What is Involved with a Facial Fat Transfer?
Volume loss is particularly pronounced around the eyes, cheeks, and jawline, where fat transfer can play a significant role in creating a balanced and comprehensive facial rejuvenation. Oftentimes, this is combined with surgical options, including blepharoplasty (cosmetic eyelid surgery) and/or a facelift.
Fat transfer involves removing fat from one’s own abdomen or thighs to put into certain regions of the face that start to lose fat. Only tiny amounts of fat are removed, so this should not be equated with liposuction.
Using blunt-tipped cannulas, the fat is injected in little droplets throughout the areas of facial hollowness with little to no trauma because a needle is not used. This microdroplet technique provides transferred fat with a significantly higher blood supply, enhancing survival and refining the results, given the small size of each individual fat parcel.