Enhances the face and body using fat collected from another area of the body.

Fat transfer, also called fat grafting, fat injection, and lipofilling is a procedure that uses fat from the person’s own body to fill in spaces and wrinkles.

It can be performed in the case of thin cheeks, and the disappearance of fat around the cheekbones, wrinkles that extend from the nose to the corners of the mouth,  It is also one of the common methods used to fill the lips. In addition, It can also be used to relieve all kinds of deformities caused by poor liposuction or injuries.

The method

The necessary fat is obtained by liposuction through one or several incisions with a length of 3-5 mm. The fat is usually taken from the abdomen or inner thigh. The fat is processed by centrifugation, and filtered or filtered to produce liquid fat tissue ready for injection. Then the fat is injected where it is needed. The fat is distributed evenly in the area by injecting small amounts each time so that the fat is surrounded by healthy tissues and thus the transplanted fat gets the necessary oxygen.

At the hospital / daily operations

Both cases are possible

Operation Duration

about an hour, This depends on the size of the areas to be treated

Recovery

swelling usually decreases by the third day, Social activities can be resumed after about five days.

Anesthesia

Local anesthesia for the donor area and the area to be treated.

Possible side effects

Donor area: minimal edema , some bruises and minimal pain up to 24 hours, Treated areas: bruises, swelling (especially the lips if treated), Possible minor pain The treated areas will be swollen immediately after the operation, Especially the lips if they are treated and therefore it is important to use cold compresses and compression garments in the first few hours to reduce swelling. The swelling will increase until about the third day, But then it gradually gradually reduced. After about a week to ten days, patients feel confident about going out and resuming a normal social life.

Results

Correction of deep wrinkles, sagging, unevenness and minor pits. Augmentation of treated areas such as cheekbones, cheeks, and chin. Improving the quality of the overlying skin with its positive effect. After the body has absorbed a percentage of fat (between 20 and 50%) the correction can be considered permanent.