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Background: Autologous fat transplantation for soft tissue augmentation is a commonly used technique without a universally accepted approach. The literature includes a variety of reports describing varying degrees of success or failure.

Objective: To evaluate the behavior of facial fat grafts in humans with the use of an objective measuring tool.

Methods: A prospective randomized study, comparing patients pre- and postoperatively, was designed to evaluate the long-term viability of fat grafting. Participants were 18 men and 8 women between 34 and 59 years of age (mean, 45.07 yrs; standard deviation, 6.54 yrs). A total of 52 hemifaces in 26 patients diagnosed with HIV and demonstrating facial lipoatrophy were treated with fat transplantation using Coleman's technique. HIV-positive patients were chosen as study participants because their nearly total lack of subcutaneous fat …