Husband-and-wife plastic surgeons Dr. Justin and Dr. Sarah Yovino explain their fat transfer technique, harvesting unwanted deposits from areas like inner knees and thighs to add volume to hands and face. They emphasize using younger, "fluffy" fat for better results and note minimal downtime with minor bruising and swelling.
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The F-word. Most people categorize the tiny 3-letter word as bad.
Today we have a couple of body sculpting cases here. We're doing them in the office.
But this husband and wife doctor team deem fat is actually good.
We love fat. We're very excited about fat. I never like to throw it away.
Fat can be moved around and put exactly where you want it to be.
Today, the Beverly Hills twosome using unwanted lumps, bumps, or ripples and dimples to plump up other parts.
I've never really liked my hands, so I had some, you know, fat transfer into my top of my hands.
We approached her by taking some fat from the inner knees and we paid it into her hands. It just gives her a more youthful-looking hand.
Double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Justin Yovino is known for shape-shifting all sizes.
We take fat from the chin all the way down to the knees and everything in between. Typically, younger fat's a little more healthy than older fat, and there's areas of the body that provide really nice We're looking for high-quality thick fat, or we say fluffy or juicy, right? You know, like the outer thighs. Some people have saddlebags here. This fat is really nice, healthy stuff to transfer.
And insist recycling your body's own bulge can actually be health smart, plus safer than injecting foreign agents and fillers.
It's your own tissue, so there's a lot less chance for reaction.
To put her best face forward— I rob from one area and put in the other. Dr. Sarah Yovino shares her before and afters and admits to being a firm believer in fat transfer, especially So as we age, there is some fat loss that occurs.
You really want to consider putting fat back into the face because it's overall and over time, it's a more natural result.
So this duo of MDs urge, don't be afraid to use the F-word anymore. Doctors say the downtime after fat transfer is minimal with some slight bruising, soreness, and a little bit of swelling. But make sure to do your research before picking who performs that procedure. It is a specialty, and over-inflating with fat can cause serious complications. can actually look unnatural. To always be health smart, download the KTLA app. I'm Lu Parker. Back to you.
