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Lipofilling face

Lipofilling in the face is an alternative to traditional filler treatments. Treating and filling the face with your own body fat for permanent results.

PRICE

From € 3500

TREATMENT TIME

1 day

EFFECT

permanent

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What is Lipofilling?

Lipofilling is one of the most emerging and promising aesthetic facial treatments. Lipofilling uses your own fat cells to fill wrinkles or create volume in the face.

The fat extracted from the buttock or abdominal region is used to fill in facial wrinkles, for example, or to add volume to the lips. The result is very natural and permanent, and the risks are extremely limited. Often lipofilling is combined with another procedure, such as a facelift and/or eyelid surgery.

Would you like to enlarge the hips or pooch with your own fat? This is also possible, then one speaks mainly about liposculpture with BBL

What areas are eligible for facial lipofilling?

Lipofilling from your own body fat has many possibilities:

  • The nasolabial fold (deep fold between nose and mouth) can be eliminated thanks to lipofilling by giving more volume to the cheekbones so you get a lifting of the midface.
  • You can also fill the grooves under the eyes or tear trough with your own fat.
  • Filling thin lips.
  • You can bring the chin forward more, this will give you more projection in profile view.
  • Making the jawline sharper this will give you the typical tight jawline.

Discuss comprehensive options with the surgeon during the consultation.

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The treatment in lipofilling face

  • First, there will be a consultation where the plastic surgeon can determine if lipofilling is possible for you. He will explain which surgical techniques are most appropriate for you, and discuss their advantages and disadvantages.
  • All our procedures are performed in the safest conditions by our experienced plastic surgeon and his assisting team. Your procedure is performed in sterile conditions.
  • Lipofilling is usually performed under general anesthesia unless it is a small area then we opt for local anesthesia. The anesthesia not only ensures a pain-free procedure but also minimal blood loss and bruising. Through liposuction, by means of suction signals, own fatty tissue is removed and reinserted at the desired location of the body.
  • The duration of treatment depends on the extent of lipofilling.
  • You may go home shortly after treatment, the same day.

Recovery and aftercare for lipofilling face

  • After treatment, most people do not have much pain symptoms, although some swelling or bruising may occur. This usually recovers in 1 to 2 weeks.
  • For the first week, we advise you to eat soft foods with small bites. The areas where the liposuction was performed usually bother you the most. These can be sensitive.
  • Feeling in your face remains normal. In the beginning, temporarily reduced sensitivity may occur. It is important to take it easy for the first few weeks and not lift or exert yourself heavily, so that the transplanted fat can grow in properly.
  • In most cases you can return to work after 2 weeks (note: no heavy physical work). After 6 weeks you can slowly resume sports and after 8 weeks you will see the final results.

Result lipofilling face

Usually, the result of lipofilling is well visible after 6 weeks. It is assumed that much of the injected fat remains in the treated area. However, it is sometimes necessary to repeat the treatment, if a small part of the injected fat tissue is broken down. It is best to assume that you will lose about 30% of the injected fat back within 6 months after surgery.

Video lipofilling face

Before & After photos lipofilling face

Lipofilling lips

Result immediately after surgery, swelling is still decreasing

Price lipofilling face

Lipofilling prices
Lipofilling lips (first treatment)From €1500
Lipofilling lips (second treatment - after one year)From €950
Lipofilling faceFrom €3500
Lipofilling bodyFrom €3500
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Frequently asked questions about lipofilling face

Risks and possible complications of lipofilling

Complications can always occur after treatment. Post-bleeding (bleeding from or out of the surgical area) or wound infection are the most common complications, even though they are rare. The following specific complications are known from lipofilling: There is a very small chance of a more than normal hematoma after treatment. This hematoma disappears on its own. The wounds will form small scars. Initially these are somewhat red, later they often turn white in color. Often they are hardly noticeable. Very rarely, inflammation occurs. The area is then red and swollen. Always contact the plastic surgeon. A course of antibiotics is then necessary, sometimes in combination with relieving the inflammation with a small incision or a thick needle. Very rarely, an allergic reaction to the anesthetic occurs. Sometimes residual swelling and hardening may be present that takes weeks or sometimes months to disappear. Sensation in the skin of the treated area and near the scars is often reduced or disappeared. This causes few complaints. It often recovers slightly over years. After lipofilling, contact us if : persistent bleeding from the wound or surgical area significantly increased swelling of the wound or operation area pain, if the painkillers do not help or the pain even increases redness and some swelling of the wound feeling of being sick and/or fever, higher than 38° (measured through the anus) persistent nausea inability to urinate while drinking normally worry or doubt

Aftercare of lipofilling

Lipofilling is not considered very painful. For possible pain you can take a paracetamol. If this does not help sufficiently or if the pain increases, it is best to contact the plastic surgeon. A white paper bandage and/or a special adhesive bandage will be applied over the closed wound(s) after the operation. After two days you may shower again. The plasters will not come off in the shower. We recommend that you do not bathe, as the plasters may soften and come off. After (usually) seven to ten days, the plasters are removed at the outpatient clinic. After surgery, some wound fluid does leak from the small skin incisions. Usually this stops after one to two days. You can take this into account in bed by using underpads or tarps so that the mattress does not get dirty. You may wear special supportive, elastic clothing over the fat removal area for several weeks, day and night. If you want to shower or wash, you can of course take off this undergarment. For several weeks after surgery, you may experience painful bruising, swollen skin and numbness. This is partly because the area is often filled a little extra. After about two to six weeks, the bruising and swelling will go away on their own. Try to take it easy for the first three to six weeks. You should also avoid sports in the first six weeks to prevent contact with or pressure on the wound(s).