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DI Fat Grafting
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What is fat grafting?
Unwanted fat is harvested from areas such as the abdomen, thighs, or buttocks, purified, and injected into the face. Because it uses the patient's own fat, side effects such as inflammation are less likely. Adding it to areas lacking volume creates a younger-looking face with greater dimension.
Surgery information
- Surgery duration
- Within 30 minutes
- Anesthesia
- Sedation
- Hospital admission
- Not usually required
- Recovery period
- 1 week
- Suture removal
- Body donor sites only
- Follow-up visits
- 1 visit
Complications may include bleeding, infection, inflammation, bruising, swelling, and pain. Satisfaction with surgery varies by individual.
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Fat Grafting
Using only the patient's own fat Less inflammation and fewer side effects
High graft survival helps maintain volume
Improved contours through added volume
Elasticity, fine lines, and other concerns Improving overall skin concerns
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Point
The key to fat grafting is
Graft survival
placing fat across the dermal, subcutaneous, and periosteal layers to improve graft survival.
Dermis
Subcutaneous fat layer
Above the periosteum
Use of a microcannula—
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A microcannula reduces tissue damage for precise fat grafting.
Uniformly sized fat deposits are grafted for high graft survival in DI Full-Face Fat Grafting.
Restore volume to hollow areas
An attractive facial contour and
improved skin elasticity
Hollow cheeks
Using your own fat minimizes side effects!
Small, precise injections improve graft survival!
Eyelids & under-eyes
Nasolabial folds
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Facial areas needing fat
Areas where excess fat is unwanted
Temples, anterior cheekbones, front cheeks, nasolabial folds
The face–neck junction, double-chin contour, excess cheek fullness and cheekbone-area fat
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Fat Grafting
Who may consider this procedure?
People seeking natural volume with their own fat
People seeking a natural face with greater dimension
People whose overall facial contours lack harmony
People seeking contouring without a foreign-body sensation
Fat Grafting Precautions
Follow your surgical team’s individual instructions. Recovery and follow-up schedules vary.
- 01
Washing and makeup
Face washing is possible the next day, showering after 3 days, and makeup after 2–3 days.
- 02
Swelling and bruising
Swelling and bruising may differ between sides, temporarily creating an asymmetric appearance. Major swelling varies by individual and gradually subsides over about a week.
- 03
Changes in sensation
Altered sensation near the surgical area may include pain, itching, or numbness. These symptoms gradually improve within 6 months; recovery speed varies.
- 04
Fat retention
Grafted volume may decrease slightly over time depending on fat survival. After 2 months, graft integration is nearly complete and little further volume loss occurs.
- 05
Compresses and the harvest site
Avoid excessive hot or cold compresses, which can reduce graft survival and compress the transferred fat. Redness at the fat-harvest incision is a normal skin response rather than a scar.
- 06
Habits during recovery
Do not drink alcohol or smoke for one month. Avoid strenuous exercise, saunas, and dieting, which can interfere with fat survival.