As important as elevating muscle and tightening skin are to reversing the signs of aging, restoring lost volume is equally as important in most cases. Volume loss occurs naturally with the aging process and begins at approximately the age of 35 for most of us. While dermal fillers and facial injectables are helpful, they aren’t yet as long-lasting as our own fat. Extracted through a pinpoint incision, typically in the abdomen, fat is harvested while a patient is under sedation. The fat is then placed inside of a centrifuge where the liquid components are removed so that pure fat remains.
There is literature to support that the fat cells have a stem cell effect and convert into collagen and elastin fiber. With time, this provides a more youthful appearance to the overlying skin and, ultimately, the face itself.Because the fat is our own, the body recognizes it, and therefore the result can be considered semi-permanent.The fat is then placed into special injection syringes so that the fat can be injected into the face in a droplet-type technique using a cannula.
