How Soon After a Facelift Can Fat or Fillers Be Injected?

asked 2 years ago by Cari in Canada in Canada
Latest answer by Larry S. Nichter, MD, MS
Question viewed 996 times
Tags: chin, face, mouth, fat

I am having a lower face/neck lift with a good surgeon in Canada, however I need fat injections or fillers to lateral chin and mouth areas to correct microlipo deformities. He won't do fat at the time of the lift. I'm assuming that fat transfer should be done after the surgery and not before. Thanks in advance.

6 answers to How Soon After a Facelift Can Fat or Fillers Be Injected?

Timing of Facelift and Fillers or Fat Transfer

Facelift and Fat Transfer or injectable Fillers Are Complementary and typically are done at the time of your facelift. If additional fillers are desired and appropriate then I would wait until you can see the final results from your facelift and the suppleness has returned to your tissues. For most patients this is 3 or more months after a mini-lift such as the LiteLift that I perform, or after 6 months following a traditional facelift. As you age by three factors - sagging... more

Larry S. Nichter, MD, MS
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

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Facelift Plus Fat Grafting

Ifting skin and trimming the excess has been the standard approach to the treatment of facial aging for centuries, but when performed without some means of restoring the youthful fullness of facial soft tissues, the result is an older-looking person with tighter skin. The word 'rejuvenation' means literally 'to restore youthfulness' or 'to make young again', so if the goal of surgery is to rejuvenate the face then it cannot be accomplished solely by means of redraping... more

Michael Law, MD
Raleigh-Durham Plastic Surgeon

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Fat Grafting and face lift

Considering where you are needing the fat transfer, I would do the fat transfer at the same time with the face lift. The chin and the mouth skin is not going to be lifted therefore you can do the fat graft at the same time

Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

Facelift and free Fat graft or transfer

I agree with the other surgeons. The best time to do the Fat grafting is at the time of the Facelift. Not only do you combine recovery times and save money but the survival rate of the grafted fat is dependent on the size of the grafted segments of fat and techniques of harvesting/injection the location on the body grafted the depth at which the grafts are placed The deeper you go towards muscle the better the blood supply, the better the graft survival and the less lumpy the final... more

Aaron Stone, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Fat Transfer in Facelift

I am not certain why to wait, I certainly do fat grafting at the time of the facelift to enhance my results. But once the surgery is performed, I want my patients to wait about 6 months time before I consider fat injections or fillers. The ideal is to have the swelling in the area subside completely so I can see what I am trying to correct. Hope that helps.

Farbod Esmailian, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Facelift and Fat Transfer or Fillers

Most Plastic surgeons combine fat transfer with Face / Neck Lifts because of the convenience and the fact that the swelling from both procedures can thereby be experienced at the same time. I am not quite sure why your surgeon prefers to wait. If the sole reason for the suggested fillers or fat transfer is correction of "microlipo deformities" of the "lateral chin and mouth areas " and your surgeon wants to see how these areas do after the swelling from the face/neck... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

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