Lipofilling in Zug

The main advantage of lipofilling is that the grafted fat comes directly from the patient’s own body, so it heals into the surrounding tissue much more readily than foreign substances. This makes it a particularly well-tolerated procedure; rejection reactions are practically unheard-of.

Fat also has a beneficial effect on skin quality—it makes the skin look softer and more delicate. Over time, patients find their skin feels more refined as well. Long-term, autologous fat cells make a significantly better filler.

After a thorough individual consultation and a precise analysis at my clinic, your lipofilling (autologous fat grafting) treatment will be scheduled for a later date. Before the fat cells can be injected into the desired areas of the face, they will first need to be harvested and prepared. This is done using a variety of methods and techniques, which have developed immensely in recent years. 

I start by performing liposuction, which is an outpatient procedure; depending on the indication, it may be done using local, twilight, or general anesthesia. I remove the necessary fat cells from the body by inserting a fine cannula directly into the fatty tissue. Ideal areas for harvesting may include, for example, the neck, the stomach, or the thighs. Once the fatty tissue has been removed, it undergoes special processing, leaving only the best-quality cells for transplantation.

The second step of the procedure is to inject these fat cells directly underneath the skin, for example around the cheeks, the jawline, or the lips. We use the grafted fat to plump up those previously defined areas and give them an aesthetically pleasing contour, or to fill and smooth bothersome wrinkles, giving the face a more youthful look. The entire procedure takes around an hour, though more extensive operations may require more time.

Though the initial effects of lipofilling are visible immediately following the procedure, the transplanted fat needs time to heal, so it will take a few weeks to see the final results. Some of the fat will be flushed out of the body naturally, since not all the grafted cells will “take” in their new location—the grafting success rate is usually between 60 and 80 percent. After a healing period of around six weeks, we will be able to determine whether a second round of injections is necessary to achieve optimum results.

Lipofilling starts with liposuction, which offers a second advantage: besides treating wrinkles using natural materials, we can also address bothersome fat deposits—freeing areas like the neck or the stomach from unwanted fatty tissue to leave a slimmer, more proportional silhouette.

Because my office works in close cooperation with Hautpraxis Zug, a dermatology clinic located in the same building, I often see patients seeking treatment for scars—including acne scars. In some cases, fat grafting can provide effective, long-lasting results. I offer separate “dual specialist” clinic hours as an opportunity for patients seeking consultation and examination from both a dermatological and a plastic-surgical perspective. We have developed our own treatment concept for individual therapy.

Wrinkle treatment using fat grafting is just one of an ever-increasing variety of plastic surgery procedures for rejuvenating the skin. If you are interested in learning more, I would be happy to go into specifics as part of an individual consultation appointment at my clinic in Zug. You can schedule your non-binding session with me via telephone or email.