Face / Fat grafting
Fat grafting.Volume from your own tissue.
Fat grafting uses your own tissue to restore natural volume and refine contours, without implants or synthetic fillers.
What it is
What fat grafting can address.
Autologous fat transplantation, also called fat grafting or fat transfer, uses your own tissue to restore natural, structural volume. Fat is harvested from an area with excess volume through gentle liposuction, purified, and carefully reintroduced where volume has been lost with age or where there is structural asymmetry.
Because it avoids implants and synthetic fillers, the technique restores natural soft tissue, enhances contours and can refine the results of other surgical procedures.
The technique
Clinical applications and structural benefits.
Success in fat grafting depends heavily on how many of the transferred fat cells survive, which requires precise, low-trauma tissue handling. Dr. Movtchan’s background as a trained microsurgeon directly informs this approach: harvesting, purification and micro-droplet injection are performed with exceptional detail to support the graft’s new blood supply and a predictable, long-lasting result.
Fat grafting benefits both the area the fat is taken from and the area where it is placed.
- Anatomical volume restoration: replenishes lost deep-tissue volume in areas such as the midface, breasts, buttocks or hands, using your own living cells.
- A biocompatible alternative: avoids the risk of foreign-body reactions, late capsule formation and the repeat maintenance that temporary synthetic fillers require.
- Refinement of structural contours: smooths transition zones, corrects depressions and softens the edges of implants or prior surgery.
- Targeted donor-site contouring: slims and shapes the area the fat is taken from, improving overall body proportions.
Is it right for you?
Could fat grafting be right for you?
Candidacy depends on more than age. A surgeon assesses your health, healing risks, expectations, and the changes you would like to address.
- Discuss conditions or medications that may affect healing.
- Be open about smoking or nicotine use.
- Describe your own goals, rather than another person’s expectations.
- Understand both the possibilities and the limitations.
Talk through your options
Your consultation with Dr. Movtchan.
To learn how Dr. Movtchan applies microsurgical precision to fat grafting for natural, durable volume restoration, arrange a personalized consultation. Bring your medical history, prior procedures, medications, and the questions you most want answered.
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Your goals
Describe the changes you notice and what you hope to preserve.
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Your options
Discuss the proposed approach, alternatives, and the reasons behind a recommendation.
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Your preparation
Ask about anesthesia, the care setting, and what you would need to arrange beforehand.
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Your decision
Talk through the potential outcome, risks, recovery, and costs before deciding.
Benefits & limitations
Risks and limitations.
Potential complications include bleeding, infection, anesthesia problems, scarring, changes in sensation, nerve injury, delayed healing, and an outcome that does not meet expectations. This is not a complete list.
Your surgeon should explain which risks matter in your situation, how they are managed, and the alternatives to surgery. Results vary.
Recovery planning
Planning for your recovery.
Plan for help at home and time away from your usual activities. Your instructions will address work, driving and exercise according to your operation and how you are healing.
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Before surgery
Plan practical support
Ask about transport, help at home, and time away from responsibilities.
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Early recovery
Follow your care instructions
Understand dressings, any drains, medication instructions, follow-up, and symptoms that need a call to the surgical team.
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Returning to routines
Check before increasing activity
Ask when to resume work, exercise, skincare, and other daily routines.
Recovery varies with the procedure and the individual. Follow the instructions given by your surgical team.
Questions
Questions about fat grafting.
How do I know whether fat grafting is the right option?
An examination and a discussion of your goals help determine whether surgery is appropriate. It is reasonable to ask about alternatives, including doing nothing.
How long should I plan to recover?
Ask for guidance specific to your operation and daily activities. Work, exercise, and social plans may each have a different timeline.
What should I ask about costs?
Ask what is included in an estimate, including the surgeon, facility, anesthesia, and follow-up. You’ll receive a written estimate after your consultation, so you can review the costs before deciding.