Fat Harvesting and Injection

Differential fat harvesting

Aim: Volume replacement with fi llers is regularly performed with the use of diverse volumetric materials to correct different structures around the face, depending on the volume enhancement required and the thickness of the soft tissue envelope. Differential fat harvesting and posterior grafting is performed to place the correct fat parcel size for each target area, expanding the potential app...

Cyst formation after fat injection.

Autologous fat injection has been widely used during the past 20 years to correct contour anomalies. We have been using suction-assisted lipectomy for the past 13 years, and we have used the aspirated fat to correct contour irregularities on several occasions. We present the case of a 44-year-old woman who, after autologous fat transplantation to correct a contour anomaly (depression secondary ...

Treatment of varicella skin scars with sequential punch elevation, autologous fat injection and fractional CO2 laser

Varicella is a common viral infection that occasionally results in scar. Despite a number of measurements taken to combat this infection, they have all been either impractical or limited.The current study presents a 28-year-old woman diagnosed with varicella 10 years ago which caused her to have several depressed skin scars over the face. She was subjected to sequential treatment of punch eleva...

Breast Augmentation With Autologous Fat Injection

INTRODUCTION Autologous fat transplantation has attracted great interest in breast augmentation for cosmetic purpose. In the present study, we reported our experience in fat grafting in breast in 105 cases, and some detailed procedure concerning efficacy and safety of grafting was evaluated. METHODS Fat was harvested using 20-mL syringe attached to a 3-hole blunt cannula in a diameter not bey...

Power-Assisted Liposuction (P.A.L.) Fat Harvesting for Lipofilling: The Trap Device