Natural Volume with Fat Grafting
Fat grafting — also known as fat transfer or liposculpture — involves harvesting fat from one area of the body via liposuction, processing it, and injecting it precisely where additional volume or contour is desired. Because the material is entirely your own, there is no risk of allergic reaction and the results integrate naturally with surrounding tissue.
Dr. Rafizadeh combines several fat grafting techniques including liposculpture to achieve the ultimate in body sculpting and facial rejuvenation. His artistic sensibility and extensive experience guide him to achieve exceptional results in New Jersey — treating the face as a three-dimensional canvas where volume, proportion, and balance are as important as skin tightening.
“Fat grafting methods combine the use of fat to enhance facial features, breasts, or buttocks. Dr. Rafizadeh's artistic sensibility and experience guide him to achieve exceptional plastic surgery results — treating volume restoration as a natural complement to structural facial surgery.”
Facial Fat Grafting
One of the most common applications of fat grafting at Better Plastic Surgery is facial volume restoration. As the face ages, it loses fat in the cheeks, temples, and under-eye area — creating hollowness that no amount of skin tightening can address. Dr. Rafizadeh commonly combines fat grafting with facelift surgery to restore the three-dimensional youthful volume that has been lost, producing a result that is genuinely refreshed rather than merely tightened.
Breast & Body Fat Grafting
Fat grafting to the breasts can provide modest augmentation (typically one half to one cup size) using entirely natural material. It is commonly used to improve shape, symmetry, and the appearance of rippling in patients with existing implants. Body fat grafting can also address contour irregularities from prior liposuction or weight loss.
Donor Site Liposuction
Fat is harvested from areas of excess — most commonly the abdomen, flanks, thighs, or knees — using gentle liposuction. The donor site is contoured in the same procedure, providing a dual benefit: removal of unwanted fat from one area and addition of volume in another.
Recovery Timeline
Days 1–5: Swelling and bruising at both the donor and recipient sites. Compression garment worn over liposuction areas.
Week 1–2: Most swelling begins to resolve. Bruising fades.
Months 1–3: Some of the transferred fat is absorbed; the remainder integrates permanently. Final result visible at 3–6 months.
