Facial Fat Grafting in Austin, TX: Rejuvenation Using Your Own Fat

Facial fat grafting can fill out your face in a flattering way. It’s an effective way to restore lost volume and rejuvenate your appearance.

As a board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Andrew Trussler has extensive expertise in both surgical and nonsurgical techniques. Facial fat grafting is a unique blend of the two.

It uses your body’s fat cells to volumize and enhance parts of your face to create a youthful appearance overall. This minimally invasive treatment could be the perfect option if you’d love to make changes and want long-lasting results.

The Facial Fat Grafting Process

Facial fat grafting, or fat transfer to the face, is a simple yet highly effective cosmetic procedure. The process starts with Dr. Trussler removing fat (via liposuction) from a donor site on your body. Anywhere you have some fat to spare can be a good donor site. For many patients, it’s the lower belly or inner thighs.

Dr. Trussler purifies the fat and injects it into the parts of your face that need volumizing and contouring. At the same time, Dr. Trussler injects platelet-rich plasma (PRP) derived from your blood. This adds powerful growth factors in the area where you’re increasing the volume, which encourages constant cellular renewal and maximizes your results.

How Facial Fat Grafting Can Enhance Your Face

Facial fat grafting can treat all the areas where volume tends to decline with age. Common target treatment areas include:

Sunken Cheeks
Hollowed Temples
Undereye Hollows
Nasolabial Folds (aka Smile Lines)
Thin Lips
Facial Asymmetry

Dr. Trussler customizes each procedure to meet the unique goals of his patients, ensuring that your facial fat grafting treatment is as personalized as possible.

Benefits of Facial Fat Grafting

A major advantage of facial fat grafting is that it’s a natural alternative to dermal fillers like Juvéderm®, Restylane®, and Sculptra®. It’s like using your body’s natural fillers.

Because you’re using your tissue and have the added benefits of PRP, facial fat grafting lasts much longer than dermal fillers, often for years. But, fillers have their own advantages, namely that they’re completely nonsurgical and offer immediate results with no downtime.

Another benefit of facial fat grafting is that it causes minimal scarring. Since Dr. Trussler only makes tiny incisions for the liposuction aspect of your procedure, scars are very small and tend to fade until virtually invisible.

Finally, the flexibility of facial fat grafting is a big benefit. It’s an ideal add-on for other procedures, such as facelifts or eyelid surgery. Facial fat grafting can enhance results and provide a more comprehensive rejuvenation.