I am considering Fat Transfer and was concerned about this comment I read on a doctor's website: Immuno-suppressed patients (HIV positive, chemotherapy, AIDS etc.) and patients with certain autoimmune disorders may not be good candidates for this procedure as the risks of poor healing and infection leading to permanent scarring and poor aesthetic results may be much higher. I am healthy and undetectable and heal well. Would this work for me?
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May 18, 2019
Answer: Liposuction Candidate - VASER HI DEF Lipo, ThermiRF/J Plasma/Renuvion/Inmode BodyTite skin tightening, fat grafting for buttock
Gentile washing and teeth brushing and flossing is fine. But to repeat the answer to a similar question: Fat transfer, unlike inert synthetic fillers, are micro grafts of living tissue. The long term survival of the living grafts is dependent on ingrowth of new blood vessels. New blood ves...
As some of the doctors have mentioned, the key to successful fat grafting and graft survival is technique ie. surgeon dependent and not dependent on equipment. I have used traditional methods such as the Coleman technique, as well as PuregrafTMand the Revolve system. (In Singapore, Revol...
I've done fat transfer for over 30 years and my current technique for almost 25 and the only side effect I have ever seen from fat transfer is that often the skin over the treated area looks more youthful.
