It is a procedure that is performed through injections of fat from your own body, which is aimed at all those patients who present facial asymmetry. In addition, it corrects the facial volume in certain areas of the face, such as cheekbones or the jawbone edge, achieving harmony to the sunken areas in the center of the cheeks.
Times may vary depending on the patient.
Procedure duration
1 hour
Discomfort time
1 day
Recovery time
1 - 2 days
Type of anesthesia
Local
Hospitalization required
No
Do you have any questions? Check out some of the most common questions and answers.
It is a procedure that consists in that by means of a liposuction the fat located in the low part of the abdomen or of the internal face of its thighs is extracted, this fat is prepared suitably for soon to be injected in the different zones from the face like in cheekbones, forehead, in the pretemporal zone, nasogenian furrows (next to lips and nose) and nasojugal (the inferior zone of the dark circles).
No. Since the fat is injected through small incisions of less than 1 millimeter.
After this procedure, analgesics and antibiotics are recommended to avoid infection and pain, and it is also advisable to use sunscreen.
The risks, like all procedures, can be bleeding during the first 24 to 48 hours, but in this procedure it is extremely scarce. Another risk is infection, but it is prevented with very good antibiotics that are prescribed.
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Does not include: medications.
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