acceptance more recently. Few skeptics remain in plastic surgery as to its potential utility or in the techniques to do it. The only semi-controversy about fat grafting is in the breast because of its unknown Read More…

Fat Injections for Lower Eyelid Retraction

The use of fat for soft tissue augmentation and in various reconstructive problems is now widely used. While it may not always survive as well as often as would be desired, and occasionally survives and grows too well, its easy accessibility and introduction into tissues lends itself to broad applications. One of the now very Read More…

Facelift Approach in the HIV-Positive Patient

Facelift surgery is performed on a wide variety of patients, regardless of age, gender, race or medical condition. There are nuances in facelift surgery for all of these differing patient considerations that can alter the technique and the tissues manipulated to optimize outcomes. The greatest nuances amongst facelift techniques is in what tissues below the Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Fat Cell Biology

Other than skin, fat is the most commonly manipulated tissue by plastic surgeons. Most people think of fat removal by liposuction when they think of plastic surgery by fat transplantation by injection is becoming increasingly popular. But when fat cells are removed or transplanted the questions are whether they will come back or do they Read More…

Fat Injections in the Hand for Raynaud Phenomenon

For those who are afflicted with Raynaud phenomenon, the influence of cold weather on their hands or feet is all too well known. It is estimated that up to 2% of the population has Raynaud phenomenon in varying degrees and amount of symptoms. This is seen as vasoconstriction of part or all of the digits Read More…