What Are Breast Injections?
asked 2 years ago by selizabethr07 in north carolina
Latest answer by Vincent P. Marin, MD
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Tags: breasts, female, breast size, costs
I've heard of breast injections that you can get to increase a breast cup size. What are these injections and what is the cost range?
2 answers to What Are Breast Injections?
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Fat Injections for Breast Augmentation
Injecting your own fat to increase your cup size seems like the best of both worlds. Liposuciton to the waist and thighs with larger, natural breasts in one setting. Unfortunately, if it seems too good to be true, it often is!
Fat is harvested from your body and then reinjected into the breast for incresed volume and a fuller result. Unfortunately, some of this fat will normally reabsorb, some will remain, and some will calcify within the breast tissue. Breast cancer often shows up on...
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Breast injections
Hi, you may have heard of fat injections to the breast. This is currently very controversial in the plastic surgery community in the US, as we don't know if the injections can become calcified and mimic cancer on mammograms. In addition, a certain amount of injected fat will be reabsorbed by your body. If you want to go up a full cup size, implants at this time are the safer and more predictable option. Good luck, /nsn.
Nina S. Naidu, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon
New York Plastic Surgeon
