Question:
Are fat injections a good alternative to injectable fillers?
Answer:
Fat injections and injectable fillers both have the same goal of increasing facial volume that has been lost with the aging process. Injectable fillers can be placed in a relatively short clinic procedure that is noninvasive without the use of anesthesia. The downside is that they generally will last between one and two years. Fat injections on the other hand require a more invasive procedure to harvest the fat and then place it into your facial tissues but the result may last for a longer time. Also, depending on how much volume is needed in the face due to your own personal desires and facial analysis, fat transfer may be a more economical method when more volume is needed than using a large volume of injectable filler products.
About the Author: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.