Does Dr. Lam use fat grafting to plump up lips?
No. Although Dr. Lam performs numerous fat grafts, he believes that fat grafting is not an ideal method to enhance one’s lips for three reasons. First, fat in the lips most often simply will not last. With the use of silicone, Dr. Lam can achieve a natural, permanent, soft, and non-surgical enhancement of one’s lips. Second, the swelling/deformity with fat grafting in the lips is both protracted and can be quite alarming. For the results that you eventually obtain with fat grafting in the lips, Dr. Lam does not believe that it is worth it. Third, the ability to sculpt natural looking lips with fat grafting is harder than with silicone or Restylane® in Dr. Lam’s opinion so he will not use fat in the lips.
