Fat Injections - Lip, Facial Wrinkles Overview

Fat transfers rejuvenate one's appearance by erasing wrinkles, restoring youthful facial contours, plumping lips, and smoothing scars, sagginess, and other skin imperfections. Donor areas for a fat transfer tend to be the hips, abdomen, or even buttocks, and popular fat transfer recipient areas include the cheeks, lips, buttocks, labia, and penis.

Time Required

It usually takes about 1 hour to perform fat transfer surgery. Time requirements can vary depending on area, or number of areas, receiving the transfer.

Side Effects

Fat transfer side effects can include temporary swelling, bruising, and redness. Bruising and swelling tend to be thought of more as side effects of fat transfer donor areas, rather than recipient area.

Risks

All invasive procedures carry risk of infection, bleeding, or reaction to anesthesia. Specific fat transfer risks are minimal, however, limited to the possibility of extensive bruising.

Results Duration

Fat transfer results are immediately apparent, and then optimized by follow-up injections. Ultimately, fat transfer results range from very long-lasting to permanent. Several procedures usually means that less overall or frequent follow-ups are needed.

Recovery

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 1-7 days.

Discomfort Level

After receiving a fat transfer, pain and discomfort will be extremely minimal - only very slight discomfort may be evident after a fat transfer. Pain killers will easily help control that.

Anesthesia

The fat transfer anesthesia of choice is usually local with sedation for larger amounts of fat, or simply local for smaller amounts.

Inpatient/Outpatient

Outpatient.

Can be combined with

For enhanced results, fat transfers may be combined with:

• Facelift
• Blepharoplasty
• Forehead Lift or Brow Lift
• Liposuction
• Tummy Tuck

Fat Injections also known as

Fat Grafting. Fat Transplant. Fat Transfer. Autologous Fat Transplantation. Micro-Lipoinjection.