Is Brava Necessary for Fat Transfer in Some One Who Lost a Large Amount of Weight?

I am a 27 yr old, 5'10 female who weighs 154 lbs, at my heaviest i weighed 231lbs and lost 77lbs in total 8 years ago and remained at my current weight. I would like to do a lipo and fat transfer to breasts. My doctor said that I do not need the BRAVA system to expand my breast tissue since it has already been expanded due to the weight gain and loss. I am a 34B he said i could go up to a full C and stay that have a high chance of staying that way without the BRAVA system. Is that true ?

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age 25-34 Brava 5 ft 8 in to 6 ft 0 in 150-169 lbs after weight loss

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Is BRAVA necessary for successful fat transfer to breast? #breastimplants

This is an area that I am beginning to research and offer. If you go to Roger Khouri's website he is a man who does a lot of fat transfer in the breast. I would consider him an authority in this area. He is in Miami and has some wonderful photos on his website. I do not believe he always uses the BRAVA so be careful if your surgeon does not know much about that kind of device. You may not need this device. Fat transfer for breast augmentation is evolving now. It is cutting edge and we are... more

Fat vs fiction- truths about breast augmentation w fat

Here are the facts – there are two published papers in the American literature on fat grafting for breast augmentation that both use quantitative volumetric imaging to measure results. Long-term volume maintenance was 60 to 70%. Both of these studies ---one performed by myself and one performed by my colleague and friend Roger Khouri both use brava. There is no published study in United States that shows quantitative results when fat grafting to the breast is done for breast... more

Is BRAVA necessary for fat transfer breast augmentation?

The BRAVA may not be necessary to expand the breast tissue if you already have enough laxity. There are many surgeons who can do the transfer without the device. Whether you need the BRAVA can only be determined by good examination. One important question to ask your surgeon is if he ever uses the BRAVA at all. If he or she never use it, and they are telling you that you don't need it, then you should consider seeing someone who is does. Then you are more... more

Is BRAVA Necessary for Successful Fat Transfer to the Breast?

The method of doing breast enlargement through fat transfer is an evolving science. We do not know at this point in time what the optimal processes are to achieve the most consistent effective results for successfual fat transfer procedures. It is true that some of the very best results have been demonstrated by surgeons who use the BRAVA system, and they would likely advocate for it's use even in your situation. After a significant weight losss your breast is likely quite deflated with... more

Fat transfer to breasts and Brava system

Those surgeons that perform primary breast augmentation with fat injection ( and I am not currently one of them) sometimes use BRAVA mainly with the thought that it enhances the blood supply and space for the fat cells to survive. Not all use it.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Is Brava Necessary for Fat Transfer in Some One Who Lost a Large Amount of Weight?

If you lost weight, your breast may be stretched, and the skin with laxity, that is good for to transfer fat without complications, the quantity must be small to be sure.

BRAVA breast expansion before fat transfer

I would tend to agree. Clearly if one loses that much weight the breasts are likely to shrink as well and very likely to have very loose skin. BRAVA is designed to expand the breast skin/tissue and therefore theoretically allow the surgeon to better supplement the breast with fat injections. You probably don't need that. You should be aware first and foremost that fat injections into the healthy breast in a 27 year old woman is something that in my opinion should be... more

BRAVA Necessary for Fat Transfer Survival

That question is a good one and should be evaluated. Facial fat grafting and the Brazilian buttlift are two common fat grafting procedures that do not use BRAVA and are highly effective.