It consists in injecting the patient´s own fat, which is processed outside the body, in order to produce a fatty tissue "mesh" that provides further firmness and/or volume to the tissue and corrects small and medium-sized defects.
Secondarily, a "regenerative" effect is obtained due to the presence of growth factors and the increased production of hyaluronic acid and collagen in the treated area.
Lipotransfer is used in:
- Breast reconstruction, both of small defects and full reconstruction
- Facial defects, both traumatic and congenital, including facial lipoatrophy due to antiretroviral therapies
- Body defects requiring remodelling
- Defects in external genital organs
- Skin scarring and sequelae (due to burns or trauma)