Evaluation of facial scar improvement by autologous fat graft injection

Ari Raheem Qader; Kazim A Kakaways

doi:10.4172/2472-1905-C1-003

Evaluation of facial scar improvement by autologous fat graft injection

2^nd International Conference on Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery
July 27-28, 2017 Vancouver, Canada

Ari Raheem Qader and Kazim A Kakaways

University of Sulaimani, Iraq

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Aesthet Reconstr Surg

DOI: 10.4172/2472-1905-C1-003

Abstract

Background: Autologous fat injection widely used in plastic surgery not just for filling the defect, but also for the improvement of scars, this effect of autologous fat may originate from variable contents of adult stem cells and varieties of growth factors in the lipoaspirate.

Objective: The objective of the study is to show the effect of autologous fat graft injection on improvement of facial scar.

Method: Twenty patients with 32 facial scars, submitted to be treated by autologous fat injection, between April of 2015 and March of 2016 in Plastic Department of Burn Center Hospital in Sulaimaniyah were included in the study. Preoperative and postoperative follow up included use of Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS) and Photo documentation in first, third and sixth months.

Results: During six months of follow up, refinement of scar was achieved in all cases, with satisfaction of both patients, observers and all scores of POSAS was significantly improved, for instance; pliability and stiffness, itching and so on.

Conclusion: Autologous fat graft is not a foreign material. It is easily achievable and the procedure is minimally invasive. It is a very good way to remove scars on face, mainly burn scar. Bigger sample and more follow up time are necessary to delineate the exact effective of autologous fat graft injection on scar.