Fat Injections for Aesthetic Contouring

It's a secret that's been known for years by plastic surgeons: injecting a patient's own fat cells for anti-aging treatments. Fat injections have come back into vogue in the last few years, mainly because plastic surgeons realize that the presence of facial fat is important to maintain a youthful appearance in the face. Fat is a great natural filler for providing structural support in areas of the face and body. In the face, fat is usually placed into the lips, laugh lines and cheek areas to give a natural fullness to these areas. In the body, fat is used in several ways to create a fuller, more youthful contour, as well as in treatment of post traumatic soft tissue injuries, when a depressed scar needs to be filled. One of the most common areas of fat placement is the augmentation of the buttock to create a more full rounded and youthful appearance.

The biggest difference in today's fat injections is that the technique of harvesting the fat has been improved, and the injection has a much higher percentage of permanent assimilation of fat cells. In many cases the procedure is done with local anesthesia or with only a light sedation. The recovery time for facial injections varies from 2 to 5 days, depending on the areas injected and the amount of fat placed.

Who doesn’t have a little fat they wouldn't mind donating to a good cause? Aesthetic contouring with fat injections is recycling in the true sense of the word, and because it creates a healthier, more youthful appearance in the most natural of ways, you can think of it as a genuine gift to yourself.

What our patients say

"I love my new lips—they're full again, and they look and feel natural."
– M.S., a 45-year-old marketing consultant who had a series of fat injections to restore her once youthful lip lines.

"I believe in maintenance for beauty and anti-aging. That's why I have been a supporter of fat injections for many years. I have been able to restore a fullness to my buttock area which was at one time flat and without form"
– T.G., a 52-year-old real estate broker who underwent fat injections to restore a more youthful buttock area.

"Dr. Applebaum created a wonderful result using fat to correct some terrible acne scarring on my cheeks."
– L.R., a 38-year-old accountant with crater-like scars from cystic acne on her cheeks that responded beautifully to fat injections.