Fat InjectionAbout The Procedure
Fat Injection treatment can help improve a person’s appearance by filling in deep facial wrinkles and creases, plumping up creased and sunken areas of the face, adding fullness to the lips and cheeks. And because fat injections use fat harvested from your own body, any form of allergic reaction is avoided.
Procedure Description
In the procedure, fat is harvested from an individual’s own body and injected back into other various areas. With a fat injection procedure, a patient’s own body fat can be used as a graft to fill in depressions, deep lines (nasiolabial folds or smile and frown lines) and other areas on the face that need contouring.
To perform a Fat Injection procedure, fat is withdrawn from certain donor areas, either using a needle or through techniques similar to those used during liposuction. The removed fat is then treated through a centrifuge and injected back into the needed areas. The selected areas for the fat injections are overfilled with the patient’s fat to allow for absorption following the treatment.
Best Candidates for Fat Injection Treatment
Fat Injection candidates must be in good health, have no active diseases or serious, pre-existing medical conditions, and must have realistic expectations of the outcome of the surgery.
Length of the Procedure
Fat Injection treatment usually takes 1 to 2 hours.
Anesthesia
Fat Injection treatment is typically performed under general anesthesia or local with sedation.
Inpatient or Outpatient?
Fat Injection treatment is typically performed on an outpatient basis.
Possible Side Effects
Fat Injection treatment may cause temporary stinging, throbbing, or burning sensation, faint redness, swelling, or excess fullness.
Recovery
Patients are up and around immediately following Fat Injection treatment. Any discomfort following the procedure can be controlled with medication. Some swelling at the treatment site may last up to 36 hours. There may be some bruising, which can be covered with make-up.
A compression girdle may be worn at the donor area for initial fat transfer recovery.
Patients must wait at least 24 hours after surgery before applying makeup.
Depending on the area having received the fat transfer, recovery from swelling and bruising may take about 1 to 7 days.
Duration of Results
The results of Fat Injection are not permanent because eventually the body will reabsorb the fat. Fat transferred to the face can last as long as three years.
The initial injection should last up to six months. Over the first few months about 65% of the fat will be absorbed by the body. The remaining 35% will usually stay in place for years. For results that will last years, patients usually receive three or four treatments over a six month period.
Risks
Unlike bovine collagen, allergic reaction is not a factor with Fat Injection treatment because the fat is harvested from the patient’s own body.
Cost
Expect to pay $1,000 to $6,500 for Fat Injection treatment.
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