Added volume to the breasts, hips, buttocks or face — using processed donor fat instead of harvesting your own. No liposuction, no anesthesia, no surgical downtime.
A traditional fat transfer — a BBL, breast fat grafting, facial fat grafting — requires two operations in one: liposuction to harvest your own fat, then reinjection where you want volume. That means an OR, anesthesia, compression garments and real recovery. It also requires that you have enough fat worth harvesting, which many lean patients simply do not.
Donor fat removes the harvest. It is human adipose (fat) tissue from a screened donor, processed into a sterile matrix that keeps the natural scaffold of fat but removes the donor's cells. Injected into your tissue, that scaffold becomes a framework your own cells migrate into and populate over the following months — so what remains long-term is your tissue, in the shape it was placed.
It is not a synthetic filler and it is not silicone. There is nothing to remove later, and nothing that needs to be replaced on a schedule the way hyaluronic acid filler does.
Dr. Balgobin will tell you plainly which category you fall into. If donor fat cannot get you to your goal, he will say so rather than sell you a treatment that under-delivers.
Breast, hips, buttocks. This is the non-surgical route to the volume and shape patients usually associate with a BBL, hip augmentation or fat-graft breast enhancement — without the liposuction harvest, the OR or the sitting restrictions.
Typical volumes: from 12.5 cc for a small correction up to several hundred cc for full breast, hip or buttock enhancement. Long-term result.
Face and fine detail. Facial aging is largely a volume-loss problem: the fat pads of the temple, cheek and periorbital area thin out. Replacing lost fat with fat behaves differently — and looks different — than stacking filler.
Typical volumes: from 1.5 cc for a single fine area, most often 10 to 20+ cc for full facial volume restoration. Long-term result.
Filler is reversible and immediate, but it is a gel that your body breaks down over 9–18 months, so it is a recurring expense. Donor fat aims for tissue your body keeps.
Autologous transfer moves more volume at a lower cost per cc and gives you the slimming benefit of liposuction — but it is surgery, with anesthesia and recovery, and it requires a donor site.
Implants deliver larger, more predictable volume in one stage. Donor fat gives a softer, more modest, more natural-feeling change with no device to maintain, exchange or explant.
Sculptra stimulates your own collagen for gradual firming and skin quality. Donor fat replaces missing fat volume. They solve different problems and are often used together.
Dr. Balgobin also performs permanent filler augmentation for select indications. Donor fat is the choice for patients who want their own tissue rather than a permanent implanted material.
A legitimate option. If your volume loss is mild, or your priority is weight stability or skin quality first, that is what Dr. Balgobin will tell you to do first.
Dr. Balgobin assesses your anatomy, tissue quality and goal, and tells you whether donor fat, your own fat, or something else is the right tool. You get the plan and the cost in writing.
An in-office appointment. The area is numbed locally; the donor matrix is placed through small entry points and shaped by hand. No general anesthesia and no surgical incisions.
Expect swelling, tenderness and possible bruising. Most patients return to normal daily activity quickly, with activity and pressure restrictions specific to the treated area.
Early volume is partly swelling. As your own tissue populates the matrix, the result settles into its true shape. Dr. Balgobin reassesses and decides with you whether a second session adds value.
Donor fat is often a staged treatment. Building volume in measured increments across sessions looks better and holds better than forcing a maximum single-session result — the same conservative philosophy Dr. Balgobin applies to filler and fat transfer.
Donor adipose products are regulated as human tissue and are screened and processed by tissue banks. As with any tissue-based treatment, how much volume persists varies between patients, and no honest surgeon will promise you an exact retained percentage. What Dr. Balgobin will do is quote what your goal actually requires, tell you if a surgical fat transfer would serve you better, and reassess with you before you spend money on a second session.
Both San Antonio and Burnsville offer donor fat treatments, and financing through CareCredit and Cherry applies.
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It is the placement of processed human donor adipose (fat) tissue as an injectable, instead of harvesting your own fat surgically. The donor tissue is processed into a sterile matrix that retains the natural structure of fat but not the donor's cells, so your own cells populate it over the following months. It is performed in the office under local numbing, with no liposuction and no general anesthesia.
Alloclae is used for larger areas of the body such as the breast, hips and buttocks. Lipoderma is used for the face and other small, detailed areas. Dr. Balgobin selects between them based on the area treated and the volume required.
Alloclae can add soft, natural-feeling volume and improve shape without an implant and without a surgical fat graft. It is best suited to modest enhancement and to correcting asymmetry or upper-pole hollowing rather than producing the large single-stage size change an implant delivers. Dr. Balgobin will tell you honestly whether your goal is achievable this way.
They are different trades. A surgical BBL moves substantially more volume, costs less per cc, and slims the donor areas through liposuction. Donor fat gives a smaller, non-surgical improvement with no OR, no anesthesia and no sitting restrictions. If you want a dramatic single-stage change, surgery is still the better tool.
Both Alloclae and Lipoderma are intended as long-term results, not treatments you repeat on a schedule the way hyaluronic acid filler requires. That is the point of the approach: your own cells populate the placed matrix, so what remains long-term is your own tissue. Results are judged at three to six months rather than immediately, since early volume includes swelling.
Alloclae ranges from about 12.5 cc for a small correction up to several hundred cc for full breast, hip or buttock enhancement. Lipoderma starts at about 1.5 cc for a single fine area, with full facial volume restoration typically in the 10 to 20+ cc range. Dr. Balgobin determines the volume your goal actually requires at consultation, and larger goals are often staged across sessions for a better and more durable result.
It comes from screened human donors and is processed by regulated tissue banks under standards for human cell and tissue products. Because the donor's cells are removed during processing, no tissue matching is required. Dr. Balgobin will review the specific product, its handling and the risks with you before you consent.
Cost depends on the volume required, which is what your consultation determines. You receive a written quote before you commit, and both CareCredit and Cherry financing can be applied.
At both practice locations: 250 East Basse Road Ste 205 in San Antonio, Texas and 200 East Travelers Trail Ste 210 in Burnsville, Minnesota.
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