Background: For more than a century, clinicians have
attempted to use fat for the treatment of tissue deficiencies
and contour abnormalities with variable outcome and fate of
the transferred fat. Autologous fat transfer for facial contouring
has become popular in plastic surgery only in the past 20
years. In fact, surgeons have understood that ageing of the
face is not attributable to gravity-induced ptosis alone, but is
also a consequence of volume loss caused by tissue atrophy.
Thus, volume replacement using fat transfer is the aim of the
hereby presented treatment.
Aim of the Study: To evaluate the effect of two types of
isolation of lipograft in the face and their persistence and the
changes they will produce.
Material and Methods: This study was conducted on 50
patients complaining of facial ageing and facial scars whether
post traumatic or post burn from the period between January
2013 and December 2014. The sample population was divided
into two groups:
• Group A: Underwent fat processing using the mechanical
mesh/gauze to separate the SVF (39 patients) in order to
obtain micro and nanofat grafts.
• Group B: Underwent fat processing using the enzymatic
/collagenase technique to separate the SVF (11 patients).