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Facial Fat Grafting in Fort Worth, TX

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If You’re Considering Fat Grafting…

Fat grafting is also known as autologous fat transplantation or micro-lipoinjection. During your facial fat grafting facial plastic surgery procedure, fat cells are extracted from your abdomen, thighs, buttocks, or elsewhere and reinjected beneath the facial skin. Fat can fill in sunken cheeks or lines between the nose and mouth, correct skin depressions, minimize forehead wrinkles or enhance the lips.

Allergic reaction is not a factor for fat because the filler is harvested from your own body. However, there is still a small risk of infection and other infrequent complications.

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What to Expect During Your Procedure

Both the donor and recipient sites are numbed with local anesthesia. Sedation can be used as well. If you elect to use sedation, be sure to arrange for a ride home after your treatment.

After cleansing and treatment with local anesthesia, Dr. Kiran Polavarapu, your Fort Worth plastic surgeon, withdraws fat using a syringe with a large-bore needle or a liposuction cannula. The fat is then prepared and injected into the recipient site with a needle.

Sometimes an adhesive bandage is applied over the injection site.  Slight overfilling may be necessary to allow for fat absorption that occurs. When fat is used to augment the cheeks, this overcorrection may cause the face to appear abnormally full.

While some treatments require a brief recovery period, many patients resume normal activity right away. Expect some swelling, bruising or redness in both the donor and recipient sites. The severity of these symptoms depends upon the size and location of the treated area.

Stay out of the sun until redness and bruising subsides – usually about 48 hours. In the meantime, you may use makeup with sunblock protection to help conceal your condition.  In some cases, swelling and puffiness in the recipient site lasts several weeks, especially if a large area was filled.

While some patients report results lasting 1 year or more, the majority of patients find that at least half of the injected fullness disappears within 3-6 months. Therefore, repeated injections may be necessary. Your doctor will advise you on how to maintain your results with repeat treatments.

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“Artist, sculptor, scientist, and physician, Dr. Polavarapu is renaissance in her scope. But more than that, she is a caring and compassionate person. I have known Dr. Polavarapu for more than 10 years, first as a colleague and then as a patient. She combines knowledge gained at prestigious institutions with her remarkable eye for the sublime and beautiful to achieve outstanding clinical results for her patients. That is why Dr. Polavarapu is one of my favorite doctors in Texas.”

Kevin H.

“Dr. P made me feel comfortable from the first visit. She explains everything very clearly and doesn't rush the appointment. She truly wants to make sure you understand all the information given. She went out of her way to make sure I received the best care possible. I'm so glad I was referred to her for my breast reconstruction after being diagnosed with breast cancer.”

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"Dr Polavarapu is AMAZING! She gave me exactly what I was wanting in my breast augmentation! She made my experience better than I could imagine & helped calm my nerves! She also answered every question I had and listened to me! If you’re wanting a breast augmentation I totally recommend Dr Polavarapu!"

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