Hand fat grafting complicated by abscess: A case of a bilateral hand abscess from bilateral hand fat grafting

Fat grafting has become popular in plastic surgery and dermatology where it is often used as physical filler, for scar prevention, or as a source of stem cells [7, 10]. Although complications are rare [1, 8], they have been reported in both settings. Complications of liposuction with autologous fat grafting include edema, fat necrosis, abdominal viscera perforation, hemorrhage, pulmonary embolism, hematoma, necrotizing fasciitis, abscess, and sepsis [3–6, 8, 9]. In this report, we present a case in which autologous fat grafting used as a cosmetic procedure resulted in bilateral hand abscesses.