[POSSIBILITIES OF THE FAT TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION FOR THE FACE ATROPHY OF VARIOUS ETIOLOGY]

Experience of transplantation of the fat tissue (FT, lipofilling) in 4 patients, treated for facial atrophy of various origin, was analyzed. Pathological states in the patients have included facial inborn hemiatrophy, posttraumatic atrophy in conjunction with the bone sceleton integrity disorder, cicatricial and iatrogenic atrophy due to earlier performed operation. In all the patients the fat transplant preparation technology, using method of manual lipoaspiration and centrifugation, was applied. In necessity, lipofilling was performed in several stages. Result in 3 patients was estimated as good, in 1 — fair, because of significant resorption of FT. Lipofilling has certain advantages over existing methods of elimination of the facial soft tissues defects: absence of visible cicatrix, long—term good esthetic and functional result, natural outlines of the face.