Dr. Stephan Baker : Fat Grafting - Miami Plastic Surgeon

Fat Transfer for Facial Rejuvenation

As we age, our facial tissues lose their stores of collagen and fat that provide smooth skin and youthful volume. Over time, the fat loss can cause you to develop deep facial wrinkles or a gaunt facial appearance. While there are synthetic fillers available to restore your youthful complexion, some patients don’t qualify as candidates due to allergies or skin sensitivity, and these fillers only offer a temporary solution. The fat transfer procedure is the ideal facial rejuvenation procedure for many women and men because it restores facial volume with your own body’s fat and enhances the results of facial rejuvenation surgery.

Benefits of Fat Transfer for Facial Rejuvenation

When facial fat tissue diminishes, you can develop shallow cheeks or hollows under the eyes. For many patients, facial volume loss leaves them looking chronically fatigued and strips them of a bright, happy complexion. Fat transfer takes patient-harvested fat and carefully injects it in the areas of deep volume loss. Enhancing facial volume restores a fuller and refreshed appearance.

Fat Transfer VS. Fillers

Fat Transfer

Gentle, safe syringe liposuction is used to harvest fatty tissue from the body, typically the hips. The fat is processed and purified, removing any unwanted oils. Dr. Baker then carefully and skillfully injects the fat into the face to restore facial volume and fill wrinkles.
Fat is grafted using a microcannula that results in micrografts, the depositing of small amounts of fat during a single pass of the cannula. The micrografting technique provides the smoothest, longest-lasting results.
Fat transfer has zero risk of allergic reactions or body rejection because it utilizes the patient’s own harvested fat.
Fat that remains after the initial recovery period is permanent, providing years of beautiful results.
The fat transfer procedure takes about one and a half hours and is performed with the patient sedated or asleep.

Fillers

A wide variety of dermal fillers is available to smooth wrinkles and restore volume, including JUVÉDERM®, Restylane®, BELOTERO BALANCE®, and JUVÉDERM VOLUMA® XC.
Dermal filler treatments are performed during a quick, in-office session with only a topical anesthetic in Miami.
Dermal fillers are injected into wrinkles or the cheeks to plump the skin and erase wrinkles.
Fillers are ideal for patients who desire a quick and efficient fix or who don’t have the required amount of fat stores for transfer.
Fillers have a higher risk of negative reactions and can sometimes provide inconsistent results that only last several months.