Fat Grafting

Rainy day funds: The fat banking era is here

Alia Willson | Freelance Writer Friday, March 13, 2026

There are plenty of places to store and protect what's important. You've got financial banks, blood banks, fertility banks and even food banks, but have you heard of "fat banks"? There is an emerging trend of harvesting and storing your own fat cells for later use in plastic surgery procedures.

What is Ozempic butt? Understanding this weight loss side effect and available treatment options

Ariel Frankeny | Freelance Writer Monday, September 29, 2025

As the popularity of medical weight loss treatments has increased, a new aesthetic concern has emerged, known as the "Ozemic butt." While GLP-1 medications have revolutionized weight loss and obesity management, significant, rapid weight loss can lead to some rather unwanted side effects, including a deflated or flattened butt.

What is nano fat grafting, and how is it enhancing aesthetic results?

Alia Willson | Freelance Writer Friday, September 12, 2025

This innovative procedure utilizes tiny fat molecules to pack a plastic surgery punch, offering patients natural results and a glowing complexion.

Tissue donation for fat grafting?

Alia Willson | Freelance Writer Monday, June 2, 2025

Perhaps in an ideal world, we could move fat around, taking a little from the belly and boosting the breasts or thinning the thighs while sculpting the perfect backside. Fat grafting isn't science fiction. Plastic surgeons regularly use the technique to move fat from one location on a person's body to enhance another area.

Fat transfer for breast augmentation: The ins and outs of this implant alternative

Ariel Frankeny | Freelance Writer Monday, November 18, 2024

Breast augmentation is one of the most popular procedures in plastic surgery, but when you think of it, you probably picture using implants to enhance the size and shape of the breasts. This is the most common option for breast augmentation, but there is an alternative procedure that is gaining popularity – fat transfer.

An exploration of facial rejuvenation through fat grafting

Ariel Frankeny | Freelance Writer Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Everyone is likely familiar with traditional facial rejuvenation techniques like facelifts, facial implants, fillers and neurotoxins such as Botox. A modern alternative to these procedures is the use of fat grafting, which involves strategically placing fat in the face to enhance the structure and rejuvenate the appearance.

Facial fat: The good, the bad and the confusing

Alia Willson | Freelance Writer Friday, May 24, 2024

Fat may be responsible for adding a few pounds to your waistline or giving you a cherub face, but it also plays a vital role in keeping our bodies healthy and energized – and, believe it or not, giving our faces a more youthful appearance. It's time to unravel facial fat – the good, the bad and the confusing.

The future of facial augmentation: A closer look at fat grafting and transfer techniques in facial plastic surgery

Ariel Frankeny | Freelance Writer Thursday, January 18, 2024

Facial implants involve skillfully placing a permanent medical device within the face to sculpt and fashion a patient's features. There are many options for those interested in these procedures, from jaw implants to cheek implants – and now there is an alternative that uses your own tissue.

Six of the most common areas that plastic surgeons do fat transfers

Kaitlin Clark | Freelance Writer Thursday, December 23, 2021

Fat grafting is known by many names, most often referred to as fat transfer, it is also analogous to fat injections, and the technology behind this procedure has accelerated at a whiplash pace.

Everything you need to know about hand rejuvenation

Kaitlin Clark | Freelance Writer Monday, December 20, 2021

It’s surprising to many, but one of the first places on our body that begins to show signs of aging is our hands. And if you stop and think about it, perhaps that's not unexpected given the daily beatings our hands take it's no wonder why the skin on our hands would break down first.