The science of structural microfat grafting
Structural Microfat grafting is a revolutionary technique that uses your own body fat as a natural, living filler to achieve precise structural alterations wherever it is placed. It is safe, adaptable, undetectable and has every indication of permanence.
Fat grafting is a safe procedure; people have been grafting fat in humans since 1893. Over the last century the controversy has always been on the survival of the fat, not the safety of grafted fat.
To ensure lasting changes, the transplanted fat must be able to survive in its new environment. Body fat is gently harvested, refined with minimal handling, and painstakingly layered into minuscule strands. This specific layering method creates a large surface area of contact with the augmented area. This ensures that nutrition can be exchanged through capillaries in the enveloping tissue. This is essential for the fat to survive.
With this technique we can enhance the lip to show more of the pink, push up a sagging buttock or support a drooping eyelid. Using this method Dr. Barnouti sculpts the tissues of the face and body to create more angular cheeks, healthier eyes, a stronger jaw line or more voluptuous lips.
After the fatty tissue is placed, it no longer feels or looks like fat, but feels and looks like the enveloping tissues. For transplanted fat to feel like fat, the pieces of fat must touch each other. However, with this technique each bit of fat is surrounded by muscle, skin, cartilage or bone. For this reason, the area does not feel fatter, but assumes the texture of the surrounding tissues. Even the most dramatic changes in size or structure are so natural to touch and visual examination that they remain undetectable without memories or photographs with which to compare.
In summary, the fatty tissues can be placed or woven in such a fashion to create architectural or structural changes in the face or body. Additionally, the newly placed fat assumes the structural qualities of the tissues around which it is placed. The results are usually long-lasting for altering facial and body contours.