Facial Fat Transfer

Name: Facial Fat Transfer
Brand: Cheng Plastic Surgery
Rating: 4.9 (832 reviews)

Facial fat transfer, also known as fat grafting, has become a very popular method of facial rejuvenation, restoring loss of volume with your own natural fat cells. The primary benefit of the procedure is that is uses your own fat, rich in adipose stem cells that aid in natural regeneration.

How Long Does Fat Grafting Last?

While injectable dermal fillers are highly popular, provide a beautiful result, and take minutes to administer, they are reabsorbed by the body over time and must be reapplied. Facial fat transfers have the potential to produce long-lasting facial enhancements.

For superior results in natural fat grafting, fat harvesting demands a high degree of skill and biologic mastery. Our doctors lead the medical field with their state-of-the-art private plastic surgery center and are highly accredited for all the procedures they perform.

Facial Rejuvenation with Natural Fat for Long-Lasting Results

Some of the fat transferred will naturally be reabsorbed during the first two months after the procedure and a bit more within the first six months. However, the transferred fat is living tissue and the fat that flourishes after transfer will become an organic part of the area treated. A large part of the success of the outcome depends upon the experience, techniques, and advanced technology used in the procedure. Our double board-certified plastic surgeons are meticulous, dedicated, and experienced. They know how much fat to inject and the best practices foster maximum cell survival.

Am I A Candidate for A Facial Fat Transfer?

Because a facial fat transfer involves your own fat, the procedure is considered safe, with few side effects. When you come in for a consultation, we’ll review your medical history, give you a physical examination and go over how we can help you rejuvenate your face or body with natural fat. There are a few points to consider regarding eligibility.

Are you currently going through a major weight reduction or increase? This fluctuation should be stabilized before the procedure is considered.
You want to enhance a specific aspect of your face.
You are in good general health, both mind and body. You do not currently have any medical issues that could prevent healing or fat relocation acceptance such as an autoimmune disease or a cardiovascular condition.
You have an adequate amount of fat to harvest from another location of your body.
You understand what a facial fat transfer can improve, and that absolute perfection is unattainable – but true enhancement is.
You do not smoke or agree to quit before and after for several weeks.
You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.

What Are The Two Types Of Fat Grafting?

Macrofat grafting
This technique utilizes full-sized particles of fat and stem cells. It is used when the goal is to replace lost volume.
Nanofat grafting or stem cell injections
These techniques are used for scar rejuvenation or regions requiring rejuvenation that have thinner tissue.

Our Superior Results in Facial Fat Grafting

In order for a facial fat graft to take hold and achieve a sustaining improvement on your face, it must be carefully harvested so that it does not break the rich population of adipose stem cells contained within it. The transplanted fat must establish a blood supply to continue to thrive.

Capturing as much as the complete complex of nutrients and regenerative elements in the fat is the first objective. Without carefully achieving this step, a larger degree of the injected fat will die off and be reabsorbed by the body. Poor technique can lower the results to a 30 percent acceptance rate or less, which will diminish the overall enhancement.

Some doctors try to compensate by overfilling the injection site, but this can result in unpredictable or uneven results. Our double board certified facial plastic surgeons are highly respected for the purity of their techniques both in harvesting natural fat and in injecting a precise amount in the proper location. Every face is different, and results will vary, but Dr. Jacqueline and Elbert typically achieve very high fat acceptance rates.

Never take a risk with a facial procedure but ensure you can achieve beautiful results. Call Cheng Plastic Surgery in Saratoga, California and schedule an appointment today. We serve the entire Bay Area, including San Jose and Palo Alto.

Why Choose Cheng Plastic Surgery For Facial Fat Transfer?

Trained at the nation’s most prestigious universities and apprenticed under internationally renowned facial plastic surgeons, Drs. Elbert and Jacqueline Cheng are both double board-certified in facial procedures by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. They have performed countless facial plastic surgery procedures for patients across the country.

With their extensive medical knowledge and finely honed surgical skills, they produce results that are both naturally rejuvenating and meticulously crafted. At Cheng Plastic Surgery, you benefit from the unique opportunity to have your facial fat transfer performed by a family team of double board-certified plastic surgeons with deep expertise in both head and neck and facial plastic surgery.