How Long Does a Transfer Last?
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Fat transfers are interesting in that there's a certain amount of take to the fat transfer.
In other words, when we do a fat transfer procedure, we know that approximately 40-60
percent of that fat will take and live. What we tell patients is the fat that you have
after your fat transfer that's present, five to six months after the procedure is going
to be there permanently. That's both good and bad. If there's too much fat, it's going
to be there forever. If there's the right amount of fat, that's great because it's a permanent
solution. The other thing to be aware of with fat transfer, particularly in young patients
is that, if a patient gains a large amount of weight, say 50,60,70 pounds that fat will
also hypertrophy and we've seen cases.
Fortunately, none in our practice but at meetings there are pictures of patients who gain a
lot of weight and their face just really expands. So, you have to be careful using fat transfer
in younger patients. It is a permanent filler but it's unpredictable.
We know it's permanent because of the cases where there is too much of bump here and it
can be difficult to get out.
