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Fat Transfer in Turkey
Fat transfer uses your own fat to restore volume to a face that has lost it, most often in the cheeks, temples and around the eyes. Part of the fat is absorbed in the weeks after, so the plan is built with that in mind.
Fat transfer is an operation in which fat is taken from one part of your body, purified and placed in small amounts into areas of the face that have lost volume. It is performed in Turkey for hollow temples, flat cheeks and tired-looking eyes, and it uses living tissue rather than a manufactured product. It is not a filler or a lip lift: it adds volume and shortens no distance in the face. Some of the fat is absorbed afterwards, so the surgeon places it in measured layers and explains that the final fullness settles over time. The first decision is whether your face has lost volume or something else.
What it addresses
The surgeon first marks the areas to be filled while you sit upright, then takes fat from a donor area such as the abdomen or thighs through very small incisions, using a thin cannula and gentle suction. The fat is washed and separated from fluid and damaged cells, and it is then placed in tiny threads at several depths through fine entry points, so that each small amount can find a blood supply. The surgeon builds the volume gradually and compares the two sides as the work goes on. Slight overcorrection is planned because some of the fat will not survive.
Who it is considered for
This is considered by adults whose face has become thinner with age, weight loss or illness, and who see hollowing in the temples, the cheeks or the under-eye area. It suits a person with enough fat elsewhere on the body to donate, and with a stable weight. It is not the right plan for someone with very little body fat, for a face that needs tightening rather than filling, or for a long gap between nose and upper lip, which is a different problem. Bring recent and older photographs, because the change over time shows where volume has gone.
How the plan is made
Afterwards the face is swollen and may bruise, and the donor area is sore and bruised, as after a hard knock. A compression garment is worn over the donor area for the period advised. You sleep with the head raised, avoid pressing or massaging the treated areas, and keep away from heat and heavy exercise for the first weeks. The face may look fuller than intended while swollen, and the final fullness is judged after several weeks, when the swelling has gone and the amount of fat that stayed is visible. This page is general information; your plan is settled after examination and a written quote.
What the written plan settles
The stay in Istanbul is 5–7 days. The fat is taken and placed on the same day, and the following days cover the first look at the donor area and the face, a check that the swelling is falling evenly, and the removal of any stitches that do not dissolve. Op. Dr. Ramazan Güler examines both before you leave and is the surgeon who clears the flight. Written instructions explain how to care for the donor area, how to sleep and what to avoid pressing. Expect to look swollen on the journey home.
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What this plan covers
- Your own fat, taken gently
- Volume restored where it was lost
- Part of the fat is absorbed
- Not a filler, not a lip lift
- Donor area care explained
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Why Op. Dr. Ramazan Güler?
Facial surgery planned around your anatomy, not a standard package.
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Technique, hospital stay and inclusions are confirmed in writing after your photos and history are reviewed.
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Airport, hotel and hospital transfers with a driver.
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Pre-operative blood tests, ECG and the medication your team prescribes.
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One coordinator from your first message through departure and remote follow-up.
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The plan starts from your facial anatomy, the features you want to keep, and realistic goals.
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Frequently Asked Questions
No. A filler is a product injected under the skin, while fat transfer uses your own living fat, taken from another part of the body and placed in the face. Some of the transferred fat takes a blood supply and stays as part of the face, and some is absorbed. Because it is your own tissue and needs a donor area and an operation, it is planned as surgery and not as a quick injection.
No one can state the exact amount beforehand. Part of the fat does not take a blood supply and is absorbed over the first weeks, and what remains becomes part of the face. This is why the surgeon places slightly more than the final volume needed and explains that the early fullness is not the final result. How much stays varies between people, and the review after several weeks shows the true picture.
Fat is usually taken from the abdomen, the thighs or the flanks, wherever you have a little to spare. The cannula passes through incisions a few millimetres long, which heal as small marks, and the area bruises and feels sore for a time, as after a heavy knock. A compression garment helps the skin settle. The surgeon chooses the site at the examination, together with you.
Fat that has taken a blood supply behaves like fat elsewhere in the body, so it can enlarge or shrink with a significant change in weight. For that reason the surgeon asks for a stable weight before the operation and advises keeping it afterward. The history of your weight is asked about at the examination. A face that is filled and then loses a lot of weight may look different, and the plan should be discussed again.
Swelling adds to the volume placed, and the fat is not yet settled by healing, so the face can look rounder or slightly uneven. This is expected and is not the final result. Pressing, massaging or heat can harm the new fat, so the treated areas are left alone. The picture becomes clearer once the swelling has gone, and the surgeon judges the outcome at the review after several weeks, not in the first days.
Fat can add volume to the lip, but it does not shorten the distance between the nose and the upper lip, and it is not a lip lift. If the concern is a long upper lip, the question is the length of that distance, which fat does not change. At the examination the surgeon measures it and tells you whether you need volume, a lift, or neither. No procedure is planned before that distinction is made.
Some people choose a second session after several weeks if they want more volume once the swelling is gone and the amount that stayed is clear. It is a decision for after the first review, not a plan made in advance. The surgeon can compare photographs and measurements before suggesting it, and a second session is never assumed. Some faces reach the shape they want after the first operation.
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