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Fat cells do not regenerate. However, they can grow significantly in size with repeated weight gain even years after being transferred. You can undergo additional removal procedures as well.
A fat graft does not regenerate after a steroid injection.Sometimes, if the undesired fat graft consists of fibrous tissue, the steroid will be unable to melt the fat graft, and it persists. If steroid injections fail, the graft can usually be removed with a small incision.
steroids can reduce swelling, cause atrophy of fat within the fat cell but does not change the number of viable cells. Fat grafts also have stem cells within it that can cause further expansion of the fat cells over time.
The injection of steroids into the skin is a significant event at the cellular level. After such an injection, your skin will be probably changed. The skin will be thinner and will have more difficulty healing. When a steroid is injected into a fat grafted area, the fat will shrink and contract. This may be the effect that he wants if steroid is injected into an area that may have a little too much volume.
Local steroid injections are used to address small pockets of fat .This fat will melt down and this should be done with care to avoid melting of the superficial fat which will result in skin discoloration.In general steroids will not make fat regenerate but over time the same area could have the accumulation of fat from remaining cells.
Ah, if only the world worked this way. Fat is a living tissue. It is you. Someone can't give you their fat, because your body would see it as "foreign" and attack it. Why can we do kidney, lung, and liver transfers? For a large organ like the...
Fat is a great material to use to be able to fill defects. However, using it in the heel is very different. If the injection needs to be done in the area of weight bearing(heel or base of toes), there is a high chance for resorption due to pressure necrosis.If the instep is to be injected, there...
Fat transfer is an extremely powerful and effective technique that is used to help recontour the body and face. In the area to face, a small bit of volume goes a very long way. It is possible that you may notice small bumps after the transfer of fat. If this lump is very small, your surgeon may...
Fat transfer results are permanent, but not all fat will survive. Harvesting is important to fat transfer. I use water-assisted fat harvesting which gives pure fat to transfer and combine with platelet rich plasma (PRP) to get the most viable and sustainable fat cells. This can be combined with...
All depends on your scars, location, time of surgery etc...If I understand correctly the fat transfer left some bumps and areas of depression. If this is few days old, you can massage this area, and it could help to a certain degree.If this is an old procedure, it will require these scars to be...
Structural fat grafting is a procdure , in which small amounts (less than 0.1 cc at a time) of fat are carefully microinjected in a series of discrete layers to gradually 'build' new soft tissue structure. As there is space between each microinjection, new blood vessels are able to grow...
