Category: fat grafting | fat injections

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…

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…

Plastic Surgery History: Theories of Fat Graft Survival

Fat grafting in plastic surgery has been around for over a century. It has waxed and waned in popularity for a variety of reasons but has recently undergone a major resurgence in clinical use. The primary goal of fat grafting when performed by plastic surgeons has been the restoration of soft tissue loss or 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…

Submental Neck Fat Reduction by Injection – Clinical Trial Results of ATX-101 (Kybella)

Since the days of Lipodissolve, which was a rage in the early 2000s, the search for an injectable fat dissolving drug has been ongoing. Taking one of the original compounds used in Lipodissolve, deoxycholic acid (DCA), Kythera has been doing clinical trials for its injectable drug ATX-101. This is a purified synthetic version of DCA Read More…

The Benefits of Fat Grafting in Facial Reshaping Surgery

Facial skeletal surgery, what I often call facial structural surgery, offers many options for changing the form of the face. From jaw repositioning to bone reshaping to implants, significant foundational changes can be done. While much of facial skeletal surgery is done in the young (under age 45), this does exclude older patients as well. Read More…

Liposuction and Fat Injections for Treating Buttock Silicone Injection Complications

The desire for a larger and more shapely buttocks has led to a surge in the number of buttock augmentation procedures performed today. While fat injections and implants make up the legitimate surgical methods to increase buttock size, there is a significant black market industry of buttock augmentation by a variety of unapproved injectable filler Read More…

The Illegal Practice of Black Market Buttock Injections

On the surface, no one would say to themselves…please inject my body with some foreign substance (of which I don’t know what it is or even care) in an unsterile/unclean hotel room or in a house or aprtment by someone who has no medical training at all. That does not sound like a good idea Read More…