Is fat transfer safe? Yes! Find out more about this easy and fast procedure

The body’s natural aging process results in the loss of fat and loosening of small muscles and tissues, which result in an aged and deflated appearance. Mainly, this is prominent on the face, the cheeks, below the eyes, and with thin lip lines. Fat transfer surgery or fat grafting is an increasingly popular procedure because of the low risks involved.

Fat transfer has numerous advantages leading many to speculate that fat grafting is too good to be true and doubt its effectiveness. Other areas of fat transfer are the breasts, hips, and face. Fat transfer offers a safer alternative to artificial implants, augmentation, and breast reconstruction. Women can completely reshape their waistline, adding contours, volume, and projections all done easily and fast.

What is fat transfer?

Fat transfer is the surgical process in which fat tissue is transferred from one area of the body to another. The surgery is performed when another area has lost volume due to natural aging; fat can be extracted from the hips to the breasts to create a pleasing contour. Fat transfer is most commonly performed by plastic surgeons. Click here if you’re ready for fat transfer surgery.

Is fat transfer a surgical process?

Yes. The process of fat transfer involves three major steps:

1. Extraction of fat tissues from a donor region of the body through small incisions on the skin and a thin tube is used to suck out the fat, a liposuction technique.
2. Preparing the fat – viable adipose tissues are processed, purified, and separated from the blood, dead cells, and other fluids through decanting and centrifugation.
3. Injecting the fat – small droplets of fat are injected into the area needing improvement.

Is fat transfer safe?

Fat transfer surgery can be safely performed on individuals typically above 20 years of age who feel the need to improve the overall appearance of their face or body. Candidates for grafting surgery should currently maintain a healthy lifestyle with a stable and consistent weight. Patients cannot be too thin for fat transfer surgery since fat can be yielded from disparate areas of the body.

Highly experienced providers and surgeons minimize the risk in a procedure. The fat transfer should be carried out by an accredited and recognized outpatient surgery centre. Facility accreditation is important. The AAAASF (American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities), JCAHO (the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) continuously seeks to improve the quality of healthcare for the public. Facility accreditation is important, as it assures quality services, patient safety, and best practises through regular inspections.

Advantages of Fat Transfer

• Short recovery time
• Non-allergenic technique since no foreign material is introduced to the body
• Little to no pain, discomfort, or scarring
• It produces long-lasting natural results
• No tissue rejection.

Fat transfer is a major breakthrough in reconstructive plastic surgery and an effective approach to treating soft-tissue deformities, improving youthfulness, and naturally changing the body’s shape and volume. Like all forms of cosmetic surgery, one of the major concerns is safety. Fat transfer procedures have very few associated risks and apart from common side effects such as soreness and swelling, which are not always experienced, the whole process is safe.