Micro Lipoinjection (Fat Transfer)
Internet URL
http://www.asds.net/MicrolipoInjectionInformation.aspx 
Sponsoring Agency
American Society For Dermatologic Surgery
Description
This century-old procedure was refined and updated by dermatologic surgeons in the 1980s. Micro lipoinjection is a form of soft tissue augmentation that uses a patient's own fat (removed from another part of the patient's body) as a filler substance to "plump up" and contour wrinkles, furrows and hollows in the face. Donor fat is taken with a small cannula or sterile tube from troublesome fatty deposits such as buttocks or thighs, and then re-injected into the areas to be filled. Since one's own tissue is used, there is little risk of the body's rejecting it, which can occur when a foreign substance is used.