What Is Fat Transfer?
Fat transfer is taking fat from an unwanted area in the person’s body and injecting it into an area that is missing volume. Autologous fat transfer refers to using the patient’s own fat tissue.
This cosmetic procedure involves three in-depth steps. First, under local anesthesia, The patient undergoes a light liposuction where the fat is harvested from pockets of unwanted fat such as the lower abdomen, flank, inner thighs. Next, the extracted fat cells are isolated and purified in preparation for injection. Once the prepared fat is processed, it is injected into areas of the body that are lacking volume, such as the face, hands, breasts, hips, buttocks, Etc.
How does BeautiFill fat transfer work?
Beautiful is a fat transfer procedure that uses laser energy under the skin to gently loosen fat from unwanted areas such as the abdomen, flanks, inner thighs, and hips, and remove the live fat cells using gentle liposuction. The extracted fat cells are live and can then be injected into areas of the body that have lost volume, such as in the face, cheeks, temples, lips, nasolabial folds, marionette lines, and in the body certain areas such as breasts, hands, and buttocks.
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BeautiFill vs Other Methods
Most methods of fat transfer have been higher risk and more damaging both to the tissue and the fat cells. Due to the damage done to fat cells, other processes have lower reabsorption rates, and much of the fat can be lost within the first year of the transfer. The results varied from patient to patient, leaving many patients with more or less fat than they wanted or expected.
BeautiFill’s fat survival rates are far more predictable, allowing for results to be far closer to what is expected. The fat cell viability rate using BeautiFill is over 90%! The process of suctioning is also significantly faster than other fat transfer methods as it lasers and suctions the fat simultaneously. This allows for the procedure to take less time overall. BeautiFill is also a very safe procedure that leaves the patient with less post-procedure pain, bleeding, bruising, swelling, and risk of hematoma than other forms of liposuction. This is because the laser-assisted process seals the tiny blood vessels during fat extraction and processing.
Benefits of BeautiFill
Procedures such as facial enhancements, dermal fillers, butt lifts, and breast augmentation, which use synthetic materials or implants now use the body’s own fat! This is better because inserting a foreign body always carries the risk that the patient’s body will reject the implant or filler. The body would not reject itself, so the risk of adverse reactions is significantly decreased.
BeautiFill is a two-in-one procedure. Problem areas where the fat has been hard to exercise away can be lasered away. Common areas of fat removal include double-chin, abdomen, bra overhang, flanks, and thighs, which many people have a tough time getting rid of by exercise alone. Areas, where fat has been lost over time with age, can be filled simultaneously, giving a two-in-one treatment. This gives an overall more youthful look in both the face and the body. Watch your self-confidence skyrocket!
The laser-liposuction duo tightens the skin while removing the fat. Many patients of traditional liposuction methods complain that it leaves the skin loose and requires additional procedures and exercise to tighten the skin. BeautiFill lasers while liposuctioning, which not only seals the blood vessels, reducing the chances of bleeding and hematoma but also tightens the skin so it doesn’t hang loosely from a lack of volume.
Facial Fat Transfer
As we age, we lose volume in our faces creating a gaunt look, With sagging skin, unwanted wrinkles, and overall less youthful appearance. Much of the volume loss is due to fat atrophy or shrinkage. Having fat transfer to the face can restore facial volume with beautiful natural-looking results.
The volume and plumpness Can be restored in many areas such as cheeks, marionette lines, under-eye hollows, temples, and lips. Facial fat transfer can also reduce the appearance of scars as well as help with facial contouring around the nose, jaw, and mouth.
Fat Transfer or fat grafting to Your Breasts
Implants used to be the only option for breast augmentation. But, you may be uncomfortable with the idea of implants. Also, you may wish to avoid an invasive surgical procedure under a general anesthetic with an extensive recovery period. Or you may not like how saline/silicone implants look or feel, so would be unhappy with your results.
Fat transfer method for Breast augmentation is a minimally invasive and the most natural alternative to traditional breast implants. It’s safe, and it gives you natural-looking volume with no large scars.
Dr. Khorrami will give you local anesthesia, then use liposuction to harvest your extra fat. Then, she’ll purify the fat and transfer it to your breasts.
You can increase the size of your breasts up to one cup size. So, if you want larger breasts, implants might still be your best option.
Fat Transfer to buttocks – Butt Lift
What is a Fat Transfer / Butt Lift?
A butt lift, or Brazilian butt lift, is a cosmetic surgical procedure where Dr. Khorrami transfers fat to your buttocks to create fullness or remove dimpling. It’s a noninvasive treatment that uses body fat from another area of your body to naturally improve the appearance and the size of your bottom.
At Allurant Medical, we offer fat injections and butt lifts to give you the butt you’ve always wanted. Fat transfer to the buttocks can improve sagging, flat profile, asymmetry, disproportionately small buttocks, “hip dip”, craters or lumps.
