For over a century, surgeons have searched with little success for a filler to restructure the face and body. Physicians have used a bizarre assortment of foreign substances: gold, silver, paraffin, sponge rubber, silk, gutta-percha, and ivory, and more recently, silicone, collagen and Goretex®. Despite well publicized complications, some of these remain in common use because we have not found a more suitable filler. With LipoStructure®, we can now use the patient's own fat to alter the structure of the face and body.
THE TECHNIQUE OF LIPOSTRUCTURE®
To ensure lasting changes, the transplanted fat must be able to survive in its new environment. With LipoStructure®, body fat is gently harvested, refined with minimal handling, and painstakingly layered into minuscule strands. The method isolates each bit of fat within the surrounding muscle, skin, bone, cartilage or connective tissue. This specific layering method creates a large surface area of contact with the augmented area. This ensures that nutrition can be exchanged through capillaries in the enveloping tissue. This is essential for the fat to survive
Frequently Asked Questions: LipoStructure®
- What is LipoStructure®?

LipoStructure® is a process in which fat from one area of the body is used to build lasting structural changes in the face and body.

-Why have I heard that fat grafts don't work?

Fatty tissue is extremely fragile and is easily killed. Most techniques traumatize the fat causing unpredictable results. LipoStructure® is a new technique for moving fat that allows the fat to survive.

-Is fat grafting safe?

Yes. People have been grafting fat in humans since 1893. Over the last century the controversy has always been on the survival of the fat, not the safety of grafted fat.

-Will the fat move after it is placed by LipoStructure®?


Your body accepts the fat as an integral part of you unlike silicone or other non-living implants. With LipoStructure® the fat immediately anchors to the surrounding tissues. Once it has a blood supply, the fat is extremely stable.

-Why would I want fat in my face?


As you age and lose the fullness of youth, your face literally gets smaller. The skin remains the same size, but without the underlying structure, your skin retreats into wrinkles. As the missing structure under the skin is restored with LipoStructure®, the wrinkles will disappear.