Facial Fat Grafting San Diego

Name: Facial Fat Grafting
Brand: Gupta Plastic Surgery
Rating: 4.8 (71 reviews)

With age, your skin naturally loses fatty tissue, which can result in hollow areas and sagging skin. When this occurs, fat grafting with Dr. Gupta can restore organic facial fullness while refining your body contours.

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What Is Fat Grafting?

During fat grafting, Dr. Gupta will perform gentle liposuction to remove fat from another area of your body, such as your abdomen, thighs, or flanks. He’ll then purify the extracted fat and inject it strategically to naturally augment your facial contours.

Why Choose Dr. Gupta?

Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon for 25+ Years

Dr. Gupta has spent two decades refining his approach to facial plastic surgery and he harnesses his artistic eye when deciding where to add or subtract volume for a natural, balanced outcome.

Personalized Care

From planning your surgical details to the recovery process and follow-up visits, Dr. Gupta is directly involved with your care every step of the way.

Natural Artistry

You can trust Dr. Gupta to sculpt results that feel like you—naturally enhanced and never overdone.

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Restore Youthful Facial Volume

Facial fat transfer restores your vitality using your own tissue. With age, your face loses its youthful structure. The cheeks flatten, the temples hollow, and soft transitions fade. When this occurs, Dr. Gupta uses fat grafting to correct these changes with nuance and artistry. He precisely restores volume where it has diminished, lifting and smoothing the face in a way that looks and feels organic. The result is balanced, soft, and naturally radiant.

Organic, Timeless, Effortlessly You

Fat grafting is remarkable because it restores your volume while also evolving over time. The transferred fat ultimately becomes part of your face. It integrates seamlessly with the surrounding tissue and ages naturally alongside your features. As a result, your individuality is preserved, never masked. In Dr. Gupta’s hands, this process takes a sculptural approach that honors your natural anatomy while enhancing the nuances that make your face beautifully unique. The outcome is timeless, understated, and naturally yours.

Benefits of Fat Grafting

Creates soft, natural volume using your own tissue
Enhances facial fullness without synthetic material
Tiny incision sites ensure virtually imperceptible scarring

Who Is a Candidate?

You may be a candidate for fat grafting if you:
Struggle with soft-tissue volume loss on your face or hands
Have sufficient fat to harvest for the procedure
Understand that some of the grafted fat may not survive, and maintenance sessions may be necessary

The Facial Fat Grafting Procedure

During your private consultation at our San Diego office, Dr. Gupta will examine your overall fat distribution, skin quality, and goals to create a surgical plan that aligns with your aesthetic vision. He will map out how much fat to graft, where to place it, and how many sessions you may need for optimal results.

Your actual facial fat grafting procedure will be done under local or partial sedation. To begin, Dr. Gupta will perform gentle liposuction to remove fat from the donor site. He will then purify the fat and inject it into your treatment area, placing it carefully to ensure maximum survival of the transferred fat.

Recovery and Results

Recovery after facial fat grafting tends to be fairly easy. You can expect some mild swelling, tenderness, and bruising initially, all of which will subside within one to two weeks. Your grafted fat will settle gradually, with the final results emerging within three months.

Facial Fat Grafting Frequently Asked Questions

How much of the transferred fat will survive?

With Dr. Gupta’s meticulous technique, most of our patients enjoy a 60 to 80% survival rate of the transferred fat.

How does Dr. Gupta ensure long-term fat survival?

A successful fat grafting procedure depends on technique and precision. Dr. Gupta uses microcannulas to harvest and inject purified fat in very fine layers, ensuring that each injection is surrounded and nourished by healthy tissue. This approach maximizes your chances of long-term fat survival, ensuring stable volume and results that move naturally with your face.

What areas of the face benefit most from fat grafting?

Fat grafting with Dr. Gupta can restore youthful volume to your cheeks, temples, and under-eye hollows. It can also soften deep facial folds and refine the jawline and chin.

Can fat grafting replace dermal fillers?

For many patients, yes. Dermal fillers add temporary volume, while fat grafting is designed to provide long-term results. Fat grafting tends to be more effective for a larger target area, and for patients who want a natural alternative to dermal fillers.

Can I have more than one fat grafting procedure?

Absolutely. In fact, many patients require multiple sessions to build volume over time while preserving natural proportions.

Schedule Your Consultation

If you want to restore lost volume with a facial fat transfer in San Diego or Encinitas, please contact Gupta Plastic Surgery today to schedule a private consultation.