LIPOFILLING
Volume loss due to heredity, aging or disease can be solved by choosing a lipofilling treatment. Excess fat is removed by liposuction and then injected again at the place where you want more volume. Lipofilling is mainly applied to the breasts and buttocks, but it is also an effective and safe way to add volume to your face. Because your body’s own material is used, rejection or encapsulation after the lipofilling treatment does not occur. Depending on the size of the procedure, it is performed under general or local anesthesia. The effect of lipofilling is immediately visible after the procedure.
During your first consultation with the surgeon, it will be discussed whether a lipofilling treatment can meet your expectations. It is important for the surgeon to check where the fat is to be removed and the quality of your skin. It is important that you have a good and realistic picture of the final result.
LIPOFILLING
Heredity, aging or disease can cause local volume loss in particular in the face. A solution to this volume loss is lipofilling. Lipofilling is a technique whereby true liposuction fat cells are harvested and after processing are injected elsewhere into the body. There are many applications for lipofilling such as for the face, breasts, buttocks, and dents in the body. Besides fat cells there are also stem cells that are aspirated with liposuction.
Due to these stem cells the effect of lipofilling induces a softening of tissue like in scars, trauma, and burns or after radiation. With lipofilling the harvested fat is injected through small puncture holes that leave scars that are hardly visible. Because it is working with the body’s own fat, rejection or encapsulation after lipofilling does not occur.
DIFFERENT LIPOFILLING TREATMENTS
Aging, disposition and illness are causes for loss of volume, wrinkles and other irregularities of the face. Injecting synthetic filler is often effective in adding volume to the face where it is needed. Permanent fillers run the risk of inducing a foreign body reaction leading to palpable and visible nodules. Temporary fillers are safe, but, have the disadvantage of being temporary.
Lipofilling is an effective, durable and safe way to add volume to the face, and because lipofilling involves filling with your own fat, the chances of complications are limited. In the first couple of months the volume injected will decrease.
About 50 to 80 percent of the injected fat will survive. The natural aging process will continue and you may want to repeat a lipofilling treatment in the future.
Lipofilling of the breasts can be performed for different reasons. One breast may be smaller whist both breasts are similar in shape. Lipofilling may have several advantages for women who have had a lumpectomy and radiation of the breast.
Volume can be added, defects can be filled and the symmetry will be improved. In addition, the firmness of the breast due to radiation therapy can soften after lipofilling. The amount of fat that can be injected in one sitting is limited and not all fat cells will survive.
The percentage take may vary from 50 to 80 %. When a significant enlargement of the breasts is desired, it is often necessary to perform several lipofilling procedures. Alternatively, a more predictable and clearly visible enlargement can be obtained in one operation with breast prostheses.
Decrease of elasticity of the skin, loss of weight and pregnancy are possible causes of sagging and under filling of buttocks. A buttock enlargement through lipofilling may correct this. It is not only about enlarging the buttocks, but also about improving the shape. Areas with excess fat are reduced and fat is injected in areas that are deficient. Lipofilling of buttocks often involve large volumes of fat to be injected but there must be sufficient fat elsewhere in the body that can be removed without causing adverse effects.
Ongeveer 60% tot 80% van het ingebrachte vet geeft een blijvend resultaat. Het natuurlijke verouderingsproces zal zich voortzetten dus kan het zijn dat u in de toekomst de behandeling wilt herhalen.
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