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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…

The Role of Graft Preparation in Fat Injection Therapies

Fat grafting is a hot topic in plastic surgery. Over the past ten years, it has emerged from its dark ages in which it was viewed as unsuccessful and in disrepute. Historically, fat grafting in cosmetic surgery was completely unpredictable. The transferred fat would usually completely resorb and, if not, it left lumps and contour Read More…

Fat Injections and Stem Cells in Plastic Surgery – Hype or Hope?

  The use of the words ‘stem cell’ and ‘reconstructive surgery’ is a charismatic combination that brings to mind a simple and seemingly obvious biologic solution. With the knowledge that fat cells are an excellent source of adult stem cells and liposuction is an easy way to get them, the procedure of lipofilling or fat-stem Read More…

Changing Facial Shape with Fat Injections

There are numerous types of facial shapes. (eight to be exact) Described as well known geometric outlines such as round, oblong,  and square, they impart to a face a certain look. There are many anatomic components that come together to make up that geometric shape. The prominence of the bones and the thickness and amount Read More…

Common Questions about Injectable Fat Grafting

  1.      What are the different types of fat grafting?   Fat grafting in plastic surgery in various forms has been around for over fifty years. More solid forms of fat grafts, known as dermal fat grafts, has a long history of successful use when the size of the graft is relatively small. But having Read More…

Reinflating the Gaunt Face by Fat Injections

  The gaunt face can occur in both the young and the aging. It is most commonly recognized as a part of aging for some with loss of fat in the cheeks, side of the face, and even up into the temples. But it can also occur as a natural part of one’s face even Read More…

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