More and more of my patients have gotten the message about the importance of personal habits. For years I have taken a relatively detailed nutritional and exercise history as part of my assessment of new patients. Patients who make good nutrition and exercise a priority invariably recover more quickly than expected from surgery. If a patient has suboptimal habits of nutrition and exercise I encourage habit modification as part of the preparation for surgery. I am always delighted when a patient takes my suggestions and makes lasting changes in his or her personal habits. I am convinced that if everyone worked to achieve optimum habits of nutrition, exercise, sleep, and stress reduction over half the medications prescribed in America would be eliminated!

One of the few disadvantages to a rigorous program of exercise is the tendency for the face to appear a little gaunt and hollow as the years advance. With aging there is a tendency for the face to lose its fullness in the upper cheek, around the lips, in the temples, and along the jaw border. In some people, heavy exercise accelerates this tendency. At most fitness clubs you can see people with trim beautifully proportioned physiques but who look a little hollow in the face.

Facial fat transfer can provide a very nice solution to this problem. After all, if you’ve worked so hard to bring yourself into optimum physical condition, your face should reflect your inner sense of vitality. With facial fat transfer I obtain fat from a zone of excess in a gentle miniature liposuction procedure. I then refine the fat and transfer it through tiny incisions into the areas of the face where volume is lacking. Facial fat transfer can often be done under local anesthesia at the Winnetka or the Chicago Gold Coast locations of the Whole Beauty Institute ™.

In the second part of the blog, I’ll provide you with more information about the procedure.

Patients at the Whole Beauty Institute ™ benefit from the twenty years of experience of our founder and director, John Q Cook, M.D. Patients come to see Dr. Cook and his highly experienced team of clinicians in order to obtain premium level individualized aesthetic plastic surgery and advanced medical aesthetics. Our credentials, experience, and commitment set the standards by which other practices are judged. Dr. Cook has extensive experience with techniques of facial fat transfer and worked extensively with fat transfer for over a decade. With well over 1000 patients treated, Dr. John Q. Cook offers his patients the benefits of his extensive experience with this technique. Dr. Cook is a recognized lead in the field of aesthetic plastic surgery. Patients appreciate his naturalistic approach to facial rejuvenation surgery; his techniques of face lift, neck lift, jaw border lift, cheek lift, upper and lower eyelid surgery, brow lift, rhinoplasty, and facial fat transfer emphasize a respect for each person’s individualized identity. Dr. Cook also has extensive experience in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery; procedures include breast reduction, breast enhancement (breast augmentation), breast lift (mastopexy) and augmentation mastopexy. We also offer patients advanced techniques of body contour surgery, which include Vaser® lipoplasty and the high lateral tension abdominoplasty.