Restore Volume, Refine Proportions, Use Your Body’s Own Tissue
Fat transfer, also called fat grafting or lipomodelling, uses your own fat to add volume or refine contours in another area. Fat is removed through liposuction, prepared, and transferred to a selected treatment area. This approach connects two goals: reducing unwanted fat in one area and adding volume where it may improve shape.
One of Europe’s top cosmetic surgeons, Dr Foued Hamza, offers fat transfer as part of his breast surgery and body-contouring work for patients in London.
How Fat Transfer Works
Fat transfer involves three stages: harvesting, processing, and reinjection. First, liposuction removes fat from a suitable donor area. The harvested tissue is then prepared before being carefully placed into the recipient area.
Not all transferred fat survives after treatment. The body may reabsorb some fat during healing so that the final volume may differ from the initial result. Dr. Hamza will discuss expected outcomes, limitations, risks, and whether further treatment may be appropriate.
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Face
Facial Fat Transfer
Facial fat transfer uses your own fat to restore volume in selected areas affected by hollowing or age-related changes.
Treatment may address hollow cheeks and temples, midface volume loss, nasolabial folds, or lower-face contours. It does not tighten loose skin, so your surgeon will assess whether volume loss, skin laxity, or both affect your concerns.
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Combining Facial Fat Grafting With a Facelift, Brow Lift, or Eyelid Lift
Fat grafting may complement facial surgery when both volume loss and tissue laxity need attention. A facelift addresses sagging in the lower face and neck, a brow lift targets the forehead and brow, and blepharoplasty addresses the eyelids.
Explore Dr. Hamza’s facelift, brow lift, and blepharoplasty pages.
Breasts
Breast Fat Transfer
Fat harvested from the abdomen, thighs, hips, or flanks can add modest breast volume without implants. Results depend on available donor fat and how much transferred fat survives.
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Hybrid Breast Augmentation
Hybrid augmentation combines an implant for volume with fat transfer to refine contours. Suitability depends on your anatomy and what you want to achieve. Explore hybrid augmentation.
Fat Transfer vs Breast Implants
Fat transfer uses your own tissue, while implants can provide more volume. Compare the techniques, recovery, and considerations for fat grafting vs breast implants, and view the before-and-after gallery.
Hips and Hip Dips
Hip Dip Fat Transfer
Targeted fat grafting may soften the transition between the waist, hips, and upper thighs. The procedure involves harvesting fat through liposuction and transferring it to the hip-dip area. Results depend on your anatomy and how well you retain fat.
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Buttocks
Buttock Fat Transfer and Brazilian Butt Lift
A Brazilian butt lift (BBL) transfers harvested fat to change buttock shape and volume. Donor areas may include the abdomen, waist, flanks, or thighs. Suitability and results vary, and BBL carries important surgical risks.
Hip Dip Transfer vs BBL vs 360° Body Contouring
Hip dip transfer focuses on lateral hip contour; BBL targets buttock shape, volume, and projection; 360° contouring considers the waist, flanks, hips, and buttocks together. Your surgeon, Dr. Hamza, can assess which approach suits your goals.
Hands
Fat Transfer to Hands
Fat transfer may restore fullness to ageing hands where veins, tendons, and underlying structures have become more prominent. Suitability depends on skin condition and anatomy. Confirm availability during consultation.
The Liposuction Connection: From Fat Removal to Volume Enhancement
Fat transfer combines fat removal with volume enhancement, connecting liposuction to treatment areas elsewhere in the body.
Donor Area: Where Is Fat Harvested?
Liposuction removes fat from suitable areas, such as the abdomen, flanks, waist, back, or thighs. Your surgeon considers your proportions and the amount of donor fat available.
Fat Processing: Preparing the Tissue
Harvested fat is prepared before reinjection. Some transferred fat may not survive, so final volume varies.
Recipient Area: Where Can Fat Be Transferred?
Fat may be transferred to the face, breasts, hips, hip dips, or buttocks. Hand treatment may be an option where offered. Liposuction can also be performed alone. Explore liposuction and breast fat augmentation.
Recovery and Results
Recovery depends on the donor and recipient areas and whether the procedure includes fat transfer. Swelling, bruising, and discomfort may affect both areas, and you will need to follow the aftercare instructions provided by your surgical team.
Some transferred fat is naturally reabsorbed as you heal. As a result, the final volume may differ from the initial result, and some patients may discuss another procedure if they want more enhancement. Your provider, Dr. Hamza, will explain the expected recovery, risks, and limitations for your treatment plan.
Why Choose Dr. Hamza for Fat Transfer?
Dr. Foued Hamza brings more than 20 years of cosmetic surgery experience, with a background in plastic and reconstructive surgery. His experience includes fat transfer and lipomodelling, using harvested fat to enhance areas such as the breasts and buttocks.
His work across liposuction, breast surgery, and body contouring supports a whole-body approach to proportion. By assessing both donor and recipient areas, Dr. Hamza can discuss suitable treatment options based on your anatomy, goals, and expected results during a consultation at our London-based practice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can fat transfer be combined with another procedure?
It may be possible to combine fat transfer with selected procedures, including certain breast or facial surgeries. Dr. Hamza must assess whether the combination is suitable based on your health, treatment goals, and the risks involved.
Can weight changes affect fat transfer results?
Yes. Transferred fat can change with weight gain or loss, just like other fat in your body. Maintaining a stable weight may help preserve the contour, although results can still change over time.
Is fat transfer the same as liposuction?
No. Liposuction removes fat from selected areas, while fat transfer uses harvested fat to add volume elsewhere. Fat transfer includes a liposuction stage, but liposuction alone does not involve reinjecting the removed fat.
What does fat transfer for ageing hands treat?
Hand fat transfer may be considered when volume loss makes veins, tendons, or underlying structures more prominent. Suitability depends on your skin, tissue, and treatment goals, and you should confirm whether the practice offers this procedure.
Is hand fat transfer different from dermal fillers?
Yes. Fat transfer uses tissue harvested from your own body, while dermal fillers are injectable products used to add volume. Their suitability, expected duration, risks, and treatment process differ, so a consultation can help you compare the options.
Discuss Your Fat Transfer Options
Whether you are considering facial volume restoration, breast enhancement, hip dip correction, or buttock contouring, the first step is to establish which options suit your anatomy and goals. Book a consultation with Dr. Foued Hamza to discuss suitable treatment areas, expected results, and recovery.
Call our London practice at (44) 203 318 1731 or complete the online form to schedule your appointment.