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The Evolution of Buttock Augmentation By Fat Injections

  Enlargement of the buttocks has been one of the fastest growing procedures in body contouring over the past decade. While implants have been historically used for gluteal augmentation, the injection of fat has now become the most popular method. While fat injections have been used for numerous applications, mainly in the face, its use Read More…

Synthetic Injectable Fillers vs. Fat For Soft Tissue Facial Augmentation

  The concept of injectable soft tissue fillers/augmentation has evolved dramatically over the past ten years. Besides the near continuous introduction of commercially-produced synthetic injectable fillers, using one’s own fat has also become mainstream. Although injectable fat grafting is far from perfect, it continues to become refined and more dependable. Sometimes patients are understandably confused Read More…

Preparation Methods For Facial Fat Injections

  Fat appears to be a near ideal material for facial volume restoration or augmentation. Known as lipofilling, it is a very safe and relatively inexpensive method of adding volume to either the aging or lipodystrophic face. While injecting fat into the face is straightforward, the important question becomes how to ensure that most of Read More…

Breast Augmentation With Fat Injections Using Brava Device

  Breast augmentation historically and to the present day is an implant-driven operation. What is put in accounts for the way it appears on the outside. Despite its popularity, breast implants due have their problems including a limited lifespan. Contrary to what many patients believe, they are not lifelong devices and they will eventually fail Read More…

The Safety of Fat Injections in Breast Reconstruction

The use of injectable fat grafting in breast reconstruction has evolved in the past decade to become an established technique. While many patients envision that the entire breast mound is made out of injected fat, it is largely a complementary technique. It may be used alone in smaller lumpectomy defects but it is a secondary Read More…

Fat Injection Rejuvenation Of The Upper Third Of The Face

The most common method of rejuvenation of the upper third of the face (brows, eyelids and forehead) is some form of skin excision with or without skin lifting. While this is still a mainstay of improving the appearance of facial aging, the concept of volume restoration is beginning to become an additional approach to facial Read More…

Stem Cells, Fat and Fat Injections in Plastic Surgery

  Stem cells have been well known for a long time and bone marrow has been the traditional source of their harvest. Stem cells have generated such interest because medical researchers believe that stem cell therapy has the potential to dramatically change how we might treat certain the human diseases. As stem cell science has Read More…

The Role of Stem Cells in Injectable Fat Grafting

  The continuing evolution of fat grafting in plastic surgery has seen it become more dependable as well as new applications being developed. Popular target areas for fat grafting have focused on the face, breast, and buttocks. Some equate fat injections to that of synthetic injectable fillers. But beyond their injectability, there are used for Read More…

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