The body is the most important attribute of female beauty – a symbol of attractiveness and desire. Today women who are unhappy with their body have many options which include fat transfer.

As a person ages fat is lost where it actually served a purpose, the soft tissue in the facial skin begins to sag. That sagging shows the effect of a number of different factors: gravity, exposure to the sun and repeated movement of the underlying muscles. Such sagging can be eliminated by the inserting a filler under the skin.

• To increase self confidence and enhance self image
• To give a more youthful appearance in a natural way
• To restore a smoother firmer image
• To improve self esteem
• To enhance and give more fullness to the lips and cheeks
• To fill in deep wrinkles
• fill scars or tissue defects like that created by severe acne

The most suitable candidates for fat transfer procedures are those who are in good physical health, are mentally and psychologically stable, preferably do not smoke, those who want to improve their appearance and those who have realistic expectations about the procedure and the results. Extra reasons may include those who wish to eradicate the signs of ageing in hollows and furrows by increasing the volume in these areas

Advantages of fat transfer

• Allergic reactions to the fat cannot occur
• It is readily available
• No foreign matter is injected
• Infection is rare
• The results can last for years

All injectable substances like fat and collagen will reabsorb to some extent. Fat has a variable retention rate meaning that some of the observed effect will be lost. The patient should always be aware that further "top-up" injections may be required to achieve the desired result.
 

The Procedure

The transfer of fat has been extensively employed for many years to fill out a variety of contour defects on the surface of the body. Fat transfer involves transplanting cells (containing the fat) extracted by a syringe under local anaesthetic from your hips, abdomen, tummy, thighs or wherever there is some. It is then cleansed and reinjected into facial folds, creases, lips or hollows. This is a 2 stage procedure in which fat is harvested then injected. The redundant fat is stored for subsequent top-up injections because some will be absorbed into the body and top-ups may be required and is regarded as a type of graft. In their new position the fat cells continue as before to absorb and store fat. Fat transfer is especially useful in correcting facial defects from whatever cause. The abundant blood supply of the face makes it an ideal area to support and maintain the viability – the ability to continue to live and thrive – of free transplanted fat cells. In addition, as they are the body’s own tissue, there is no danger of rejection. Fat can serve as soft tissue filler. Fat injections can restore smoothness to an aging face. Sutures are not required because the incisions are so small.

A surgeon can not predict how long any injected fat will remain under a patient's skin, before becoming absorbed by the cells that are in contact with that fat. Five different elements contribute to the "staying power" of any injected fat. Those five elements are the patient's age, the patient's genes, the patient's skin quality, the patient's lifestyle and the site of the fat injection.

About two thirds of the transplanted fat will be absorbed soon after transfer and within about six weeks of the procedure. Some will be absorbed at a later stage, while the remainder will ‘take’ and continue to thrive as normal living tissue. It is not possible, however, to predict accurately how much fat will ‘take’, and a second procedure is sometimes required within a few weeks.

Because only a small proportion of the volume of the transplanted fat is going to last more than a few weeks, it is customary to inject rather more than is actually required. If the surgeon tries to be over-ambitious with this technique the result tends to be disappointing because large volumes of fat cells do not establish an adequate blood supply and so perish. The correct techniques is to inject only small amounts at a time.

Expect swelling and redness for several days and bruising is also likely since there is more trauma with ft transfer than with other cosmetic fillers.

The stable result, seen after six weeks or so, can last for several years.

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