Are fat grafts safe and effective?
Yes, since the invention of the Tulip Closed Syringe System, gentle extraction of live fat cells have become a predictable and effective graft. The ability to use low pressures, minimal damage is sustained by the cells resulting in a more healthy and successful transfer to areas needing plumping and filling. Before the early 1990s, fat grafts were considered occasionally effective and somewhat unpredictable. The Syringe System plus the use of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) have resulted in marked improvement in the fat grafting process and success. Since the fat cells are removed from the Primary sites (storage problem areas) from you, there is no problem with rejection or reaction to the graft cells. Further, it is believed that the fat cells from these problem areas retain donor site memory much like the grafts of hair in male pattern baldness. This means the graft thinks it is still where it came from, not where it was placed. This concept is very important, since areas needing augmenta
