Am I a good candidate for lip fat transfer?

Fat transfer to the lips, if done properly, can yield great results. I'd suggest consulting with an expert injector to discuss the best and safest treatment options that will help you achieve your desired shape and volume. Best, Dr. Emer.

Fat Transfer to the lips for augmentation is an excellent option and provides a more prominent augmentation option. Be sure to consult with a board certified plastic surgeon. Good luck!

Thank you for sharing your question and photograph.  Though nearly every patient is a candidate for fat grafting to the lips it is an important discussion that needs to be had with your surgeon.  Fat grafting can successfully be done to augment a patient's overall lip volume, but the results can be unpredictable as the fat that is transferred with increase/decrease in size with your diet and exercise.  Talk to your surgeon about your desires, they can best help advise you.

Fat causes scaring irregularity.  It is highly unpredictable.  Currently your lips are not distorted or misshapened. How will you feel if you have this type of result which is all to common.  This type of common bad outcome is essentially unfixable.  Sure we can operate on the mangled lip and remove the worst of the nodules but your lip will never be the same.  Permanent fillers are not recommended for the lip and that included your own fat.  Do not do this.  The temporary hyaluronic fillers can be adjusted or removed if there is ever a problem and treatment lasts a year.  Carefully the weight the risk of surgery and try not to talk yourself into thing that have a significant potential for causing harm.

great question. At our practice, we perform around 200 fat transfers to the face per year between my associate and I. Fat transfer to the lips does not work very well as it is a biologic filler - meaning it needs blood supply to survive. When placed in large amounts, only some parts of it survive leading to lumps and irregularities. When done conservatively, it does not provide as much augmentation or definition. Be careful when doing lip augmentation with it. Make sure your doc is comfortable with it. Sometimes filler or alloderm work much better to be honest. Best of luck! I hope some of this helps.