Be careful when transplanting autologous fat

Autologous fat transplant is a beauty method to help improve body contours, which is being widely applied today. However, this method has many potential health risks. Therefore, before performing beautification by this method, women need to choose reputable and fully certified beauty salons.

Autologous fat transplant is a procedure to suck excess fat cells in some parts of the body such as thighs, abdomen, arms, ... to transplant to another part, helping to fill or overcome defects. This method is often applied to improve body contours.
Because the fat tissue in the body contains many stem cells that are able to regenerate and replace the aging and damaged cells, the autologous fat transfer method is effective in filling the concave areas, the upper notch. body. Specifically, the indications for autologous fat transplantation include:
Buttock augmentation; Breast augmentation: Breast augmentation, breast reconstruction after mastectomy (due to cancer), breast contouring; Filling the mastoid area after mastoidectomy (treatment of mastoid otitis), rhinoplasty; Facial rejuvenation: filling the temples, sunken cheeks, facial wrinkles; Filling in pitted scars, sores or burn wounds. SEE ALSO: Application of autologous mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of post-burn scars: Preliminary study

Doctors directly examine, assess the patient's condition and health, determine the ability to perform surgery. At the same time, the doctor gives specific advice to the patient about the area where the fat will be removed and the basic procedure of the surgery;
Next, the doctor will disinfect and numb the area to be removed. Then, the doctor will use a specialized syringe to suck up a moderate amount of fat. Then, using centrifugal spinning technique to separate plasma and blood, keeping pure fat;
The doctor continues to perform fat grafting on the part to be filled. After anesthetizing the area to be filled, the doctor makes a small incision of 0.2cm in size, using a specialized fat implant needle to perform fat injection in the right position;
Fat grafting site may be swollen within 5-7 days after surgical intervention. Patients should pay attention to the care regimen, take the medicine exactly as prescribed by the doctor.
The results are as follows:
The areas where fat is removed such as the abdomen, thighs, biceps, ... become slimmer because a certain amount of excess fat has been sucked out; Improve the notches on the body: Breasts, buttocks are increased in natural size; Skin rejuvenation, minimizing wrinkles and improving pre-existing problems such as sunken cheeks, deep eye sockets,...

Beauty with autologous fat is used for skin rejuvenation. So is face fat transplant dangerous? Like some other beauty procedures, autologous fat transfer has potential health risks. Specifically:
Complications mild to severe: Fat necrosis (if the amount of fat used is too much, it is not put in the correct layer); organizational calcification and the formation of fibrous capsules; deformity or disproportionate chest area; granulomatous reaction, chronic fluid leakage; The most serious complication: Death. Patients can die from anaphylaxis. In addition, the patient may face the risk of anesthetic toxicity. Death can also occur in people with underlying diseases such as cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure but still choose autologous fat transplant. Injecting fat into large blood vessels can easily cause blockage of heart and brain vessels, ... and lead to death. In addition, doctors note, do not use autologous fat transplantation for people who have severe blood clotting disorders, are using anticoagulants, have blood diseases, etc. At the same time, it is necessary to with caution in people with diabetes , chronic liver disease or cardiovascular disease .
In hospitals, many serious complications have been recorded after autologous fat transplantation in unreputable facilities. From the case of serious complications, doctors recommend that patients, for safe and high aesthetic results, should choose a highly skilled surgeon, a reputable treatment facility, with sufficient equipment. specialized equipment and should be performed under absolute aseptic conditions.