Some women think of liposuction as a way to look slimmer. Indeed, most plastic surgeons also think of liposuction this way, using liposuction to shave off pockets of fat. While this may have been an ideal of beauty in the past, today’s concept of female beauty is more sensuous. This requires skill not only in taking out fat, but also in adding it where needed.
Fat Removal and ReInjection into the Hips
Let’s examine the before and after photos of a woman who wanted a curvier figure with more prominent hips. Prior to surgery (left side before photo), she had an apple figure, where a lot of the body fat is concentrated on the upper body. If one were to liposuction this patient to make her look slimmer, the result would be a slightly thinner version of the same body, no curves. A slimmer apple, so to speak.
However, if you combine liposuction (non-laser) with fat injections, an entirely different result is achieved.
Post operatively, you can see that I successfully changed her body type to not only look slimmer, but to look more feminine. Thus the apple shape was transformed into more of a pear shape. Fat was taken out from her central body and reinjected into her hips. Her new body profile has a narrower waist compared to the hip. It is what is referred to as a pear figure. The curvy pear figure does appear more feminine than her previous shape. Liposuction alone would not have been able to create this feminine profile.
The use of your own autologous fat to create a more feminine sculpted body is a great tool for enhancement. Fat grafting results are long lasting if proper techniques are used. Therefore, be sure to ask your surgeon if he expects long lasting results! With proper techniques and post op he should have full confidence in a long lasting result.
To learn more about why fat grafting is long lasting when done correctly watch my video which explains why. If you have any questions, please post them to my blog.
Ricardo L Rodriguez, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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6 Comments
August 11, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Tia:
For pricing information you can contact Kelly at kelly@cosmeticsurg.net
This patient also had a lateral thigh lift and the skin relaxed more on the one side. She subsequently had another touch up to correct that. She is very happy with and proud of the result which is why she agreed to have the pictures shown on the internet.
I think fat injection to the hips is a greatly underestimated procedure.
August 7, 2010 at 1:09 pm
So how much is liposuction and fat injections to the hips only?
Also, how comes the hips don’t look even? One side is more pointy than the other…
August 2, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Carla:
I will answer in english for the benefit of our other readers.
Carla asks if there are long term concerns about the fate of the fat cells, or if they could act in an abnormal way after being placed in a different place than their original location.
The answer is that we have not observed (nor has anybody reported any instance where a normal fat cell, injected in another normal part of the body) any instance of abnormal behavior. There have been reports, on the contrary, of the fat behaving too much like where they came from. For example some patients with fat injections to the face will gain a lot of weight, and the face in the face also enlarges, giving the face a rounder look than the patient expected.
July 27, 2010 at 7:58 am
hola, tengo una duda Existen efectos a largo plazo con lo injertos de grasa? quiero decir, pueden las celulas comportarse de una forma anormal al estar ubicadas en un sitio diferente de su lugar de origen? muhcas gracias
June 19, 2010 at 10:25 am
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June 10, 2010 at 1:56 pm
I’m firm believer in injecting purified fat in the buttocks! keep the curves the coming.