Additionally, the newly placed fat assumes the structural qualities of the tissues around which it is placed. After a century of searching, LipoStructure at last provides physicians with a safe, long-lasting structural filler for altering facial and body contours. He has performed the procedure over 2000 times. Dr. Coleman published studies in 1995 in the Aesthetic Journal documenting the long-term survival of transplanted fat. Fatty tissue is extremely fragile and is easily killed.
Most techniques traumatize the fat causing unpredictable results.
People have been grafting fat in humans since 1893. Over the last century the controversy has always been on the survival of the fat, not the safety of grafted fat. Yes, much safer. Damage to nerves, arteries, veins and other vital structures is a real possibility. Dr. Coleman has minimized this risk by developing a line of soft-edged, blunt instruments for placement of fat tissue.