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Can I Use Juvederm Injections to Preview the Look of Fat Grafting to the Face?
I'd like to pursue fat grafting to my face, but would like to preview how it would look beforehand with Juvederm injections (to lips, n/l folds and cheeks). Would the Juvederm injections give me a good idea of how the fat grafts would look? Thank you for considering my question.
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Burlingame9474
in Burlingame, CA
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Juvederm to Preview Fat Transfer
The answer is- not really. If you are getting fat transfer to a specific area such as the nasolabial folds or cheeks etc then you can accurately preview the fat with the filler.
However, if you are treating multiple facial zones, it would likely be cost preclusive to treat all these area with a filler. With a well done fat transfer, the face is volumized in a seemless and natural way. With fillers, things can look choppy and patchy because we are forced to treat...
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Juvederm or fillers to preview fat injection results
Juvederm is an excellent way to preview the results of more permanent fillers.
It gives the patient the chance to ponder additional volume in a specific area over time, different lighting, reaction of friends, etc.
Of course, an injectable substance is a bit different from fat injections, which are more crude, and other autologous filling materials, but they can provide a nice way of "trying out" the augmentation for several months, and can also enable more precise...
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How to Preview Fat Transfer Results
While you certainly could spend the money and have Juvederm or another filler placed prior to having a fat grafting procedure, the cost of treating multiple areas could be prohibitive. Consider instead having your surgeon augment the areas with saline instead. While this will not duplicate the results exactly, it is a much less expensive alternative and will provide you with a very good idea of what your face will look with volume resorations. If you don't like it, the...
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Using Juvederm to preview Fat Transfer?
In my practice in Newport Beach I use Fat Transfer as a component to restore volume enhancement for the aging face. I usually use it in conjunction with an endoscopic Browlift or Facelift. If you are just wanting superficial lines injected and not volume enhancement then Juvederm is probably a better method for you. It is difficult to answer your question completely without having a photograph to evaluate what your concerns are, however I would discuss these options with your surgeon. I have...
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Juvederm Before Fat Transfer
I often suggest patients undergo Juvederm injections before fat transfer. Keep in mind that you will not want to undergo the fat transfer until the Juvederm has dissolved on its own though. In addition, I would agree that fat is not a great option for the nasolabial fold though I think it does well in the lips - but takes several treatments to get optimal results.
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Fat transfer to the Face
Hello and thank you for the question.
Juvederm certainly can be used in the face to emulate the effects of fat transfer. You must keep several factors in mind prior to proceeding, however: First and foremost, if you are planning on having several areas of your face treated with Juvederm, the cost could be substantial as compared to fat transfer as fat is relatively "cheap" in comparison cc per cc. Secondly, you must keep in mind that the size of the Juvederm molecule...
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Use of Juvederm or Restylane prior to fat injections
Using Juvederm or Restylane or Perlane prior to fat injections does make sense. If you are unhappy with the result, these hyaluronic acids can be dissolved. If you are happy with the aesthetic result, you can do fat injections when the fillers dissolve on their own. Some patients have fat injections and at the same time still have some Juvederm or REstylane injected into finer areas than where fat would be used.
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Fat grafting preview with restylane
While you certainly could do this, you would have to wait for the HA filler (restylane, etc.) to re-absorb before your actual fat grafting procedure. This could take months.
Cheaper and easier - have your physician inject you with some saline. That will be gone in a few days, and has fewer risks.
All the best,
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Best Way to Preview Fat Transfer to the Face
Hi Burl,
Why not save lot's of money and have your physician inject you with saline. It won't last as long as Juvederm, but that's was photography is for. Plus you will have more money to buy those fabulous Vera Wang shoes to go with your marelously re-voluminized face. Good luck and be well.
Dr. P
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Using Juvederm to preview fat grafting results
Having a treatment with a facial filler such as Juvederm, Restylane, or Radiesse can give you a pretty good idea of the volume enhancing results of fat grafting.
That being said, fat grafting does not work as well when placed in the lips or directly in the nasolabial folds (compared with a skin filler). Improving cheek volume can help with the nasolabial fold indirectly, however, by "lifting" the cheek tissues off of the fold. The "feel" of filler treatment is...
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Saline injections can be used to preview the effects of fat transfer to the face
Saline injections can be used to preview the effects of fat transfer to the face. Saline has no side effects and there is no chance of lasting alterations.
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Preview of fat injections
You can certainly use juvederm to assess what a volume augmentation will look like. There are some caveats here though. There are differences in the texture and feel of juvederm verses fat. Fat is distributed in a greater area and the injection techniques are different. 50% of fat will not take and there may be need for subsequent procedures to achieve the desired results.
Also once juvederm is placed you would need that to be resorbed before placing the fat. Depending on the area you...
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Using Fillers to preview fat graft injections
Using fillers to preview fat graft injections is an option. However, it differs in several ways. Juvederm comes in two forms Ultra and Ultra Plus. The former is for more superficial injection and will not simulate fat to the same degree as the later volumizing agent Ultra Plus. However, the cost of the injections may exceed those of the fat if you are requesting a large volume to be simulated.
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Fat graft
Using Juvederm will give an idea of how the face is going to look but NOT exactly. The volume of fat is more than the volume of Juvederm. Also the technique of injections is totaly different.
Using the same volume of Juvederm may be too expensive
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Juvederm to get a Preview of Fat Grafting results
Juvederm in the lips can give a very similar result as fat grafting. However, that will not work for most other areas of the face.
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Yes and No to Your Question on Fat Transfer
Yes, volume with Juvederm can look like fat. However, there are a few caveats I would like to state regarding at least my work with fat transfer:
1. i do not think fat works tremendously well for lip augmentation and folds so i prefer fillers for those areas.
2. fat grafting is much softer and more global than juvederm. it allows me to get into areas that are tough with juvederm like the upper eyelid/brow area. So when I use fat I believe it is the...
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