Lipostructure is a revolutionary technique that uses body fat itself as a natural and active filler to achieve structural alterations consisting of bulking. It can be used to fill any part of the body so in Plastic Surgery and aesthetic medicine is widely used in buttocks, breasts, cheekbones, chin etc. In all those places where we want to give more volume there the fat serves us in an excellent way. It is safe adaptive and undetectable.

For a century, doctors have used a strange assortment of substances such as gold, silver, paraffin, silk, and even marfli to give volume in the body. And more recently, liquid silicone, collagen and Goretex. Despite well-publicized complications, some of them are still commonly used. With lipostructure, we can now use the patient’s own fat to modify the structure of the body and face.

To ensure lasting changes, grease must survive in its new location. With lipostructure, body fat is gently removed, treated with minimal manipulation and deposited thoroughly. This method isolates each segment of fat in the muscles, skin or tissue, since this layered method creates a large surface of contact with the augmented area. This ensures that fat nutrition can spread through the capillaries of the surrounding tissue, which is essential for fat to last.

Dr. Valverde and Dr. Arpino use this method, to sculpt the tissues of face and body, or to create more angular cheeks, a stronger line of the jaw or more voluptuous lips.

Once the fat tissue is placed, it is no longer noticed as fat, but as tissue typical of the area where it has been deposited. With lipostructure each portion of fat is surrounded by muscle, skin, cartilage or bone. For this reason the area assumes the texture of adjacent fabrics. Even the most radical changes in size or structure are so natural to the eye or touch that they can go unnoticed if there is no previous photograph to compare with.”