Is autologous fat filler safe?

Autologous fat filler is one of the more common types of microplastic surgery, mainly from the patient's own local fat extraction and then injected into the areas that need to be filled, although this surgery is taken from the patient's own fat, but there are still people who are concerned about the safety of autologous fat filler in the end?

Is autologous fat filler safe?

Autologous fat filler is not absolutely safe. When performing autologous fat filler, there are very strict requirements for the level of doctors and the requirements of the surgical environment, so as to relatively ensure the safety of autologous fat filler.

How to ensure the safety of autologous fat filler

The doctor must be very familiar with the facial structure system in order to avoid damage to the nerves, blood vessels and muscles, and to accurately grasp the amount of liposuction. Furthermore, the autologous fat filler surgery must be performed in a sterile environment, so as to ensure the sterility of the fat injected into the body again and avoid skin infection and inflammation in the patient.

Risks of autologous fat filler

Being infected

Autologous fat filler normally does not cause rejection. However, if no attention is paid to sterilization during the operation, it will easily lead to the risk of infection, and if the patient already has infection at the surgical site, it will also lead to infection after the operation, which usually occurs 5 to 7 days after the operation.

Postoperative blood lipids

The human facial blood vessels and nerves are densely distributed, so if the surgeon is not skilled during liposuction and causes damage to the patient's skin, it will easily lead to subcutaneous bleeding. Injury to the subcutaneous tissue of the face or small blood vessels in other parts of the face during fat injection, or if the patient suffers from disorders of blood clotting mechanism, bleeding may be caused after autologous fat filler surgery, forming a hematoma.

Skin Petechiae

Autologous fat filler requires a high level of skill from the surgeon. If a large trauma is formed locally during liposuction, excessive tissue cavities will result in blood leakage and skin petechiae will be formed.

Itching of the skin

If autologous fat filler is not thoroughly disinfected, and the patient touches the surgical instruments contaminated with bacteria or undergoes the surgery in an environment with bacteria, it may lead to skin infection and inflammation, resulting in itching of the skin.

Subcutaneous fluid accumulation

This is caused by poor venous return, which usually occurs in the lower extremities, and the phenomenon of fluid accumulation occurs about 10-20 days after surgery.

Formation of lipoma

The reason for the formation of lipoma after autologous fat filler is mainly due to the aggregation of granular fat injected under the skin, or the formation of fat cells stimulating the proliferation of the host cells. Although this risk occurs relatively rarely, the patient must be cautious.

Fat migration

Improper post-operative care of autologous lipofilling and excessive squeezing of the fat injection area can easily lead to the risk of fat movement. Therefore, autologous lipofilling should not only be performed in a regular hospital, but also post-operative care must follow medical advice.

Fat liquefaction

If too much fat is injected at one time, or if the fat tissue naturally gathers into a lump after fat injection, which causes fat to fail to become viable, it is easy to cause fat necrosis or liquefaction, and if this phenomenon occurs, it is necessary to go to the hospital in time to puncture and extract the liquid or negative pressure drainage to suppress the harm of side effects of autologous fat filling.

Skin necrosis

If the doctor is too violent when performing liposuction, it will easily lead to the risk of local skin necrosis, so to avoid such risks when doing autologous fat filler, it is best to choose to go to a professional public plastic surgery hospital for surgery. Once the risk of skin necrosis occurs, it is important to seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

Precautions after autologous fat filler surgery

1. 2 to 3 days after having autologous fat filler is the peak period of swelling, so wear a shapewear immediately after liposuction, which can help control swelling. 2. When autologous fat filler is performed, liposuction will lead to a local wound on the skin. Before the stitches are removed from the wound, do not let the skin of the liposuction area touch water because the bacteria in the water will easily enter the skin along the wound and lead to inflammation and infection of the wound. 3. Swelling, soreness and other phenomena will occur at the affected area at the beginning of the autologous lipofilling procedure, and some may even have bruises and bruises, which are caused by the small blood vessels in the skin when liposuction is carried out by the skin wai, and most of the bruises will disappear slowly and recover within about a week, so pay attention to more rest during this period to avoid postoperative bleeding.