Hand Fat Transfer in Northern Virginia

Rejuvenating your hands with a simple fat transfer is one of the safest and most effective techniques to manage concerns about the look of your hands. This treatment effectively counteracts the age-related decline in collagen by replacing lost volume and dramatically enhancing the appearance of your hands. The treatment is known as microlipoinjection or autologous fat transplantation, and it uses excess fat from other areas of the body to restore life to the hand region.

A board-certified plastic surgeon like Dr. Desman can explain the benefits of hand fat transfer in Northern Virginia and Alexandria and help you understand everything you need to know about this body contouring procedure.

How Does Hand Fat Transfer Work?

After implementing local anesthesia, Dr. Desman removes a small quantity of fat from a specific body area, often the inner thighs, the stomach, or the flanks. Then, after he purifies the fat, he will inject it into the back of the hands using a small hollow tube called a cannula. This cannula is explicitly designed to protect the arteries and minimize disturbance to surrounding tissue. Dr. Desman and his Northern Virginia and Alexandria team can perform your hand fat transfer in an outpatient setting with just a local anesthetic, leaving no scars.

Expectations for After the Procedure

After receiving a hand fat transfer, your injection locations could exhibit redness, swelling, and/or minor temporary bruising. Therefore, you might need to use ice to reduce pain and swelling. However, you should not apply direct, heavy pressure on the treated area.

To get the best possible outcome, you might need to continue receiving treatments in order to reach your goal. You can discuss this with Dr. Desman.

Key Advantages of a Hand Fat Transfer

There are some distinct advantages of using a fat transfer to rejuvenate the appearance of your hands, including:

• Reduced risk of an allergic response or reaction, when compared to a dermal filler injectable
• A brief, 30–60-minute procedure duration
• Prolonged effectiveness compared to other options
• Increased smoothness of the skin on the hands
• Replacement of the fat and collagen you lose through aging and exposure to the elements

Though individual responses to a fat hand transfer may vary, most patients in Alexandria and Northern Virginia enjoy the benefits for many years before requiring a touch-up. Maintaining a constant weight also helps maintain the results of this procedure, so staying in good shape is encouraged.

Candidates for Hand Fat Transfer

Although it is not a major surgery, anyone considering a hand fat transfer should be in excellent health. Additionally, if you think this treatment is right for you, you will need access to fat cells from a donor spot on your body. Dr. Desman can determine whether you are an ideal candidate and help you identify the right location to extract fat from.

Choose Dr. Desman for a Hand Fat Transfer in Northern Virginia

If you are looking for hand fat transfer in Northern Virginia and Alexandria, Dr. Desman is the surgeon to call. This procedure can restore life to aging hands and help you feel more confident in your appearance. Treatment time is brief, and the recovery window should be seamless. To learn more about this option and schedule your initial consultation, reach out to the Virginia Center for Plastic Surgery today.