Fat the best Filler in city for an antiaging effect

Fat the best filler in city for an antiaging effect;

Fat as a Filler? Shocking and even disgusting to some. Putting fat into your face suddenly brings in images of bloated face and an immediate NO!! from my patients. But when they see the results of others who have undergone this same procedure, they immediately agree to get it done.

The idea of fat as a filler originated about 130 years ago when modern day fillers were not invented. It was primarily thought of as a volume restoring agent filled under scars of tuberculosis which was rampant in Germany at the time. Many other agents were also tried at the time including animal fat and paraffin wax but all these led to tragic outcomes. An individuals own fat worked and survived the best when inserted under depressed areas. But then the acquiring of fat became an issue as fat had to be cut out from some other area of body resulting in a new scar. The procedure fell into disrepute till Liposuction got invented in the mid 1970s in Europe. Liposuction gave access to a huge quantity of fat which was usually thrown away after the procedure. But Prof Pierre Fournier, an aesthetic surgeon from Paris, realized that this fat could be injected on the face to restore volume. He would also go to the lengths of asking patients to rub the fat into their face every night to get a glow. Long after, the advancement in medical science revealed the superior quality of fat as a grafting material. It was found to have an abundance of Mesenchymal Stem Cells now called as Adipose Derived Stem Cells (ADSCs). Along with these messiahs of repair, are a whole host of growth factors which help in regenerating tissues where this fat is placed.

Fat grafting is a surgical procedure that needs sterile instruments and a clean sterile operating theatre. Patient must be healthy with well controlled parameters of blood sugar and blood pressure. The filling of fat is ideally measured with injection of saline to calculate the exact amount in each segment of face. There is no set formula for filling as it is done for hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers done commonly in dermatology clinics across the world. This helps in enhancing the features specific to the person. It contrasts with the clone like appearance of all those who get HA fillers done.

The art of fat filling is like a sculptor working on a stone statue and giving it the perfect shape step by step. The guidance is not to overfill as fat cells would not survive if there were too many in a small area. It is generally understood that around half of the injected fat gets resorbed by the body. But the remaining half survives for life giving a filling effect. The stem cells and growth factors also placed along with adipocytes help in regenerating the aging tissues and fresh texture to skin. The glow thus acquired is unmatchable with any known current skin rejuvenating technology like Lasers/ RF tightening/ microneedling/ PRP or stem cells injections. This glow lasts for years compared with that from all the other procedures.

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