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Fat Transfer After Filler Removal
asked 3 years ago by pipinghotveggie in chattanooga, TN
Latest answer by Robert M. Freund, MD
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I am having ArteFill removed and would like to get fat transfer for scars due to fat loss. Does exercise and health make a difference in results? Thanks.
3 answers to Fat Transfer After Filler Removal
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Fat transfer and athletics
Fat transfer is a technique that involves transfer of fat aspirated via liposuction. Most of the cells transferred are damaged and not alive, about 25% are viable in our studies, less in metabolic studies. The dead cells and fatty cysts either get metabolized away by white blood cells or walled off by granuloma-type reactions.
Athletics and increased blood flow tend to accelerate the metabolic response and blood flow through a given area. We know from hyaluronic acid fillers that they...
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Fat transfer is an excellent choice to correct the defects
Fat grafting , properly performed, can have a long-lasting results. Agree with previous poster that the surgeon must focus on the viability of the fat grafts.
Early fat grafting techniques had less than desirable outcome. The long term survival was poor and the incidence of irregularities was high.
With proper attention to harvest and implantation (you can call it many names, but it really depends on what the technique does) one can achieve fat survival rates of 50-80% (at least in my...
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Reza Nabavian, MD
Santa Monica Plastic Surgeon
Santa Monica Plastic Surgeon
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Fat Grafting
Fat Grafting is ideal for many purposes. I am not quite sure of your entire complaint but good technique, with agood system is important.
Robert M. Freund, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon
New York Plastic Surgeon


