I said fat was overtaking the filler era. Now it is on my menu. Lipoderma, donor fat, above HA filler at the MedSpa.
Why fat beats gel
“I think we have seen that facial fillers have been quite overdone, and patients are really getting away from looking overfilled and want to look more natural. We have seen that these hyaluronic acid fillers may not dissolve completely, and they do tend to migrate. It seems like they create some kind of inflammatory response in some patients, creating nodules or inflammation. And of course, the feel of a filler is not quite like natural fat, which is squishy and soft, something whose borders you wouldn’t be able to identify the way you can with a filler.”
“Fat is the best filler for a deflated face. A deflated face has lost fat. And what we do when we do fat grafting is replace the fat in those spaces. So it’s like with like.”
What donor fat is
“We can also use Lipoderma, which is a donor fat graft. This comes already prepared in a vial, so it can be injected in the office in one of the exam rooms, and it gives a lot of the same benefits as using your own graft. These benefits are that the results are soft, very long-lasting, and very natural.”
No harvest. No operating room. Long-lasting, potential to be permanent, no PLLA foreign body response.
What it gives up
“For some patients that don’t want as much downtime, we’ve been using Lipoderma, which is a donor fat graft that gives us very similar results to the patient’s own fat grafting.”
Very similar. Not identical. Your own fat is free by the cc, placed while you sleep. Donor fat is bought by the cc, placed awake. That is the trade.
Who should book it
“The first thing patients notice is the deflation on the face, which we may treat early with fillers like Sculptra, Lipoderma or hyaluronic acid to restore this lost volume.”
The GLP-1 face, early. Before the skin lets go and it becomes a lift.
Menu and prices: the MedSpa post and fees. My ranking of own fat, donor fat and filler: agulloplasticsurgery.com. Last launch: Morpheus8 Cool.
Why Choose Dr. Agullo
I am certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, trained in plastic surgery at the Mayo Clinic, and teach as Clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Castle Connolly has listed me as a Top Doctor for thirteen consecutive years, 2014 through 2026.
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