Can fat for a micro-autologous fat transfer come from the chin? Should I consider other areas? (photo)

This website does not encourage doctors to mention the name of other doctors in our responses. There’s plenty of providers who self promote but it’s unlikely they’re going to stick their neck out and say come to me when the patient presents with a very complicated situation. You’ll need to find...

This is a great (yet unusual) question. The ML fold is often ignored in plastic surgery for no good reason. It is an area I routinely inject to support the lower lip and rejuvenate the perioral area. When this area is volumized, it can also soften the transition to the chin.

Fat grafting in isolation can be used to treated mild to moderate volume loss associated with ageing. In your case the perioral area piriform aperture and can be grafted which can soften the nasolabial folds. Additionally fat grafting to the tear trough area and lateral orbital area are also...

Yes, fat transfer has become the gold standard to treat RF induced fat loss. Most of the time, one session is sufficient. However, given the depth of injury one make require more than one session. The good news is that fat transfer in experienced hands works well. The fat must be collected...

Great question. I covered this topic in San Diego at the MAC meeting. Yes, lidocaine can be toxic to adipocytes. It is always best to have facial fat transfer performed under general anesthesia where little to no lidocaine is used in the harvesting process.

Good question. There is no reason why prior threadliftng would make you any less suitable a candidate for fat transfer than someone who never had threadlifitng. Fat transfer is actually a preferred method to rejuvenate in the background of deformations related to scars. Do see someone...