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

Otto Joseph Placik, MD answers: Can you have a fat donor for butt or breast augmentation?

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


Otto Joseph Placik, MD
2 months ago
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.

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