Current Concepts in Dermis-Fat Grafting

The Potential for Fat Transplantation

“…Free fat autographs have also been used with reasonably good results in breast augmentation of micromastia and for correcting breast defects 1 . In fact, fat has been used to cover bony defects resulting from osteomyelitis; for defects of the skull, dura, or brain; for chest wall and pleural defects; for eye enucleation; 2 and, for various general or genitourinary procedures 1 . However, a recent study comparing autologous fat versus collagen for augmentation therapy showed unpredictable results ranging from excellent to poor when fat was used 3 .…”