Crucial: gentle liposuction

Only intact fat cells are suitable for a fat transplant. Thus, it is absolutely critical for a successful fat transplant that a technique of fat retrieval is used that is gentle to the fat cells mechanically, chemically and thermally. Liposuction methods using ultrasound, laser or vibration are out of the question, because with these methods the walls of the fat cells are destroyed. With water jet assisted liposuction using Body-Jet™, a preheated fluid containing a cell-preserving anesthetic agent is introduced into the fat tissue using a cannula with a flat tip. The gentle stream loosens the fat layer and enables the fat cells to be removed gently. Important structures such as blood vessels, nerves or lymph vessels are pushed aside by the spray, so to speak, and are thus protected from mechanical injury. One can designate water jet assisted liposuction as an indirect process: it is less of a suction and more of a flushing out. The fat cells are flushed out of the connective tissue layer and suctioned with a weak, tissue-protective negative pressure. Thus, over 90% of the fat cells removed are intact and can be transplanted.