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Are Fat Transfer Results Permanent?
Asked 37 months ago by
Ang47 in Sacramento, CA
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Fat transfer results
We have performed experiments on the survival of Coleman aspirated fat grafts. We have published these stueies in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and presented them at ASAPS and ASPS meetings. We believe the initial viability to be around 20-25%. Final survival is even lower.
The issue is how viability is assessed. If you look at cells grossly, the viability is high. If however you use trypan blue exclusion techniques or metabolic studies, the number of live cells from fat injection...
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Fat Grafting, Fat Transfer Resorption can be a Problem with Fat Grafts, Ask your Plastic Surgeon about their experience with fat
For patients seeking permanent enhancement of soft tissue volume, the ideal material to use would obviously be something that is naturally-occurring and not rejected by the body or treated by the immune system as a foreign material. Whether the goal is to restore volume to an area such as the lips or the cheeks, or to fill in a crease or depression such as the nasolabial folds or marionette lines, the ideal material is quite clearly the material that one wishes was there in greater abundance...
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Are Fat Transfer Procedures Permanent?
Hi Ang,
When performed using proper techniques of harvesting fat, treating the fat, and then injecting the fat, the fat that survives is permanent living fat. The techniques of Coleman, Lam, and Glasgold have been proven to stand the test of time. The percentage of fat transferred that survives varies from about 40 to 60% with these techniques.
I have personally seen the fat transfers in my patients to be permanent. The fat that is there after 6 months will be with them for the rest of...
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Fat grafts have the potential to be permanent
Ang47,
Fat grafting has revolutionized plastic surgery. More and more uses are popping up every day. However, there is still an element of unpredictability to fag graft survival. In most cases the grafts survive. However, there is a chance that some if it will be absorbed by the body. As newer techniques are developed such as micro fat grafting, the percentage of viable fat transfers is increasing. I feel you should not over correct, since if all the fat survives, you will look over...
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Is fat transfer results permanent?
Results of fat transfer varies depending on the location of injection, thickness of the soft tissue where fat in injected into, the skills of the surgeon, the way fat is harvested and prepared, and finally "luck". In my large experience with buttock augmentation with fat grafting, I have noticed that less than 10% of the fat goes away. In the face, this can be up to 30%.
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Permanent but not totally predictible!
Fat grafting can produce remarkable results in terms of volume restoration and skin quality improvements.
The rejuvenation effects cannot be matched by any artificial Injectables!
with more than a year in adult stem cells enhancement of my fat grafts ,i have seen more stability in the survival of the graft and continuous benefits in skin restoration.
my experience in stem cell enhanced face lifts has been quite exciting as well!...
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Fat Transfer Results Can Be Permanent
The level of survival of fat that is transferred depends on many factors, but I believe probably the most important factor is the technique and experience of the surgeon performing the fat transfer. Fat should be harvested with minimal pressure and delicate technique to minimize trauma to the fat cells, should be centrifuged to concentrate the fat and get rid of impurities, and should be re-injected into the donor site in multiple small passes in many layers to increase the chances...
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Fat transfers may be permanent
Permanent is a difficult word. Does that mean that even when in the grave that the fat will stay? I don't think so.
In general, most doctors report some portion of the fat will remain in the desired area for years after the procedure. Some reports have the amount of fat that survives at between 20% and 60% of that which is injected.
That leaves the physician in a dilemma:
1. Should the physicians OVERFILL the fat into the area to accomodate the loss of fat. My answer to that is a resounding...
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All depends on the technique.
The classic teaching regarding fat grafting will tell you that you could loose 30% of the injected fat by 6-9 month following injection.
The newer techniques of fat preservation and gentle handling would deliver much better results and published data shows consistent results for several years. This technique is largely surgeon dependent.
Two important facts regarding micro fat grafting;
1-You can always over correct by injecting a little more to account for a percentage that could get...
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Is fat transfer permanent?
I think there are several camps out there when it comes to fat transfer, so it depends who you ask. I have always been a strong believer in fat transfer, and have over 15 years experience with the procedure. I believe fat volume loss is probably the #1 factor in facial aging for most people, and therefore it logically follows we should replace the fat loss. As others have said, it is very technique dependent (both on the surgeon's expertise and how he/she does the...
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Fat grafting is permanent with appropriate technique
Fat grafting is an excellent option for facial rejuvenation. Once the fat takes, it will survive just like it did before, but only in a different place, so it will behave like normal fat getting larger or smaller as you lose or gain weight. However fat grafting is very technique sensitive, and surgeons who do not pay attention to each aspect of the process may not get consitent results. Every component of the procedure from fat harvesting, to fat purification, and the actual...
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How Permanent is Fat Transfer?
The technique of fat transfer has been improved with the use of delicate transfer of fat with low pressure removal with handheld syringes, centrifuge to remove excess fluid and injection with blunt tipped needles which inject tiny amounts allowing for better in growth of blood supply. With proper technique, called the "Coleman technique" fat transfer will have excellent long term survival. Use of liposuction machines and thick injections will have the opposite...
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Is fat transfer permanent?
If the fat cells "survive" the move to the new location, yes, they will be permanent. So, whatever you have at 6 months post-transfer, you are likely to keep forever. However, the fraction of cells that survive varies widely, depending on the technique used. Surgeons are still working on standardizing and optimizing fat transfer methods.
All the best,
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Permanence depends on location of grafting
The percentage of fat transfer that becomes permanent depends largely on the area grafted and the techniques used to graft it. It can range from 20-40% in the face to 80% or more in the buttocks (such as with the Brazilian Butt lift) if the procedure for fat grafting is the ‘micro fat graft technique’
However you will usually know within 4 months what your final results will look like. As with any procedure, discuss your goals with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon to...
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Fat transfer results can be permanent
No matter the surgeon, not all of the fat that is placed in the face survives. However, the percentage that does "take" will become a permanent part of your facial soft tissues. It still will be subject to the normal aging process (just like your native facial fat) but you will always have improved volume compared with if you didn't have the procedure.
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Fat transfer results are permanent
Yes, once you have healed and the fat that has been transferred has survived, the results are permanent.
HOWEVER, first you need to take into consideration that not all the fat that is transferred survives. The percentage of the fat the survives varies greatly from surgeon to surgeon and is highly technique dependent. The next thing you need to realize is that if you loose or gain weight, the fat cells can shrink or swell up. However, the fat distribution pattern...
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Research has shown that about 50% of transplanted fat survives 5 years.
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Fat transfer or fat grafting or lipoaumentation
Fat transfers are permenant procedures. However the level of correction depends on the techique of fat transfer. That means some surgeons will get 50 percent correction and others 75 to 80 percent correction. After 6 weeks or so, what remains is usually permenant. Within this time frame, some of the damaged fat will be removed. Again, final results are plastic surgeon dependent. Check your surgeons pictures.