Fat Grafting restores volume in the aging face

Natural Fat Grafting

An ideal option to achieve a more uniform, predictable and often longer lasting results to restoring a youthful look is fat grafting. This procedure is done in the office with local anesthesia with or without mild sedation. Extra fat taken from the patient can be stored frozen and used exclusively for that patient at a later date. Most all areas of the face can be fat grafted either as a stand-alone procedure or in conjunction with other surgeries such as blepharoplasty or face lift. Fat taken from certain areas of the body also fills in wrinkles and folds of the face, avoiding placement of any "unnatural" products in the body. Fat grafts placed in areas of scars and dimpling of the skin has been shown to smooth out the overlying skin and change the distorted color of that scarred skin to a more blended color with the surrounding skin. Gradual filling of areas over a short period of time with smaller amounts versus "bulk" filling with fat is desired. A person's fat can be frozen and stored for up to 3 months retaining viability.

Over the years plastic surgeons have come to acknowledge the value of restoring volume in the aging face. Improved techniques with Fat Grafting have been shown to achieve a more uniform, predictable and often longer lasting results to restoring a youthful look in the face. Fat is ideal because it comes directly from the patient and avoids any risk of an allergic reaction or rejection.

Synthetic Fillers

Facial fillers are materials placed in varying levels of the skin to smooth out wrinkles or "fill" deepened folds of the facial region. Manufactured products such as Restylane®, Juvederm®, Perlane® and Cosmoderm® are substances found naturally in the skin but have been modified to last for varying periods of time before being broken down by the body. Repeated injections of some of these materials has been shown to stimulate the body’s natural production of that substance, thus achieving a long-term desired effect where the product was placed. | More Synthetic Fillers information »