Restoring Volume With Your Own Tissue
Fat transfer offers a natural approach to restoring volume and improving skin quality using your body’s own tissue.
By carefully harvesting, processing, and reintroducing fat, the treatment enhances contour while also supporting subtle improvements in skin tone and texture.
The result is soft, integrated, and individual to you.
A Regenerative Approach to Volume
Unlike synthetic fillers, fat transfer uses living tissue. Once established, the transferred cells become part of the area treated, contributing to both volume and tissue quality.
In addition to volume restoration, fat contains a population of regenerative cells, including adipose-derived stem cells. These play a role in supporting tissue repair, improving vascularity, and enhancing overall skin quality over time.
This dual effect—volume and regeneration—distinguishes fat transfer from more superficial treatments.
Techniques: Microfat and Nanofat
Different techniques are used depending on the treatment area and objective:
- Microfat (Coleman technique)
Used for restoring volume to areas such as the face, delivering soft, natural contour enhancement - Nanofat
Processed into a finer form and used for skin quality improvement, particularly in delicate areas such as the under-eyes
These techniques are often combined, allowing both contour and skin quality to be addressed within the same procedure.
Expertise and Surgical Control
Treatment is performed by a Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, ensuring a precise and considered approach at every stage.
This includes:
- Careful harvesting to preserve cell viability
- Controlled processing of the fat
- Accurate placement across appropriate tissue planes
A detailed understanding of facial anatomy is essential in achieving outcomes that are balanced, consistent, and long-lasting.
Treatment Areas
Fat transfer can be used to restore volume and improve tissue quality in:
- Cheeks and mid-face
- Temples
- Under-eye area
- Jawline and lower face
- Lips (subtle enhancement)
- Areas of contour deficiency or asymmetry
Each treatment is tailored to the individual, based on both volume requirements and overall facial balance.
The Procedure
Fat is typically harvested from areas such as the abdomen or thigh using a gentle liposuction technique.
It is then carefully processed and reintroduced into the desired areas using fine cannulae.
The procedure is usually carried out under local anaesthetic with or without sedation, depending on the extent of treatment.
Recovery and Results
Initial swelling settles over the following weeks, with results becoming more apparent as the transferred fat integrates.
A proportion of the fat will naturally resorb; the remaining cells establish a long-term presence.
The outcome is:
- Soft, natural volume
- Improved contour without heaviness
- Gradual enhancement in skin quality
Results are long-lasting, with the added benefit of ongoing tissue support from regenerative components.
Fat Transfer vs Dermal Fillers
Both fat transfer and dermal fillers are used to restore volume, but they differ fundamentally:
Dermal fillers
- Provide predictable, temporary volume
- Require maintenance over time
Fat transfer
- Uses your own tissue
- Offers longer-lasting results
- Provides additional regenerative benefits through stem cell activity
The most appropriate option depends on the area, extent of correction required, and overall treatment strategy.
A Considered Approach
We approach fat transfer with precision and restraint:
- Prioritising natural integration over volume alone
- Avoiding overcorrection
- Considering the face as a whole
- Supporting both contour and tissue quality
Consultation
A detailed consultation allows for assessment of volume loss, tissue quality, and treatment suitability, ensuring a tailored and appropriate plan.
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For fat transfer in London, delivered with surgical precision and a regenerative approach, arrange a consultation to discuss your individual case.