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Fat Transfer

Most people have a generous supply of adipose tissue that can be harvested for injection into areas where increased volume is desired, whether for your lips, nasolabial folds ("smile lines"), cheeks, or even buttock or other larger areas.

Fat transfer is ideal for the person who wants liposuction in a given area so that some of the fat removed can be used to fill other areas. Talk about getting two birds with one stone!

More About Fat Transfer — The Pros and Cons

The three advantages of fat as a filler are:

• There is a generous supply of adipose tissue in all but the very thinnest of individuals.

• This procedure produces a permanent to semi-permanent filler.

• For those who need body contouring, a liposuction procedure and the harvesting of fat can be done at the same time.

There are two drawbacks to fat transfer:

• If fat is injected through a very tiny needle, much of the fat is lost. For the most fat to be preserved, the needle must be larger than the needle used to place other fillers. As a result, there will be slightly more swelling than with other fillers.

• Some fat does dissolve or "does not take" so the treatment may need to be repeated after a few months.

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