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Fat Filler: Renuva

Allograft Adipose Matrix (AAM)

Plain-English name: Donor Fat Volumizer

Also known asRenuvaLenevaLiposana (hCAT)

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Donated fat tissue is stripped down to just its structural scaffold, with no donor cells left in it.

Downtime: 2 days
Sessions: 1–3
Pain: Low to medium
Cost per visit: Not sold in Canada
Full course: 1–3 sessionsAsk the total price for all of them.
Results start: In 3–4 months
Results last: Builds over about 6 months

Injectable donor fat tissue used to restore small areas of lost volume.

Check first: History of anaphylaxis or severe allergies (manufacturer contraindication).

Will it work for me?

What people use it for

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Skin types to ask about first

Breakout-proneAsk first

Needles should not go through active breakouts. Ask your provider to wait until they calm down.

How do the brands differ?

In no special order. Ask which one they use, and why.

6 brands

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Which one do you use, and why that one for me?
What is the total price, and what does it include?
What side effects do you see most with it, and what do you do about them?

Before and after your visit

Plan it around your lifeMakeup, sun, workouts — see what fits around your treatment.

The visit

Duration: 15–60 minutes
Total course: 3–6 months
Session interval: 6–12 weeks

What to expect, and what to avoid

Recovery

A few days of swelling or bruising

May look swollen

2 days

Your provider may give you different timing.

Day by day

1 week before
Stop aspirin and ibuprofen for 1 week before, if your doctor agrees
After your visit
- You can go back to normal activities right away
- In the studies reviewed, patients resumed normal activity immediately; documented side effects were limited to temporary injection-site swelling, redness, tenderness, and bruising. Results start to show in 3–4 months, as your own fat grows in.

Side effects, and who should wait

Who may want to think twice

History of anaphylaxis or severe allergies (manufacturer contraindication)
Areas of the body that normally have no fat (manufacturer contraindication)
Infection at the treatment site or in the body — it may not take
Poor blood supply to the area, poor nutrition or poor general health — it may not take

Possible side effects

Common

Injection-site redness (erythema)
Swelling
Injection-site pain
Burning sensation
Bruising

Less common

Infection (rare; one case in a small study)

Your own risks may differ. Ask a qualified provider.

How it works, and common myths

You're not just filling a gap, you're handing your body a blueprint and letting it rebuild the area with its own material.

A little more technical

Donated fat tissue is processed to remove all living donor cells, leaving just its structural scaffold. Your body's own cells then move into that scaffold and rebuild it into living fat over the following months.

Biopsy studies show new fat cells and blood vessels forming inside the scaffold within months, with no signs of inflammation or rejection. Full study details are in the sources below.

Material: Decellularized Donor Adipose Tissue; Donated human subcutaneous fat is processed to remove living cells and DNA while preserving the structural extracellular matrix.
Mechanism category: Neoadipogenesis Scaffold; The remaining collagen/protein/growth-factor scaffold recruits the recipient's own stem cells and fat cells, which repopulate it with new, living fat tissue over several months.
Common device / product names: Renuva · Leneva · Liposana (hCAT) · Your own fat (fat transfer) · Poly-L-lactic acid (Sculptra-type) · Calcium hydroxylapatite (Radiesse-type)
Clinical descriptor: Allograft Adipose Matrix (AAM)

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