Fat transfer generally follows the same procedure. In the first part of a fat transfer, your surgeon uses liposuction to extract excess fat from underneath your chin (i.e., the submental area), or from the body area of your choice.
After harvesting your fat from donor sites on your body, the doctor prepares it for injection. Several areas of your body can receive a fat transfer, including your hips, buttocks, face, breasts, stomach, legs, and even areas that have depressions from scarring. This can enhance your figure, smooth wrinkles and irregularities, refine contours, and fill in depressions in your skin. If you’re only having enough fat removed for a fat transfer, your doctor performs the procedure with local anesthesia.
If you’d like liposuction performed on a large body area, such as your abdomen or hips, you may require general anesthesia. After removing the excess fat, your Temecula Fat Transfer surgeon processes it in a centrifuge to purify it. They then inject the fat into your target area to fill in your missing volume. If you’re having a facelift or other procedure, your surgeon adds the fat to your face after the lift while you’re still under general anesthesia. This is normally an outpatient procedure and you should be able to return home the same day.