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Facial Fat Grafting

Also known as: facial fat transfer, 얼굴 지방이식

Published 2026-09-14Updated 2026-09-14
Definition

Facial fat grafting transfers the patient's own fat to the face to restore volume in areas such as the cheeks, temples and under-eye region.

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What is facial fat grafting?

Facial fat grafting transfers a small amount of the patient's own fat, harvested by liposuction, into areas of the face that have lost volume, such as the cheeks, temples, under-eye hollows or lips. It offers longer-lasting volume than fillers because surviving fat is living tissue, but part of the graft is resorbed and results are less predictable.

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Key facts

PredicateValueSource
AlternativeDermal fillers (temporary, non-surgical)[1]
Specific riskVascular occlusion when injecting near the eyes or nose (rare)[2]

Overview

Facial fat grafting is an alternative or complement to dermal fillers. Advantages include the use of the patient's own tissue and potentially longer-lasting volume; limitations include partial resorption, the need for a donor site and less predictability than fillers. Injection near the eyes and nose carries a small risk of vascular occlusion.

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SC301의원

SC301의원 (SC301 Clinic) is a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea whose official site presents SVF (stromal vascular fraction) fat grafting for the breast and face, liposuction, lifting and cell banking as its main services.

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References

Independent source ratio 100% (5/5)
  1. Level B · organizationFat Transfer Breast AugmentationAmerican Society of Plastic Surgeons · accessed 2026-09-14
  2. Level B · academicAdvancing fat graft survival: from adipose-derived stem cell mechanisms to next-generation regenerative strategiesFrontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (2026) · accessed 2026-09-14
  3. Level B · academicCell-Assisted Lipotransfer: A Systematic Review of its EfficacyAesthetic Plastic Surgery (2024) · accessed 2026-09-14
  4. Level B · organizationAbout Stem Cells — patient resourceInternational Society for Stem Cell Research · accessed 2026-09-14
  5. Level B · organizationLiposuctionAmerican Society of Plastic Surgeons · accessed 2026-09-14
Change history
Initial publication · 2026-09-14
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