Will a facial fat transfer have truly permanent results?

There is no question that fat grafts have much longer durability than any other filler. However, only about 30% of fat grafts survives in face (significantly less in areas around mouth and lips). It takes about 8-12 months for grafts to settle and volume to mature. Once “taken”, fat grafts behave like the rest of fat in your body; if your weight increases volume of fat grafts would increase proportionally and vice versa. Hope that this info may help your understanding of fat grafting; there are many questions that we still do not know the answer.

You can expect a 20%-30% retention of fat at 1 year. At that point a 2nd session may be needed and then you can expect a higher retention. The best thing about facial fat transfer is that of all the fillers it is the most natural.

Hello Sad skin
Fat transfer is a technique that results are permanent and temporary. What i mean by that is usually %40-60 of fat that is being transferred will be permanent and rest of it will be resorbed within 3-6 months. There are some adjustable and non-adjustable factors that effect how much fat will remain and how much will be resorbed. Blood circulation increasing factors such as quiting smoking will effect positively. About the technique; less traumatic harvested, purified and multilevel implanted grafts are more likely to survive and increase the permanent fat rate
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Onur Ogan, MDFEBOPRASAntalya/TURKEY