Natural Facial Filler
AT DERMACARE MEDICAL AESTHETICS
As you age, facial volume loss becomes a significant problem, especially once you enter your 40s. Your cheeks start losing their youthfulness, the undereye area looks hollow and more sunken in, and the folds around your mouth are evident even if you don’t smile. Facial fat fillers are a good alternative to restore lost volume, using your own body fat for this. Our providers at Dermacare Medical Aesthetics can help patients rejuvenate their features with this simple yet effective treatment.
Candidates for Natural Facial Filler
Good candidates for facial fat transfers are those who experience noticeable volume loss that adds to an aged appearance. These patients don’t want traditional dermal fillers that only have a temporary effect; they are looking for something slightly more permanent.
Consider getting a natural facial filler if you meet the following criteria:
- You have mild to moderate volume loss in the face
- You have nasolabial folds and marionette lines
- You have tried traditional dermal fillers before and didn’t take them well
- You are allergic to ingredients present in HA or other fillers
- You have enough donor fat to transfer to the target area.
- You are a healthy adult with no healing issues
Patients should be non-smokers, as smoking slows the body’s healing process. Dr. Birchall will perform a consultation and assess whether you are a good candidate for the procedure.
How a Natural Facial Filler Works
A natural dermal filler procedure, also known as a facial-fat transfer procedure, uses your body’s own fat cells to replace fat that is naturally lost from the face as you age. Restoring this lost fat diminishes the appearance of facial lines and wrinkles, helps define facial contours, and can reintroduce volume to the lips, restoring a healthy, youthful, and refreshed look to the face.
The natural dermal filler treatment begins with the laser-assisted liposuction procedure, which is generally performed in-office using local anesthesia. Dr. Birchall will carefully remove a small amount of fat from a targeted part of your body – generally the abdomen or hips.
This fat removal process is so gentle that the fat cells remain intact and ready for immediate transfer. During the treatment, Dr. Birchall will carefully inject your own fat cells into the face to help smooth out lines, add volume to the lips, and restore fullness to hollowed cheeks.
The procedure provides patients with a natural alternative to synthetic fillers and collagen treatments, and the results of a natural dermal filler treatment are both natural-looking and long-lasting. As an added benefit, recipients won’t need the frequent maintenance treatments that other injectable filler treatments require. Furthermore, patients can enjoy the slimming effects of liposuction in the area where fat is removed for their treatment.
Recovery
Patients will often experience bruising and swelling from their anesthesia injections as well as the fat transfer post-procedure, and it may take about two weeks for this swelling and bruising to dissipate completely.
However, these symptoms are completely natural, and their severity will decrease rapidly within the first few hours after the procedure. In fact, most patients can go back out in public confidently after a few days. You may continue to have some isolated bruising in specific areas that will remain a little longer, but patients can conceal these signs of treatment with makeup.
Areas in which fat has been harvested will also need some time to recover. Dr. Birchall will wrap your donor sites carefully in compression bandages after the procedure, and he will recommend that you keep wearing them for a few days to minimize and reduce swelling and bruising and increase patient comfort during recovery.
Many patients will wear these bandages for several more days because they find them comfortable, and it is safe to do so.
Results
Most patients who have a facial fat transfer procedure will enjoy a restored and youthful appearance to the face almost immediately. These results settle and integrate within the next two to three weeks and reach their final look within one to two months.
It is important to understand that to achieve your desired effects, more fat will be transferred to the desired area than is needed to achieve your final look. This is because only 60 percent of fat transferred to the treatment area will typically survive in the recipient site. Patients who undergo a facial-fat transfer treatment will be able to enjoy permanent results once all of the treatments are completed.
Get Natural Facial Filler at Dermacare Medical Aesthetics!
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San Juan Capistrano
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San Diego, CA 92128
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San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
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Dr. Birchall will take a conservative approach to transferring fat during the procedure, since fat transfers are permanent. This will minimize the risk of adding too much volume to the treated areas. Because patients will receive their body’s own fat in the treatment area, their long-lasting results will look and feel very natural after they have completed their recovery. The fat cells settle within their pockets and give you an effortlessly plump look.