Can you have a fat donor for butt or breast augmentation?

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A: Fat grafting for breast augmentation and buttock contouring

By Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD - Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

This is a greast question, but the answer is 'no.' The fat needs to come from your own body in order to be accepted and help to give good results. If they come from someone else, your body will most likely reject the fat leading to areas of dead fat and possibly severe infection.

A: No such thing as a fat donor for buttock or breast augmentation

By Otto Joseph Placik, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Fat transfer is essentially a transplant of fat tissue. No one performs immunosuppression for fat grafting, therefore it is not acceptable to use a donor unless that donor is an identical twin. At some point in the future, they are experimenting with taking fat stem cells and making them grow.

A: NO

By Scott E. Kasden, MD - Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Fat transfer, is when fat is taken from one part of your body, and placed in another (same person). This has variable results. You can not get fat from another donor, as there will be rejection issues.

A: Fat donor for buttock or breast augmentation

By Steven Wallach, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

You can really only use your own fat for fat transfer. I suppose if you had an identical twin, then you can use that persons as well. Breast augmentation with fat transfer has really not gone mainstream just yet.

A: Only if you have an identical twin

By Richard P. Rand, MD - Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Unless the fat comes from a genetically identical individual, you will recognize it as foreign and will destroy it. You may even have some dangerous side effects so don't try this.

A: The only option is your own fat or your identical

By Kamran Khoobehi, MD - New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

Fat injection at this time is only possible from patient's own fat. I been involved in breast reconstruction from identical twin but not for fat injection. The reason that you need your own is bodies immune response and tissue rejection. Fat injection to the breast is a evolving area and American... more

A: Fat Transfer Generally Requires Your Own Fat

By John LoMonaco, MD - Houston Plastic Surgeon

The only options for having buttock fat transfer right now are using your own fat. Thoretically, you could also accept fat from an identical twin. Eventually, we will have te ability to harvest stem cells from a tiny sample of your own fat and grow this into any tissue (including fat) in the... more