How much is a fat transfer?

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How much does a fat transfer cost ? I would like to do it but I don't want a lot I don't have good credit and can I do payments ?

Ryan A. Stanton, MD · Answer

The first and most important thing is to consult with a couple board certified plastic surgeons whom specializes in buttock augmentation - by way of fat transfer and buttock implants so that you can get an unbiased opinion.  Once you have found a surgeon or two that you trust and like their surgical results then you can make a final decision based upon price.  Most plastic surgeons allow "payments", however surgery can only be performed once payment is made in full.  Glad to help.

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

Some plastic surgery offices will offer payment plans.Try to research this to find the surgeon who consistently produces the 
results you would expect.  Look at reviews on this site and see who gets the surgery right every time.  Find
 a  board certified plastic surgeon who performs hundreds of Brazilian 
buttlifts each year.  Then look at the plastic surgeon's   
website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can   
deliver the results.  Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

Michael Law, MD · Answer

The Price of fat transfer will vary significantly depending upon the areas of concern, the experience and expertise of the plastic surgeon performing the surgery and the technique that is used.A word of caution: this is a delicate surgery that requires a fair amount of experience with fat grafting, and meticulous surgical technique.  In experienced hands a smooth, youthful and aesthetically ideal facial contour can be achieved.  Make sure your surgeon can show you numerous photographic examples of facial fat grafting.
If a physician is new to fat grafting, and especially if they are not
confident about their instrumentation and technique, then they may tend to
over-graft thinking that a large amount of the fat probably will not survive.
However if a large amount of that grafted fat does survive, the patient is left
with an unnatural and sometimes bizarre look. Another part of the problem can be the physician's aesthetic vision and
understanding of facial aging. There are facial areas where adding volume
restores a more youthful appearance, but others where adding volume creates a
distinctly unnatural appearance.  Balance and overall facial harmony is
important as well - for example, overfilling the jawline and lower face will
create a heavy, square-jawed, masculine appearance.

Additionally, there are facial areas where naturally-occurring fat, which
increases in volume with advancing age, ideally should be removed: the area
above the nasolabial folds, the area lateral to the corner of the mouth, and
the jowl area. As I described above for removal of excess fat from a prior fat
grafting procedure, excess naturally-occurring fat can also be removed by
gentle aspiration (suction) using larger-diameter fat grafting cannulas.
Failure to reduce these naturally full areas at the time of a fat grafting
procedure can also contribute to an overly full or 'heavy' post-fat grafting
appearance.

I try to create the greatest aesthetic improvement possible without
creating an unnatural appearance. This concept is critical: the nature of fat
grafting is that fat survival often is not 100%, and therefore some patients
will require secondary fat grafting procedures to build on the results of the
first one.  If a physician's approach to fat grafting respects this
reality, then that practice will offer secondary fat grafting procedures at a
very reasonable cost, which allows patients to achieve their desired endpoint
in volume enhancement without appearing overgrafted and without assuming an
excessive expense.

Fat grafting (and simultaneous strategic fat reduction) is very much like
sculpting, and the sculpture is not always complete after the first session in
the artist's studio. Secondary sessions, usually quite minor compared to the
initial procedure, are sometimes required to perfect the result. In many cases,
a series of two or three structural fat grafting / strategic fat aspiration
procedures can simulate the results of a more invasive facelift-type procedure,
particularly in the cheek and jawline area - as long as the overlying skin tone
is good.

If a physician's approach to fat grafting is that the procedure is a
'one-shot deal' and 'you get what you get', then that practice does not respect
the scientific basis of fat grafting and patients will tend to get
disappointing and unnatural-appearing results

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