Analysis of side effects and absorption of fat grafting after liposuction

Are there any side effects to fat grafting?

Fat grafting involves taking fat from areas of your own body where you have excess fat and injecting it into areas where it's needed. Because it's your own tissue, there's no risk of rejection.

Needle-shaped surgical instruments are used during both fat harvesting and injection, so there's no need to worry about scarring. For experienced doctors, there are virtually no risks or side effects.

However, some doctors claim they can perform fat grafting based solely on their imagination or snippets of information from books and magazines. This often results in large-scale fat liquefaction, causing immeasurable physical and psychological harm to the patient. I strongly advise those seeking cosmetic surgery not to believe the sweet talk of a few doctors and become unnecessary "guinea pigs," causing harm to themselves.

How can you tell if a doctor has experience in this type of surgery? Before-and-after photos are a mirror reflecting the surgeon's experience and skill. Experienced doctors will have abundant data (not just clipped or photographed surgical materials from books or magazines). If a doctor cannot provide before- and after photos, it means they need to continue practicing and accumulating experience.

Choosing a surgeon, like choosing a cosmetic surgery procedure, can be crucial in changing your life.

Will fat be absorbed after fat grafting?

After fat is transplanted to a new site, its volume will shrink because the blood supply to the transplanted fat cells needs to be re-established. This is because before new capillaries are established, fat cells must rely on their own nutrients to survive. They are only consuming nutrients and not yet receiving nourishment, so the fat cells will gradually shrink in size, meaning some are "absorbed." To compensate for insufficient injection volume caused by "absorption," doctors need to accurately calculate the amount of fat that may be "absorbed" and "make up" the difference in fat injection volume during surgery, or through secondary or tertiary fat transplantation surgeries, to achieve satisfactory and ideal results.