Fat injections

Using body fat as injection material makes an excellent soft tissue filler and fat is harvested from one part of the body and injected into another part where it may be needed.

On this page

• General information on fat injections
• How the injections are done
• Notes on fat injections
• Other cosmetic surgery articles
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General information on fat injections

Fat injections can be used to re-contour the face, fill frown lines and wrinkles, crow's feet, nasolabial folds (smile lines) and fill out depressed scarred areas, such as acne scars.

• How the injections are done
  • The donor site, from where the fat is harvested is injected with intravenous fluids to facilitate the collection and the fat cells are extracted through a small needle and syringe.
  • The fat is then processed and excess fluid is removed and then re-injected in multiple thin strands in the desired area.
  • Overfilling the correction site is required since some of the fat will be absorbed in the weeks after treatment.
  • This non-allergenic treatment is becoming more and more popular and the results vary from several months to permanent.
• Notes on fat injections
  • Swelling and bruising does occur but fat injections should not be used for breast augmentation.

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