Category: fat grafting | fat injections

Fat Grafting for HIV Lipoatrophy

Lipoatrophy is a well knownside effect that can occur in patients who have been treated with antoretroviral therapy for HIV. The devastating facial changes that occur with progressive loss of facial fat has a very negative impact on the quality of life for those so affected. Two basic treatment strategies have been used for facial Read More…

Patient Testimonials: Facial Fat Injections

Just want to thank you…for two actually three reasons First… It was a 100% HIT… That’s exactly where I wanted the fat grafts placed and needed it and I think you actually filled in the atrophic scar!! My learning experience with where to place it is that no matter where I think I need Read More…

Postoperative Instructions for Fat Grafting

Fat grafting is done to either augment or restore soft tissue volume of the face and body areas. It can be done through one of two fat grafting techniques. These include either fat injections using concentrated graft material from a liposuction harvest or from the placement of a dermal-fat graft obtained through an open excision harvest The Read More…

Dispelling Common Myths of Buttock Enhancement

The desire for fuller and more uplifted buttocks is one of the most popular body contouring requests in the past few years. When it comes to the buttocks, the issues mainly consist of its size and shape as well as the texture of the overlying skin. Implants, fat injections, liposuction and cellulite treatments are Read More…

Injectable Cartilage and Fat Grafting in Rhinoplasty

The concept of injectable treatments has expanded to a wide variety of aesthetic facial uses over the past decade. From a single site enlargement like the lips to more extensive facial rejuvenation, injections offer an easy way to quickly add volume. Even the nose, once a basion of being changed exclusively by surgical manipulation, Read More…

The Reality of Buttock Augmentation Options

Buttock augmentation has become an extremely popular body contouring procedure. But unlike another body part, the breasts which are much more frequently augmented, the buttocks can not just be made to any desired size. I frequently get requests for patients who want a really ‘big butt.’ While what constitutes a large buttocks is open Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review: Viafill Fat Grafting System

The popularity of fat transfer by injection continues to grow due to the appeal of a natural biologic filler material for both small and large soft tissue volume needs. This interest continues to grow despite ongoing issues of inconsistency in graft take and survival. While the critical steps in fat transfer are well known, Read More…

Implants or Fat Injections for Buttock Augmentation

Attention to the size and shape of the buttocks has always been an important part of body aesthetics. But fashion trends, Hollywood and societal awareness has driven the demand for aesthetic buttock surgery to new levels in the U.S. over the past few years. As a result, buttock enhancement is one of the most rapidly Read More…

Fat Injections for Tear Troughs

The tear trough deformity is one of the more recently recognized aesthetic facial concerns for many patients. Hollowing under the eyes usually appears with age but some people have it as part of their natural anatomy. It is essentially lost or missing volume underneath the eyelid skin that is most manifest in the inner half Read More…