Every person deserves to feel comfortable and confident in their own appearance. Whether you are looking to restore youthful volume, refine natural contours, soften the appearance of scars, or address a feature that has always bothered you, modern cosmetic procedures offer subtle, natural-looking solutions tailored to your individual goals.
Fat transfer or grafting can be used effectively to fill contour defects or augmenting and rejuvenating areas of the body, such as the face, or the breast. This may also be a useful tool when revising or improving the appearance of unsightly scars.
Other corrective procedures may also help to improve and restore self confidence. These include otoplasty, which can improve the appearance by pinning back prominent ears.
Fat transfer, also known as fat grafting or autologous fat transfer, is a surgical procedure that uses your own fat to restore lost volume, improve contours and rejuvenate areas of the face and body. By using your body’s natural tissue, fat transfer provides a natural-looking and natural-feeling alternative to synthetic fillers or implants for selected patients.
Fat is gently removed using liposuction. It is purified. Healthy fat cells are carefully injected into the desired area. Because it uses your own tissue, there is no risk of allergic reaction.
Jawline
Hollow cheeks
Temples
Under-eye hollows
Nasolabial folds
Marionette lines
Chin
Modest breast enlargement
Improve breast shape
Refine results after breast reconstruction
Correct asymmetry
Improve implant edges
Hip dips
Buttock enhancement
Hand rejuvenation
Scar improvement
Contour irregularities following surgery
Fat transfer is an excellent option if you are looking to restore lost volume or enhance your natural contours using your own body fat. During your consultation, your surgeon will assess your medical history, treatment goals and anatomy to determine whether fat transfer is the most appropriate procedure for you.
You may be a suitable candidate for fat transfer if you:
A personalised consultation is the best way to determine whether fat transfer is right for you. Your surgeon will discuss your goals, explain the procedure in detail and recommend the treatment plan that is most likely to achieve the natural-looking results you desire.
Following liposuction, there will be swelling and bruising for about 2 weeks and it can sometimes be difficult to assess the full effect of the operation for a few months.
An elasticated garment can sometimes help reduce the swelling over the first 7-10 days. It is advisable to refrain from exercise for about 3 – 4 weeks and it may take up to 6 – 8 weeks to return to normal activities.
The potential complications of the liposuction are relatively rare. They include inadequate removal of breast tissue, an uneven contour to the chest and reduced nipple sensation. bruising and painful swelling. Bleeding (haematoma) is a rare complication.
A more formal, open, surgical procedure may need to be carried out if there is felt to be an excess of firm, fibrous breast tissue present, which may not be removed by liposuction alone. This is usually carried out under a general anaesthetic and require an overnight stay in hospital.
An incision is made around the edge of the areola of each nipple, and the excess breast tissue is cut away from behind the nipple and underneath the chest skin. This may be performed in association with liposuction.
This will leave a scar, around the edge of the areola of the nipple. Bigger reductions requiring the removal of much bigger amounts of breast tissue and skin may require larger incisions, thereby leaving bigger and more obvious scars. The surgery may sometimes produce new scar tissue, which often forms behind the nipples and can be firm in nature and may require revisional surgery to remove.
If an excision has been performed, rather than liposuction, then a haematoma (collection of blood under the skin at the site of surgery) can occur and require a return to the operating theatre in order to deal with this. There may be a flattened appearance to the chest and nipples and occasionally the nipples may appear sunken.
The sensation or circulation to the nipples may be affected resulting in numb nipples or very rarely, loss (necrosis) of all or part of the nipple. Other potential side effects or complications may include shooting pains, localised tissue excess, indentations, dog ears, hard red lumpy scarring (hypertrophic/keloid scars or loss of pigmentation of the areola – especially in darker skinned individuals), adverse scar positioning, asymmetry, and dissatisfaction with the aesthetic outcome.
Following an open gyanaecomastia excision procedure, there will be swelling and bruising, most of which should resolve in the first few weeks.
The scars may take about 2 weeks to heal, but may take several months to soften and fully mature.
While this length of time off work may be sufficient for a desk-based job, it may be advisable to take a little longer for more physical work and refrain from heavy, upper body exercise for about 6 – 8 weeks.
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