Structural Fat Grafting for Craniofacial Trauma Using Manual Technique for Processing Fat Graft Material

Fat Grafting is a procedure that involves moving a person's own fat from an area of the body where it is less needed to another area of the body to improve its appearance. The fat is usually taken from the thighs or abdomen with a small liposuction tube and then moved to an area that has lost volume or fullness due to aging, trauma, surgery, birth defects, or other causes.

A medicine that will relax and assist the subject in keeping unconscious (in a sleep like state) during the entire procedure.

The plastic surgeon, will use small narrow tube-like instruments called cannulas, will remove fat from various places throughout the body (commonly the abdomen and thighs). The plastic surgeon will then use the Coleman cannulas (specialized smaller cannulas with varied shapes and tip sizes specifically made to deliver smaller amounts of fat) to fill the desired area.

The processing of the fat graft material is done using a Tefla non-adherent gauze pad in a rolling technique that separates the aqueous and oil layers from the injected component.