About Fat Graft | Fat Transfer | Fat Transplant

Fat Transfer

Fat transfer, also known as fat grafting or fat injections, are a type of soft tissue filler that may be used to enhance the lips or to fill in lines and creases that may develop as we age and the effects of gravity, smiling, chewing, and squinting take their toll. Fat is one of several options you have to treat these conditions. Other options include collagen injections and alloderm placement. You are encouraged to read about all three of these types of soft tissue fillers so that you may make the right choice for your individual situation.

These techniques fat grafting, fat transplant, or fat transfer may also be used to enhance the results of another procedure, such as chemical peels, dermabrasion, microdermabrasion, face-lifting, brow lifting, and laser resurfacing.

Fat Graft

Soft tissue fillers have their differences, and it is important to understand these differences prior to selecting a particular treatment. Individual results with soft tissue fillers vary a great deal, and this phenomenon is not completely understood. Some patients do maintain the injected volume permanently, but in other patients the results may fade after only a few months. Longevity of a treatment may also be related to the muscle activity in the area. Areas with intense, repetitive muscle activity seem to metabolize the fat more rapidly than areas with less muscle activity. Because of this, fat injections are sometimes combined with Botox injections to paralyze the regional muscles and prolong the effects of the injected fat.