What is lipofilling and what can you use it for? Lipofilling involves using your own fat tissue in plastic surgery procedures. In this article, I like to explain a bit more about it, as the applications are versatile and the results can be very beautiful and natural.
What is lipofilling? How does it work?
By lipofilling, we mean removing excess fatty tissue in one area of your body, and then applying it via injections to areas with too little fatty tissue. This is done under anaesthesia. After 'harvesting' the fat, it is processed in a centrifuge. This removes the blood from the fat, leaving only pure fat to be injected in the new location. Because the fat is endogenous, it is completely safe to use, is well accepted by the body and stays in the body for 90% at the intended site. You could therefore speak of liposculpture with recycling of one's own fat tissue.
In which surgeries is lipofilling used?
Lipofilling is used for facial rejuvenation, for example to fill deeper folds around the nose and mouth. For breast augmentation, I use own fat, for example at the Eric Auclair breast augmentation and at hybrid breast augmentations. The fat provides a natural result, with the edges of the implant being less noticeable. Lipofilling is also a widely used technique for buttock augmentation (gluteal augmentation) and correction of liposuction gone wrong. In addition, it can also be used for post-traumatic defects, such as loosening skin grafts or filling soft tissue defects.
