Burbank Plastic Surgery » Fat Transfer

Moving bulges to the right place

Merlin Silk — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:32:45 +0000

Sometimes we have the right body mass, it’s just that it’s not distributed correctly, Plastic surgery can help to correct this unbalance.

If we want to build up one area and our body has the supply of material to do so, the plastic surgeon is able to perform this build-up without using any foreign substances – a more natural way than implants.

The following case demonstrates how the transfer of fatty tissue from tummy and flanks to the buttocks results in much more pleasing proportion and shape. Many years of experience combined with an eye for aesthetics allow Dr. Orloff to accomplish this feat.

Fat Transfer to Nasal Labial Folds

Merlin Silk — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:38:33 +0000

During liposuction many people choose to reused their own fat to fill in areas of defect. It can be used any place such as nasolabial folds (smile lines), Marionette lines, cheeks and around the eyes. The newly transferred fat often finds a new local blood supply and stays permanently. This procedure can also be performed under local anesthesia.

Fat Transfer Butt Lift

Merlin Silk — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:52:34 +0000

Many women and a growing number of men want a curvier, rounder and shapelier rear end. Whether it is time, weight loss, or just improving on mother nature people can undergo injections of their own fat in a surgical procedure known a gluteoplasty or Brazilian butt lift. Working through a small incision between the butt cheeks, the surgeon injects the patient’s own fat into each butt cheek. During recovery the patient wears a compression garment. In most cases non-athletic activities and driving can be resumed in about 5 days.