Body contouring with your own fat in Düsseldorf

At a glance

• Treatment: Body contouring with your own fat (lipofilling)
• Treatment goal: Shape improvement, volume balancing, natural contours
• Areas: Hips (hip dips), buttocks (BBL), waist, cleavage, breast
• Additional benefit: Liposuction for body contouring
• How it works: Integrating fat cells and regenerative cell components
• Durability: Long-term with stable weight
• Requirement: Sufficient fat reserves
• Combinations: Tissue tightening, radiofrequency, biostimulators

How does body contouring with your own fat work?

We remove excess fat cells with liposuction , for example from the abdomen or thighs, prepare them, and inject them into the desired areas. This allows targeted volume building and harmonious contouring. Some of the transferred fat integrates permanently into the tissue. It also contains regenerative cell components that can improve skin quality overall.

Hip dip correction with your own fat

Hip dips are indentations below the side of the hip. They are an anatomical variant created by individual pelvic structure. Many women perceive them as disturbing because they interrupt the hip line.

By lipofilling these indentations, the hip line appears smoother and visually longer. Proportions become more harmonious, and bony structures are softened. After fat harvesting and preparation, treatment is usually done under local anesthesia and lasts one to two hours. Swelling and bruising are normal and usually subside quickly. Compression garments support healing. In some cases, a second session is useful.

Alternative: Sculptra for collagen stimulation

If the primary goal is improved skin structure and very mild smoothing, poly-L-lactic acid (Sculptra) can be an alternative. This biostimulator activates the body's own collagen production. Several sessions at intervals of a few weeks are common.

Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL)

In a Brazilian Butt Lift, your own fat is taken from the abdomen, waist, or thighs and transferred into the buttocks. The treatment goal is a rounder, more defined shape.

Important to know: this is not a lifting procedure with skin removal, but exclusively volume enhancement with your own fat.

As with any surgical procedure, bleeding or temporary nerve irritation can occur. With specialist treatment, these are very rare.

Not every fat tissue is suitable for transfer. If there is not enough donor fat, implants or combined methods can be an alternative.

Skin quality and tissue tightening

Your own fat is a natural biostimulator. It can improve skin structure and firmness. With thin or lax skin, these combinations can be useful:

• • Radiofrequency for tissue tightening
• • Needling for structure improvement
• • Biostimulators for new collagen

Cleavage and breast

Your own fat is also suitable for smoothing cleavage or moderate breast enlargement. A half to one cup size per session is possible.

Who is body contouring suitable for?

• • For localized fat deposits
• • For hip dip correction
• • For moderate buttock volume enhancement
• • For body contouring

This treatment is not suitable for severe overweight or very slim people without fat reserves.

Naturalness as the treatment goal

Body contouring with your own fat allows very soft transitions and long-lasting results. Some of the transferred fat is absorbed in the first few weeks. The final result is assessed after several months.

artethic® Dr. Karl Schuhmann & Colleagues: individualized treatment

At artethic® Dr. Karl Schuhmann & Colleagues, every body contouring treatment is based on anatomical analysis and individual planning. A personal consultation in our Düsseldorf practice is important to assess skin quality and possible combinations realistically.