Category: fat grafting | fat injections

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…

Fat Injections In Facelift Surgery

As the face ages, deflation through fat absorption occurs for many people. This loss of facial fat causes a sunken appearance and significantly affects the cheek and orbital areas. As a result, restoring some fullness to the cheeks has been part of many facial rejuvenation strategies and a wide variety of materials have been 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…

Mammographic Screening in Fat Injection Breast Augmentation and Breast Cancer Detection

Fat transfer for breast reconstruction or for cosmetic breast augmentation is a new technique that continues to evolve. There are many unresolved and unknown issues with injectable fat transplantation in general not to mention some that site-specific to the breast. One of the more important breast issues is whether fat injections can interfere with Read More…

Fat Injections For The Aging Lower Eyelids And Tear Troughs

Aging of the lower eyes is marked by loose skin and wrinkles, herniating fat and often the presence of a tear trough groove. This has led to the commonly used blepharoplasty approaches of skin and fat removal. The treatment focus has been on tissue removal and tightening. While generally successful as defined by making 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…

Breast Augmentation with Injectable Fat – Risk of Infection

Injectable fat grafting continues to expand in number of uses and in acceptance as a reliable method of adding volume. Once reserved for just small volume additions to the face, it has become more recently popular in breast surgery. Starting initially with its use in breast reconstruction, for lumpectomy defects and as touch-ups after 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…