Is There a Difference Between Fat Transfer & Fat Graft? Candidate For Area Around Mouth?

Which would probably work best for the face, in area around the mouth? In misery from post-surgical scars that were NOT supposed to be in the area, acc'd to pre-surgery info. Doc jammed so much facia in the area also. Small muscles around my mouth trapped in scar: feels sticky, discomfort, impairs my speech. Fillers: gone in 2 wks. Subcision: it tacks back down. "Scar revision" made it worse. Am broke & desperate. One doc said putting fat in area wld stop it from tacking down. True?

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Fat Transfer

I recommend you see a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon at a university, as this may be most cost effective, and have an evaluation and recommendations. Thank you for your question and good luck with everything.

Fat Grafting in Conjunction with Scar Revision

In many cases, fat grafting in conjunction to scar release (subcision) or scar revision (excision and re-closure) will improve the overall outcome of the scar. The fat will help prevent the skin from scarring back down following subcision. In this case it forms a barrier. Fillers will do the same thing. The long-term benefit of fat transfer is that the stem cells that are transferred will potentially improve the look and feel of the scar. This is that to be a result... more

Amir M. Karam, MD

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Fat Transfer VS. Fat Graft?

Fat is transferred from one location to another to be grafted. Grating, be it skin, bone fat or even a plant limb are all done to grow the grafted tissue in its new location. In your case it sounds like you had a lot of surgery with resulting scarring. Without a photograph, or more importantly, an examination it is impossible to know your needs, the challenges and just how fat may or may not help you. You may want to wait to allow any swelling to subside, improve your finances and armed... more

Fat Transfer refers to Injected Fat. Fat Grafting formally means surgical placement of whole-composite -piece of fat

Fat Transfer and Fat Grafting are terms that are frequently used interchangeably to refer to the technique of injecting fat cells that have been harvested by liposuction from one area of the body and transferred to another area. Technically Fat Grafting refers to a surgical procedure in which a whole piece of fat is harvested from one area and surgically placed into another area through an open incision. Theoretically the take or survival of a fat graft should be better than injected... more