Cheek Augmentation
Fat harvested from the abdomen or love handles is purified, enhanced with your stem cells and injected into the cheeks in under half an hour. Dr. Grossman no longer uses cheek implants.
Cheek augmentation and facial implants in NYC are often discussed together, but Dr. Leonard Grossman takes a different path: after seeing the permanence of his fat grafting results, he abandoned cheek implants. He restores cheek volume with your own stem-cell-enhanced fat in under half an hour, or with fillers, at his Brooklyn surgery center, and patients recover comfortably at home the same day, without compression garments or narcotics and with only tiny needle entry points instead of implant incisions.
Volume-restoring cheek procedures built on your own tissue first, with fillers as the non-surgical option.
Fat harvested from the abdomen or love handles is purified, enhanced with your stem cells and injected into the cheeks in under half an hour. Dr. Grossman no longer uses cheek implants.
Full-face fat grafting restores the cheeks, temples, jawline and under-eyes, planned from photos of you between about ages 16 and 29 so you look like your younger self.
For a non-surgical option, temporary, long-lasting or semi-permanent fillers add cheek volume within minutes, with no anesthesia needed, alongside Botox and laser treatments.
Dr. Leonard Grossman sees flat or hollow cheeks as a loss of volume, so he restores volume rather than inserting a foreign object. His fat transfer technique, used since 1993, moves purified fat enriched with your own stem cells into the cheeks for permanent, natural projection. Patients who come asking about cheek implants learn why he stopped using them (a much higher complication rate and a harder recovery) and can choose fat or fillers instead.
Cheek augmentation results include a 20-year-old man two years after fat grafting to hollow lower lids and cheeks.
Organic Plastic Surgery for the cheeks: your own tissue instead of synthetic implants, for results that look like you.
Dr. Grossman abandoned cheek implants and performs cheek augmentation with your own stem-cell-enhanced fat.
Cheek fat grafting takes less than 30 minutes under local anesthesia, alone or with sedation.
Treatment takes place in his AAAHC-accredited Brooklyn surgery center, and you go home the same day.
No compression garments, narcotics or pillows; discomfort is usually managed with over-the-counter medication.
Get to know the surgeon who replaced cheek implants with your own fat.
Reconstructive and Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Leonard Grossman is a Brooklyn, New York City plastic and reconstructive surgeon with more than 30 years of experience and a pioneer of Organic Plastic Surgery, using patients' own fat in place of synthetic materials. He earned his medical degree from New York Medical College in 1985, completed his internship and General Surgery residency at Beth Israel Medical Center, and completed fellowships in Microsurgery at Montefiore Hospital and Burns and Reconstruction at Jacobi Hospital. In 1995 he completed a fully accredited plastic surgery residency at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Texas; his practice reports he became the first American plastic surgeon to use Ultrasound Assisted Liposuction that year. He pioneered calf augmentation with fat grafting in 1995 and, by his practice's count, has performed more than 4,500 calf augmentations. He operates at his fully accredited (AAAHC) surgery center at 3039 Emmons Ave in Brooklyn. Recognized by the Castle Connolly Guide, Vitals.com and RateMDs.com, he is dedicated to privacy, professionalism, and helping patients make informed decisions about their care.
Cheek augmentation adds volume and projection to flat cheeks, restoring balance and support beneath the eyes. Dr. Grossman’s preferred method since 1993 is fat transfer: your own fat is harvested from the abdomen or love handles, purified, and injected into the cheeks with a special needle designed to minimize bruising and scarring, since the fat goes in through tiny entry points rather than incisions. Enhanced with your own stem cells, the fat that survives becomes a permanent part of your face.
Ask whether fat or fillers suit your cheeks, and why Dr. Grossman no longer uses cheek implants.
Dr. Grossman performs cheek augmentation at his Brooklyn surgery center, serving patients from across New York City.
New York City
Service Area
Brooklyn
Surgery Center
3039 Emmons Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Contact the Brooklyn office to schedule your cheek augmentation consultation.
Listed as one of the best plastic surgeons in New York City.
Listed among recommended plastic surgeons by Vitals.com.
Listed among recommended plastic surgeons by RateMDs.com.
Recognized by Vitals.com among its top 10 plastic surgeons.
Contact Dr. Grossman’s Brooklyn office to discuss cheek augmentation with fat or fillers and how they compare with facial implants.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 212-585-2133. You can also send us a quick email at drgrossmanstaff@hotmail.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 212-585-2133. You can also send us a quick email at drgrossmanstaff@hotmail.com.