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Can I Use Fat from Smart Lipo or Tumescent Lipo for Fat Transfer?

asked 1 year ago by punkin in Chicago, IL
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
Question viewed 676 times
Tags: abdomen, buttocks, fat harvesting, side

I want to get smart lipo for my abdoman, sides and a couple of other places. I want to also get fat transfer to my buttocks, is that possible?

14 answers to Can I Use Fat from Smart Lipo or Tumescent Lipo for Fat Transfer?

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Fat injections for buttock can't be used from Smart lipo

As SmartLipo is subjecting the fat to thermal (or heat) trauma, the fat cells are destroyed and won't live well in the new area. Tumescent liposuction, however, does not damage the fat in this way, and those fat cells can be retrieved and used for fat injecitons.
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist
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Fat Transfer after Smart Lipo

Using the Smart Lipo system will result in the disruption of the fat cell making useless for transfer to any area of the body.  However, most surgeons experienced with fat transfer techniques, will use specialized cannulas to harvest the fat prior to performing lipo-sculpture with the Smart Lipo system.  This will allow for the minimum amount of trauma to the fat cells to be transferred while still allowing for the maximum result from your lipo-sculpture.   more
Theodore Diktaban, MD

Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Fat Transfer

Fat obtained from Smartlipo cannot be used for fat transfer.  The laser treatment used to "melt" the fat makes the cells non-viable.  Harvesting fat for fat transfer requires very gentle suction to help maximize the viability of the cells.    Good Luck.
David Shafer, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon

www.ShaferPlasticSurgery.com

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Naturalfill Aqualipo fat transfer smartlipo

When a smartlipo procedure is performed, the doctor will put the tumescent solution in the area to be treated. Tumescent solution is another name for numbing fluid which is a mixture of IV fluid, or salt water, and lidocaine. The numbed area is then treated with the smartlipo laser. The purpose of the laser is to melt the fat cells and provide a heating effect to the skin to obtain skin tightening. The fat is then removed with traditional type fat removal procedures. Because the fat has been... more
Roger Bassin, MD

Orlando Oculoplastic Surgeon
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No problem, combining fat harvest with any lipo technique.

We simply harvest the fat before the therapeutic liposuction begins.  That way we are assured of good, healthy fat for transfer.  We pick the area to be done that needs the most liposuction and take the deepest layer of fat, usually the sub-scarpa's fat of the abdomen.  Knee fat works even better.
Ritu Chopra, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Facial fat transfer cannot be performed with Smartlipo

Hi punkin, Facial fat transfer cannot be performed with Smartlipo. Fat for facial fat injections is typically obtained via gentle liposuction manually by your plastic surgeon. Next, this fat is processed to purify the fat, stem cells, and other viable tissue while minimizing damage. The fat is then immediately transferred to the face via small injections to rejuvenate the face, during face lift, lip enhancement, or other cosmetic surgery. Liposuction for body shaping is... more
Houtan Chaboki, MD

Washington DC Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Fat Grafting when Doing Liposuction

Liposuction, regardless of technique, will traumatize the fat cells, but the fat harvested for transplantation can be removed before the liposuction. It is smart to do both procedures during the same operation.
Richard W. Fleming, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Fat transfer

For successful fat transfer, it is best to use fat cells that are alive and not injured. Smart lipo uses laser to burst the fat cells. Thus most will not be viable. Therefore your result will be negatively affected.
Siamak Agha, MD, PhD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon
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Fat Transfer works with Tumescent Liposuction

Fat transfer with fat obtained during tumescent liposuction and handled properly by an experienced surgeon will work as well as possible.  Smart lipo destroys the fat cells so it is not appropriate for fat harvesting.  When done at the time of body contouring, fat transfer to the buttocks can be very rewarding.
Randy J. Buckspan, MD

Austin Plastic Surgeon
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Fat grafting,body contouring, facial contouring, # beauty, #fat transfer, #restylane, #tissue contouring, #beauty

Dear Punkin, Thank you for your question.  I am uncertain as to whether there is disruption of the fat cells with smart lipo- this laser actually targets water to generate heat and supposedly skin tightening.  There are techniques to harvest your fat and use it to shape the face and body  I have done this for the breasts, buttocks, face and contour irregularities from liposuction and other scars.  The technique of harvest and injection are both important- and can... more
Trevor M. Born, MD

Toronto Plastic Surgeon
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Fat transfer and liposuction techniques

Liposuction and fat transfer are performed routinely but the liposuction technique used is critical to maximizing the viability of the fat cells transfered. The short coming of fat transfer has been in the harvesting and transferring of the fat. Tumescent liposuction is very good at harvesting and maintaining healthy viable cells. Smart lipo used laser to burn and destroy the fat cell. A fat emulsion is harvested which contains little if any viable fat cells. Your procedure can be... more
Robert W. Kessler, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon
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Will never work...

Lasers disrupt fat cells and cause them to completely dissolve. When that occurs fat cells are not viable and placing them elsewhere will be of no benefit. Fat cells are extremely sensitive, even during a regular fat transfer performed by liposuction, only about a third of the fat remains, let alone one that was destroyed by the effect of laser waves.
Hassan Galadari, MD

Dubai Dermatologist
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Fat Transfer

The fat that is removed and placed back into your body as a fat transfer should be removed very carefully as not to disrupt the fat cell.  By using "smart' lipo, the fat cell is disrupted completely.  I would remove the fat using a different technique. 
Jay H. Ross, MD

Tampa Plastic Surgeon
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Facial Fat Grafting - Is SmartLipo Fat OK?

You are bringing up a very important question: What is "good" fat for fat transfer? In short, fat obtain through smartlipo is useless for facial fat grafting because the fat cells have been destroyed through the smartlipo process. Good fat grafting results rely on the transferred fat to "take" (i.e. live) in their new location. For that to be the case in a predictable fashion, every step in fat grafting is of utmost importantce. Fat harvest is best done... more
Frank P. Fechner, MD

Worcester Facial Plastic Surgeon

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