Facial Fat Grafting

 

695. Facial Fat Grafting

Facial fat grafting adds volume and shape by injecting your own fat into hollow or flat areas. Common areas include the forehead, front cheeks, and chin—where fat is placed near bone for better stability. Areas like the lower cheeks (deep buccal fat) are usually avoided, as fat there can sag over time.

Sunken temples or upper eyelids can also be treated. In people who overuse their eyelid muscles, fat tends to burn away faster, making grafts reabsorb quickly. These patients often need a second or third graft.

Forehead grafts should subtly recreate the brow bone to look natural. A too-round forehead can appear artificial. Fat between muscles and skin also reduces forehead wrinkles by increasing the skin-muscle distance.

Under-eye fat grafting helps smooth uneven bulges when muscle tone is weak. But areas like the nasolabial folds move constantly, so fat there doesn’t last long and may disappear within weeks.

Fat is energy. It’s harvested from low-activity areas like the abdomen or thighs and placed in high-activity areas like the face, where it may get used up. That’s why some reabsorption is natural.

To improve fat survival: limit facial movement, avoid stimulation, and sleep early—growth hormone released at night supports healing. If needed, preserved or fresh fat can be used for touch-ups.

Facial fat grafting is the art of transferring body energy to the face—to restore and reshape.

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