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Fat Transfer To Face Sydney
Your complete guide and quick links to everything you want to know about Fat Transfer to Face in Sydney!
What is a Facial Fat Transfer?
Facial Fat Transfer, also known as Fat Grafting, is a long-lasting and natural method of filling facial areas that have lost volume or would benefit from enhancement.
Being your own tissue, fat delivers soft, supple and natural-looking results without the risk of an allergic reaction that is always a potential risk with synthetic fillers.
The Advantages of Fat Transfer to Face
- Soft, natural looking results.
- No risk of an allergic reaction to your own tissue.
- Long-lasting, if not permanent, results.
- Dual benefits: fat is removed from a part of your body where you don’t want it, and then transferred to facial areas to add volume.
Areas For Facial Fat Transfer
- Areas of lost volume as a result of ageing, trauma or excessive liposuction.
- Cheek Enhancement
- Chin Augmentation
How Is Fat Transfer to Face Performed?
- In the best interests of patient comfort and safety, we perform all Fat Transfers in a Licensed Hospital under either General Anaesthesia or Intravenous Sedation administered by a Specialist Anaesthetist.
- After first infiltrating a Tumescent Solution into the donor area, fat is removed though tiny incisions using low pressure suction to avoid injuring the fat cells.
- The extracted fat is then processed to remove unwanted fluids and oils.
- The processed fat, rich in Stem Cells, is then loaded into syringes ready for injection into the target facial areas.
- Finally, each tiny donor site incision is closed with a fine suture.
- Hospital stay is not necessary and you can go home shortly after the procedure. However, having had anaesthesia, you cannot go home alone. You must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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‘Pros and Cons’ of Fat Transfer To Face
The Pros:
- The filled areas look and feel ‘natural’.
- There is no risk of rejection. Using you own body fat means that your body will not reject it or react to it in adverse ways as can happen with synthetic fillers.
- Facial Fat Transfer is generally considered long-lasting or permanent. As the fat transferred is your own tissue, it will not be rejected. A variable percentage of transferred fat cells always fails to survive which may then require a further Fat Transfer to achieve your desired result. However, once achieved, no further fat transfers should be necessary.
The Cons:
- Facial Fat Transfer requires you to have sufficient fat in the donor areas. Typically, the amount of fat that becomes finally available for transfer after it has been processed is only around 50% of the amount harvested.
- As a variable amount of the transferred fat cells always fails to survive, you could need a second Fat Transfer to achieve your desired result.
Potential Risks & Complications of Fat Transfer To Face
Facial Fat Transfers are generally considered safe procedures but as with any surgery, potential risks and complications do exist.
Specific to Fat Transfers:
- Surface irregularities in either the donor or recipient areas.
- Asymmetry if paired body areas e.g. cheeks receive a Fat Transfer.
- Wide or thickened scars (hypertrophic or keloid) could occur if you are prone to them and pigmented scars are more likely in those with brown or Asian skin.
- Numbness or changes in skin sensation.
- Slow or poor healing – more likely in smokers and diabetics.
- Wound infection requiring topical wound care and antibiotics.
- Seroma (excess fluid accumulation under the skin) requiring one or more aspirations.
- Infection of the fatty tissues.
- Inadvertent injury during harvesting by liposuction to deeper structures such as nerves, blood vessels, muscles, lungs and abdominal organs.
- Fat Embolism as a result of inadvertent injection of fat directly into a blood vessel.
General Risks:
- Allergic reaction to medications, sutures, dressings, or antiseptic solutions.
- Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) and its potential to cause life-threatening Pulmonary Embolism. To reduce the risk of DVT, Calf Massagers can be applied for the entire duration of your surgery to prevent the blood in your leg veins from pooling and clotting.
- Adverse Reactions to Anaesthesia or Medication: The safety of anaesthesia nowadays in Australia is well established. Nevertheless, potential risks exist with all anaesthesia and unexpected reactions can occur. These may include nausea, vomiting, and allergic reactions ranging from minor to severe. Respiratory failure, heart failure, heart attack and stroke are rare but documented risks of any general anaesthesia.
Fat Transfer Face Cost
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Fat Transfer to Face
Unfortunately, it is impossible to quote even an approximate total cost for your Facial Fat Transfer until you’ve had a consultation. This is because after assessing your suitability for the procedure, your Surgeon needs to determine how long the procedure will take. The duration of your procedure will determine the Hospital Theatre Fee and your Anaesthetist’s Fee as both these are based on the duration of your procedure.
The following are the various individual costs that will make up your total cost:
- Surgical Fee: This will depend on the amount of liposuction required to harvest the donor fat, process the extracted fat, and then inject it.
- Hospital Fee: Hospitals differ in their hourly rates for Operating Theatres. Our Surgeon will advise you of your approximate hospital costs once he/she has determined how long your procedure will take.
- Anaesthetist Fee: This will basically depend on the duration of your procedure. Anaesthetic Fees are generally around $880/hour.
- Post-Operative Compression Garment for the donor areas.
Can I Claim a Medicare or Private Health Insurance Rebate?
Being a cosmetic procedure, Fat Transfer to Face is not eligible for a Medicare Rebate, nor can you claim on Private Health Insurance.