COSMETIC FAT INJECTIONS (YOUR OWN FAT)

The cosmetic fat injections procedure is known as  Autologous Fat Transplantation or Microlipoinjection. It involves extracting fat cells from the patient's abdomen, thighs, buttocks or elsewhere and re-injecting beneath facial skin. Cosmetic fat injections are most often used to fill in 'sunken' cheeks or laugh lines between the nose and mouth, to correct skin depressions or indentations, to minimize forehead wrinkles and to enhance lips.

In the procedure, the fat is withdrawn using a syringe with a large-bore needle or a cannula (the same instrument used in lipo-suction) attached to a suction device. The fat is then prepared and injected into the recipient site with a needle. As with Collagen, 'overfilling' is necessary to allow for fat absorption in the weeks following treatment. When fat is used to fill sunken cheeks or to correct areas on the face other than lines this, this overcorrection of newly injected fat may temporarily make the face appear abnormally puffed out or swollen.

If a larger area was treated, you may be advised to curtail your activity for a breif time; however, many patients are able to resume normal activity immediately. Alleric reaction is not a factor for cosmetic fat injections because it's harvested from a patient's own body. There is however, a small risk of infection and other infrequent complications. The severity of these symptoms depends upon the size and location of the treated area.

Patients should say out of the sun until the redness and bruising subsides - usually about 48 hours. The duration of the cosmetic fat injections varies significantly from patient to patient. Though some patients have reported results lasting a year or more, the majority of patients find that at least half of the injected fullness disappears within 3-6 months. Therefore, repeated injections may be necessary. Centre staff will advise you on how to maintain your cosmetic results from fat injections.

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