Restore youthful volume, improve skin quality, and smooth facial contours with facial fat transfer in Beverly Hills. Dr. David Isaacs, the Course Director of the Facial Fat Grafting Course at the AAO and a UCLA-trained expert, uses your own fat to treat hollow cheeks, under-eye hollows, fine wrinkles, and skin discoloration. This regenerative approach offers long-lasting rejuvenation tailored precisely to your facial anatomy.
Restore Youthful Volume and Skin Quality
Facial fat transfer in Beverly Hills is often considered when age-related volume loss leads to a hollow, tired, or sunken appearance. As facial tissues thin over time, areas like the cheeks, temples, jawline, and under-eye region lose their fullness. Even after procedures like blepharoplasty, facelift, or brow lift, restoring lost volume is essential for a balanced and youthful result. Fat transfer enhances these surgeries by filling in hollow areas, smoothing transitions between features, and improving overall facial harmony.
Dr. Isaacs specializes in advanced fat grafting techniques, including microfat and nanofat, to achieve natural and lasting rejuvenation. Using gentle liposuction, he harvests fat from areas such as the abdomen or thighs, then processes it to create either structural microfat for volume restoration or nanofat for improving skin tone and texture. The refined fat is then precisely injected into targeted areas, all comfortably performed under local anesthesia.
Facial Fat Transfer Treats:
- Hollow cheeks and midface deflation
- Sunken temples and forehead volume loss
- Tear trough hollows and under-eye shadows
- Fine lines, wrinkles, and crepey skin texture
- Pigmentation and skin discoloration under the eyes
- Jawline contour irregularities and volume loss
- Scarring or depressions from previous trauma or procedures
Types of Facial Fat Used
Microfat
Microfat refers to gently harvested and minimally processed fat that retains the structure of whole fat cells along with regenerative stem cells. This type of fat is ideal for restoring volume to larger or deeper areas of the face, such as the cheeks, temples, jawline, and nasolabial folds. Because it preserves the integrity of fat tissue, microfat creates soft, natural contours.
Nanofat
Nanofat is created by further processing harvested fat into an ultra-fine, liquid consistency rich in regenerative cells but devoid of fat cells. Unlike microfat, nanofat does not restore volume; instead, it rejuvenates the skin by boosting collagen production and cellular repair. It is injected superficially to improve fine wrinkles, dark circles, pigmentation, and overall skin quality.
Advantages of Microfat & Nanofat Transfers:
- Use of your own tissue for natural, biocompatible results
- Long-lasting volume restoration once the fat integrates
- Regenerative effects that improve skin quality over time
- Ability to treat both deep hollows and surface texture issues
- Minimal downtime and performed comfortably under local anesthesia
- Avoidance of synthetic fillers or permanent implants
- Customizable for each patient’s facial anatomy and goals
Dr. Isaacs’ Approach to
Facial Fat Transfer Surgery
Facial fat transfer is a delicate procedure that requires technical precision and artistic vision. Dr. Isaacs carefully tailors each treatment to match your unique facial anatomy and aesthetic goals. He ensures that volume is restored naturally and that the skin is rejuvenated using your body’s regenerative potential. All procedures are performed comfortably under local anesthesia.
Step 1: Fat harvesting
The first step involves gently harvesting fat using advanced liposuction techniques that preserve the integrity of the fat cells. Dr. Isaacs typically selects donor areas that contain high-quality fat, such as the abdomen, thighs, or flanks. The goal is to collect fat in a way that maximizes cell viability, ensuring long-lasting and natural-looking results.
Step 2: Fat processing
For microfat, Dr. Isaacs refines the fat into a smooth, injectable consistency that retains fat cells and regenerative components. This is ideal for restoring volume in deeper areas of the face. For nanofat, the fat undergoes additional emulsification and filtration, breaking it down into a stem-cell-rich liquid. This form of fat is used for improving skin tone, elasticity, and texture.
Step 3: Fat injection
Dr. Isaacs strategically injects the processed fat. Microfat is used to fill volume-deficient areas like hollow cheeks, sunken temples, or tear troughs. Nanofat is injected superficially to target fine wrinkles, dark circles, and discoloration. His precise injection techniques ensure smooth, even results that enhance your features while preserving natural expressions.
Optimize the Results of Your Facial Surgeries
Facial fat transfer is not only effective as a standalone treatment; it can also enhance the outcomes of other facial procedures. Volume loss and skin thinning are common issues that surgery alone may not fully correct. By incorporating microfat and nanofat into your facelift, brow lift, neck lift, or blepharoplasty, Dr. Isaacs ensures a more comprehensive rejuvenation. These techniques allow him to address structural volume loss and skin quality in a single session.
When used alongside surgery, microfat and nanofat can:
- Restore youthful volume to hollow upper or lower eyelids after blepharoplasty
- Improve under-eye discoloration and fine wrinkles with nanofat
- Rebuild cheek and temple fullness for a more balanced facelift outcome
- Add natural contour to the brows and forehead during a brow lift
- Smooth jawline and neck irregularities for a more refined neck lift result
Schedule Your Consultation
David Isaacs, MD, is a dual-fellowship trained oculofacial plastic and facial cosmetic surgeon specializing in advanced fat grafting techniques. As Course Director of the Facial Fat Grafting Course at the AAO, he brings unmatched expertise to every procedure. Dr. Isaacs customizes each facial fat transfer in Beverly Hills to restore volume and rejuvenate skin naturally. If you want long-lasting, natural results, schedule your consultation today.
