Restore lost volume and smooth unwanted contours with Renuva, an innovative injectable treatment that encourages your body to regenerate its own fat tissue. From facial hollowing and aging hands to depressed scars, hip dips, and breast irregularities, Dr. Stephen Lu offers personalized Renuva treatments to help you achieve natural-looking, refined results.
Restore Volume With Your Body's Own Fat
Renuva is an innovative injectable that helps restore lost volume by encouraging your body to regenerate its own fat tissue. Unlike traditional fillers, Renuva is made from processed donated human fat tissue containing an extracellular matrix. This matrix acts as a scaffold, allowing your own cells to gradually populate the treated area. The result is a natural-looking improvement in volume and contours using your body’s own regenerative processes.
Renuva Treats:
- Hollow or sunken cheeks
- Volume loss in the temples
- Nasolabial folds (smile lines)
- Aging hands with prominent veins and tendons
- Hip dips and uneven body contours
- Cellulite dimples and skin depressions
- Depressed or sunken scars
- Contour irregularities following liposuction
- Breast implant rippling
- Breast indentations following surgery
Candidacy for Renuva
You may be a suitable candidate for Renuva if you want to restore lost volume, smooth contour irregularities, or improve depressed scars without surgery. During your consultation, Dr. Lu will discuss your aesthetic goals, review your medical history, and examine your areas of concern. He will evaluate your skin quality, the extent of volume loss, and health to determine whether Renuva is appropriate for you or whether another treatment may better address your needs.
Advantages of Renuva:
- Encourages your body to regenerate its own fat tissue
- Restores lost volume without traditional dermal fillers
- Provides natural-looking, gradual improvements
- A nonsurgical alternative to traditional fat transfer
- Requires no liposuction or fat harvesting
- Smooths depressed scars and uneven contours
- Addresses volume loss in the face, hands, and body
- Involves minimal downtime for most patients
Your Renuva Session
Your Renuva treatment begins with cleansing and marking the targeted areas. A topical or local anesthetic may be administered to minimize discomfort. Dr. Lu then carefully injects Renuva beneath your skin using a fine needle or cannula, strategically placing the extracellular matrix where additional volume is needed.
He may massage the area to ensure even distribution. The procedure typically takes 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the number of areas treated.
Recovery from Renuva
After your Renuva treatment, you may experience mild swelling, redness, tenderness, or bruising around the injection sites. These side effects typically subside within several days, and you can resume most daily activities shortly afterward. You should avoid strenuous exercise and excessive pressure on treated areas as directed by Dr. Lu. As your body replaces the injected matrix with its own fat tissue, your results develop gradually over three to six months.
Renuva FAQs
How is Renuva different from traditional dermal fillers?
Unlike hyaluronic acid fillers that add volume directly, Renuva provides an extracellular matrix that encourages your body to develop its own fat tissue. This allows you to achieve gradual, natural-looking volume restoration rather than relying solely on injected filler.
How long do Renuva results last?
Once your body develops new fat tissue, your improvements may last several years. However, your results can vary depending on your metabolism, treatment area, lifestyle, and natural aging process. Significant weight fluctuations may also affect your results.
How many Renuva treatments will I need?
You may achieve your desired improvement with one session, although some areas require additional treatments. Dr. Lu will evaluate your volume loss, treatment goals, and response to determine whether further sessions are appropriate.
Meet Dr. Stephen Lu
Dr. Stephen Lu is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon with advanced subspecialty training in microsurgery, craniofacial, and pediatric surgery. Trained alongside leading surgeons in Manhattan, he brings big-city expertise and small-town approachability to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Known for his surgical precision and personalized approach, Dr. Lu is committed to helping you achieve refined, natural-looking results. Schedule your consultation today to explore how Renuva can address your aesthetic concerns and goals.
