Use of platelet-rich plasma to enhance effectiveness of autologous fat grafting

Autologous fat grafting meets all of the fundamental criteria of idea augmentation materials: availability, low antigenicity, minimal donor morbidity, reproducible, predictable results, and avoids non-autograft disease transmission or incompatibility. Standardization of consistent harvesting, graft manipulations, and transfer protocols is improving the ability to accurately predict volume enhancements, and realize long-term survival of the grafted tissues. The technique is described using very low speed centrifugation to further concentrate the graft materials from infranatant fluids. Autologous fat grafting offers a viable and safe alternative means of soft tissue augmentation in select patients. Long lasting, natural contouring and volume increases are attainable. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.