As we age, we lose our facial volume, especially in the cheeks area resulting in a sunken or sagging face. Facial fat grafting or lipofilling is the transfer of fat to the face resulting in a very subtle and soft increase in facial volume. This process is becoming more popular than synthetic dermal fillers or facelift surgery.
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What is facial fat grafting?
Whether it’s aging or a significant weight loss your face volume can decrease due to the loss of fat cells (responsible for the youthful and glowing look of the face). During fat grafting, your facial plastic surgeon will remove fat from your own body (belly, buttocks, love handles, or inner thighs) and graft it on your face to improve the fullness of your face. As a result, the skin looks very youthful and lifted.
Facial fat transfer has become the most opted alternative to the facial filler with hyaluronic acid because it is the more organic and natural method. 70% of the injected fat becomes grafted into the skin, so the results are very long-lasting.
Best Facial Plastic Surgeon
If you are looking for the best facial plastic surgeon in Mumbai, Dr. Siddharth Prakash is a renowned Cosmetic and Plastic Surgeon practicing at Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai. He is an alumnus of KEM Hospital, Mumbai, and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
What happens in the procedure?
During the initial consultation, your doctor will assess the extent of loss in facial volume and decide the best donor site as well as the amount of fat required to get the best results from facial fat grafting. Your doctor will also discuss some minimal side effects with you.
Your doctor will harvest the fat cells through liposuction from the donor site and then gently purify them through a centrifuge machine. In the purification process, half of the removed fat is lost including blood or any oily fluids. The remaining fat is 100% pure and ready to be injected into your face.
Your surgeon will then contour the face with fatty tissues and transplant them in a very thin layer so that the results look very smooth and the quality is not compromised. We suggest that you opt for the best facial plastic surgeon in your area to get the best results.
This process only takes a few hours and you can go home right after the procedure. You will notice instant results, however, there can be a little bit of swelling or bruised skin. You might lose a little bit of volume after the process as some fat cells might fail to develop in blood vessels.
However final results are visible in two months, you will have softer skin, and more added volume than before.
Is the process permanent?
Results from synthetic hyaluronic acid filler only last for 6 months to two years, however, facial fat grafting lasts a long time as fat cells have grafted into your blood vessels.
All patients have different responses to the procedure depending on their metabolism, lifestyle including diet, exercise, or smoking habits.
