I have scleroderma can I have a fat transfer? Thanks doctors for answering me. (Photo)

I appreciate your question. Cost varies by geographic location, surgeon expertise, OR time, anesthesia, length of procedure etc.  I would recommend that you see a board certified plastic surgeon in your area who specializes in aesthetic and restorative plastic surgery and who is also a...

Since a significant percentage of fat does not survive after fat transfer most plastic surgeons will over treated to some degree. Facial fat transfer also causes a substantial amount of swelling. This makes patients look over treated initially after the procedure. Patients who do not have a...

When you transfer fat from one area to another, you are taking fat that has a blood supply and moving it to a new area. However, it does not have a blood supply in the new area. So it will survive on the fat it is storing. Therefore the volume of the fat shrinks. Next, the fat sends out feelers...

She looks beautiful and natural and perhaps she has had nothing at all done.  The goal of most people is to have a beautiful, natural looking result. Everyone ages differently. Some people never seem to age. Some may be blessed with extraordinary genes. Others may have an excellent plastic ...

As you say, no pressure is right, and ideally that means no lying on the hip or flexing it unnecessarily thus compressing the newly sited fat. Of course, you have to go about your daily life. Certainly fat grafting is an inexact science and so just be sensible and things should do ok. Hope th...

Hello katerina75, thank you for your question.  I routinely perform fat transfer to patients who have had various kinds of filers injected previously.  It is generally safe to do so unless they have had adverse reactions to fillers or other contraindications.  I usually tell my patients to eit...