Consider your options very carefully

The previous answer is accurate, but you need to know that at this time in the U.S. the option for fat grafting to the breast is specifically banned by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, so no board-certified plastic surgeon would do it for augmentation unless it is part of an approved clinical trial.

Also, the use of VASER here doesn't make sense to me; I do use it frequently but the ultrasound actually destroys the fat cells so it would not be suitable for grafting. We do hope to have the option of using fat in the breast in the not too distant future but for now caution is advised.

The medical journal "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery" is the leading plastic surgery journal probably in the world. The January '09 issue has an article on the many complications associated with fat transfers to the breast. This is a new and very controversial topic and not well worked out at all at this point. You would be wiser to have implants done rather than fat transfers.

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