In our poll, I asked whether patients know the difference between fat grafting and fat transposition, two techniques that work with the patient’s own fat but have important differences, including in terms of results.
What is fat grafting?
In fat grafting, we remove fat from some area, usually the double chin or around the navel, the inner thigh or the knees, and graft this fat, distributing it throughout the face, but we should avoid the eyelid area.
The eyelid area has the most delicate skin in the human body, and fat grafting in this area can cause irregularities, depressions and shadows, as well as some fibrosis. So, to avoid problems with this type of graft, it is better to graft the rest of the face and not the eyelid area.
What is blepharoplasty with fat transposition?
For the eyelid area, we can perform fat transposition, which means taking fat bags from the lower eyelids and moving them downward, filling this depression, which is the tear trough; with transposition, there will be no fat reabsorption, unlike with grafts.
This content is for informational purposes only and does not replace a consultation. Whether any procedure is indicated depends on an in-person assessment, case by case. CRM SP 90.116 | RQE 11.350.
