The combination of Botox with fat transfer, particularly the frown lines, has led to truly outstanding results. Frown lines are significantly improved for longer and more permanent periods of time using the combination of Botox and Fat Transfer. Fat transfer or fat grafting sometimes require several sittings spaced several months apart; however, the end results are outstanding and permanent. They can be used for traumatic defects anywhere on the chest, trunk, or extremity area, but also fat transfer can be used very successfully for frown lines, crows feet, and lip areas. On the other hand, Botox is a purified protein that smoothes the muscles by blocking nerve impulses. Botox weakens the muscle action in specific areas of the face and, therefore, leads to significant improvements, particularly in the forehead, frown line, and crows feet area. Fat transfer and the actual individual fat cells have a higher chance of permanent results when the muscles are not being moved in the frown line; therefore, this is where Botox plays an important role in quieting down the frown line and forehead area, allowing more fat cells to survive and live resulting in better permanent results with the fat cells. Therefore, fat transfer is needed only once or twice to get the permanent result from the fat, plus Botox being used every three months leads to excellent results. |
