Dear Maura, Because of age, gravity, and natural daily expressions, the fullness and roundness of the face can weaken and droop downward, making the rounded contours of younger years a faint memory. Also, as we age, the fat and collagen in the face begin to dissipate, which can make the face look more tired and drawn.
Luckily, there are treatments that can help. Non-invasive use of synthetic injectable filler materials are extremely popular, safe, and very effective. However, use of your own body fat as a filler to enhance the face is often considered the golden standard, since it uses your body’s own materials.
Autologous fat, which is fat harvested from the patient’s own body, offers a unique advantage and has helped to usher in a whole new age of liposculpture. Autologous fat is especially good for facial contouring and enhancement. New advances in harvesting, storing, and injecting the body’s own fat have made liposculpture using the body’s own fat a very desirable option in facial restoration and anti-aging.
Typically, fat is harvested from the hips, stomach, or other areas where it is not needed. This fat is then re-injected into the cheeks, jaw line, lips, brows, or eye lids. It is also used to smooth out deep lines, such as those around the mouth or the deep creases of the nasolabial folds (smile lines). The procedure may need to be repeated in order to build up volume, and to compensate for some of the fat that is absorbed by the body. However, retention of the fat is the usual occurrence; which is what is so great about this technique.
Liposculpture can be very useful for correcting aging of the face and loss of volume in the cheeks, brows, tear trough, nasolabial folds, lips, acne pits and scars, and underneath the jaw line. Injected fat is long-lasting, perhaps a lifetime; although touch-ups in the future can further enhance the results already obtained.
Talk to a board-certified plastic surgeon to see if this procedure is right for you. Good luck!
Email Questions and Comments
Dr. Daniel Man is a board-certified plastic surgeon who has dedicated his life’s work to helping people look younger and improve their appearance through cosmetic surgery. He is a noted author, artist, inventor and educator. Dr. Man has been featured on major television networks, as well as national and local magazines and newspapers for his work as both a plastic surgeon and an artist. He has a successful private practice in Boca Raton, FL. For more information about Dr. Man, visit www.drman.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment