Category: fat grafting | fat injections

  Fat grafting has become very popular in plastic surgery with the face and buttocks being commonly injected sites. While the availability and harvesting of fat has always been easy through well established liposuction techniques, it is the understanding of fat aspirate concentration and injection technique that has made it a more reliable soft tissue Read More…

  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…

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…

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…