Is it worth going to an expensive facial surgeon for fat grafting?

Fat transfer is a pretty specialized field in plastic surgery. Not a lot of plastic surgeons do it, and of those who do, the large majority don't do a lot. Your results will almost certainly be proportional to the expertise of the fat grafting specialist.

Hello and thank you for your question. In terms of procedures that can be performed on the face, you may benefit the most from being assessed by a surgeon who has training and experience in this area. You might consider an in person consultation with a facial plastic surgeon to properly assess your needs. Complications are an inherent risk to any procedure, however the likelihood of experiencing while, while not eliminated, is typically reduced with experience.

It is true when it comes to fat grafting in the face that experience counts! It is much more delicate, precise and unforgiving than fat transfer to buttocks, hips, breasts or muscles! While we have seen improvement with facial fat grafting in multiple areas of the face, fat graft take in NLF is minimal (10-15%) and we do not use it exclusively for that purpose since it does not perform any better than fillers. In some patients staged fat grafting (6-12 months apart in our experience) is necessary to build required volume, shape. In most areas of the face, fat survival rate is around 30% in our experience of almost 30 years. There is also great variability between patients! Hope this helps.