Have you ever looked in the mirror and noticed your cheeks appear hollow, your under-eyes seem shadowed, or your once-defined jawline has started to soften? You don’t have to rely on synthetic fillers or invasive surgery to restore what time has taken away.
Facial fat grafting can naturally rejuvenate your appearance. At Old Town Med Spa in Chicago, IL, our talented cosmetic surgeons—the renowned MD Brothers, Drs. Nael and Shazel Gharbi—bring over a decade of advanced aesthetic expertise and board certifications in Aesthetic Medicine and Internal Medicine to every procedure.
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What Is Facial Fat Grafting?
Facial fat grafting is an innovative cosmetic procedure that helps you achieve supple skin and youthful facial contours. This procedure is an excellent alternative to dermal fillers and surgical facelifts. Fat grafting involves removing fat from problem areas and strategically injecting it into areas of the face with volume loss. Because we use your own living fat cells to perform the procedure, you can expect long-lasting, natural-looking results.
Benefits of the Procedure
Get Natural, Long-Lasting Results
When it comes to reversing facial volume loss, fat grafting offers superior results that dermal fillers and cosmetic injectables can’t match. This procedure can enhance and maintain natural fullness in the eye areas, cheeks, and jawline for a much longer time. Additionally, your own fat remains soft and supple over time, making it the perfect filler for delicate areas such as the eye and mouth.
Eliminate Facial Lines and Creases
Do you want to minimize the appearance of facial lines and wrinkles, but don’t want to use injectables that inhibit facial muscle movement? If so, you’ll love the results you can achieve with facial fat grafting. We can inject fat beneath your skin and around your wrinkles to fill in the areas with scars, creases, and deep lines.
With fat grafting, we can help you achieve youthful, natural-looking skin and minimize your wrinkles without relaxing your facial muscles.
Restore Facial Volume
Natural collagen production slows with age, causing your skin to lose elasticity and volume. When your body makes less of the essential protein that supports the skin’s structure, you may notice hollow, sunken areas on your face.
Fat grafting can plump up these sunken areas and restore facial volume, especially around the forehead, cheeks, and near your jawline. Nowadays, it’s no longer impossible to turn back time and restore your youthful appearance.
How Long Do the Results Last?
Facial fat transfers can offer results that last for several years. And if you take good care of your skin and get maintenance treatments, your results can be permanent.
However, it’s important to note that facial fat transfers cannot stop the aging process, so undergoing the procedure will not protect you against developing signs of aging in the future. To maintain your youthful look over the long term, you must continue to make healthy choices and keep up with your anti-aging procedures and treatments.
How Is Facial Fat Grafting Performed?
Fat Extraction
Fat transfers are done under anesthesia. You can expect the procedure to take less than three hours. During the surgery, we harvest small amounts of fat from your trouble spots, such as the thighs, stomach, or buttocks.
We will use a local anesthetic solution on the area where fat is extracted. Once the harvest site is ready, we will use small cannulas and a syringe to extract fat through a tiny incision. Because the fat used for the procedure comes from your own body, you can expect virtually no chances of immune system rejection after the procedure.
Fat Injection
Next, the harvested fat is purified and strategically injected into areas of your face that need additional volume. We will inject tiny amounts of fat at a time to achieve smoother, natural-looking results. This technique makes facial fat grafting different from cosmetic procedures such as liposuction.
What Makes You an Ideal Candidate for Cosmetic Surgery?
Fat grafting can significantly improve your appearance and make you look years younger. To ensure your safety and satisfaction from this procedure, we only recommend fat grafting to healthy individuals who meet the following criteria:
Age
For safety reasons, cosmetic procedures to address facial volume loss are ideal for healthy individuals under 60. If you are over 60 and pass our health and medical history check, you may still be eligible for the procedure. Contact Old Town Med Spa in Chicago, IL, to schedule a consultation to know whether you are physically fit for cosmetic surgery.
Health Condition
Individuals who smoke and are at increased risk of poor circulation are not ideal candidates for cosmetic surgery. Before undergoing a fat transfer procedure, candidates should be in good overall health and able to heal and recover after surgery.
Additionally, to know whether you’re a good candidate for fat grafting, we will assess whether you have enough fat to transfer from the harvest site to your face. If you are very slender or underweight and lack sufficient body fat, we can recommend alternative treatments or procedures.
Realistic Expectations
It’s also necessary that you have realistic expectations about the final results of the surgery. During your initial consultation with our team, we’ll discuss in detail what changes you can expect to see after your fat grafting procedure. Our expert team can help you determine whether surgery can deliver the results you are hoping to see.
Why Choose Old Town Med Spa for Facial Fat Grafting in Chicago, IL?
At Old Town Med Spa, your facial fat grafting procedure is led by the MD Brothers, Drs. Nael Gharbi and Shazel Gharbi—two of Chicago’s top cosmetic surgeons. Both are board-certified in Aesthetic Medicine and Internal Medicine, with over a decade of medical practice and aesthetic expertise dating back to 2015. They’ve helped thousands of patients achieve natural, beautiful results through advanced full-face and body contouring techniques. Their passion, precision, and commitment to long-term well-being set our practice apart. When you choose Old Town Med Spa, you’re trusting your appearance to skilled physicians who prioritize your safety, comfort, and stunning, lasting outcomes.
Achieve Your Desired Results at Old Town Med Spa
Are sunken cheeks causing you to feel self-conscious about your age? Our team at Old Town Med Spa can help you reverse facial volume loss with careful, thorough treatments and procedures. Contact us today to book a consultation at our Lincoln Park, River North, or Bucktown location.
