A Fat Transfer Is A Natural Way To Sculpt Your Body With Your Own Fat

ATLANTA - Oct. 25, 2013 - PRLog -- Fat Transfers can also be called Body Sculpting the natural way. Many patients feel as though one area of their body is too large and one is too small. It is normal for one to look in the mirror and think about moving fat from one area of the body and put in another area to balance out the body. An autologous fat transfer procedure does just that. It allows surgeons to redistribute a person's fat from one area of their body to another. There are many people who feel that this is a more natural form of surgery since you are using the enhancement of fat cells from their own body rather than using artificial implants. A fat transfer to the face can be done as well and is commonly done with a facelift to add volume that has been lost through the aging process.

The fat transfer procedure has been done for many years. The best candidate for a fat transfer is someone in general good health who has enough fat in one area of the body that can be transferred to another area of the body.

The advantages of a fat transfer is that you will have a more natural look and less risk of rejection since the fat is from the patient's own body.

A fat transfer is a two step procedure. The fat needs to be harvested from one part of the body much like a liposuction procedure. After the fat cells are harvested, they are purified. Your surgeon will then make small incisions in the area that is going to be enhanced and inject the fat cells into these incisions. The procedure may have to be done more than once to achieve the desired results since the body does reabsorb some of its own fat.

After the surgery, the patient can resume their daily activities after about a week of rest and recovery. The swelling should subside by about a 3 week period of time. Enhancements using autologous fat transfer has been shown to last anywhere from 5 to 15 years depending on the area.

To find out more information you can visit:

http://www.surgery.org/consumers/procedures/skin/fat-inje...