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Fat Transfer Surgery

Using fat from areas of the body to restore shape to areas which are deficient is not a new concept.   Fat transfer has been advocated and tried in many areas and applications, and for a long period results have been variable. In recent years, due to pioneering work of surgeons like Dr Sydney Coleman in New York, the concept of fat transfer has been re-evaluated and techniques refined.

This has lead to a resurgence of a fat transfer method that has an unrivalled potential: the ability to use the body's own tissues to provide structural material for a gradual, controlled restoration of volumes.

The improvement in fat transfer technique has led to a much more predictable long-term outcome, as the grafting process is more likely to succeed and the fat cells that have survived the grafting process have a lasting presence.

The technique has expanded beyond the borders of aesthetic surgery and fat transfer now has quite extensive applications in reconstructive surgery. For cosmetic reasons, common fat transfer applications include restoring facial volume that has decreased though the ageing process. The easiest way to realise the nature of change is to compare photos from the present with some taken 15-20 years previously.

Usual features include a flattening of the cheek areas, sharpening of the chin, a straighter jaw-line contour, a demarcation line under the chin. All these changes can be improved by transferring small amounts of fatty tissue harvested for instance from the abdomen or the thighs and injecting them in a controlled fashion to the deficient areas.

The fat transfer procedure can be performed under local or general anaesthetic depending on the extent of the treatment.

The donor area is used for harvesting fatty tissue in a similar fashion to liposuction. The fat is then centrifuged to allow separation of the intact cells from the ones that have been damaged.

The live fat cells are then injected in the areas to be treated using a very fine cannula, and multiple passes for every millilitre of graft.

The accurate placement of fat cells into multiple tiny pockets surrounded by tissue with good blood supply is what creates the premises for a good graft take, in the same way as a skin graft takes well when placed on a clean wound.

The fat transfer technique is most commonly used for the face but has been successfully applied to other areas like the back of the hands or the buttocks areas.