Fat Injections

Are your hands revealing your true age?


Hand rejuvenation has become a hot topic since tabloids report that  Madonna wears funky gloves during her public appearances to hide her aging hands. The skin on the hands is thin and it gets thinner as we age.  They are frequently exposed  to sunlight and all its associated photo-aging effects.  As the  fatty layer of the hands starts...

Breast Augmentation with Fat Injections


A recent study in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons raised concerns regarding breast augmentation with fat injections. The concern involves microcalcifications which developed as a result of fat necrosis ( some of fat cells not surviving and appearing as microcalcifications on mammograms). These...