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Breast Lift with Fat Transfer for More Youthful Breasts?

I am considering a crescent Breast Lift in combination with Fat Transfer. I understand that the Fat Transfer is new to plastic surgery, but I am not expecting dramatic results.

The benefit of removing unwanted fat from somewhere else is also a plus for me. I do not want Breast implants. Not negotiable. I have a 36C with mild ptosis. I just want to have my pre-baby breasts back, not an increase in size, just a more youthful fullness. Could this combination be an option? Any other suggestions?

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10 Doctor Answers | Asked by kit kat in Mississippi

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Is breast lift with fat transfer possible for me?

Hi there- You should know that fat transfer is actually NOT new to plastic surgery, as plastic surgeons have been harvesting and grafting fat safely and with excellent results for many years now. What IS relatively new, is interest in using fat for enlargement of the breasts... It is very important to understand that not all things that are possible are necessarily in your best interests... I am concerned that fat grafted to the breast area can be associated with scar tissue (from the procedure) more

Breast options

What you are asking for is not conventional and can lead to potential problems down the road. As Dr. Placik said, a crescent mastopexy is a mistake for you as it will only enlarge your already large areolea and make them vertically oblong. A periareolar "lift" is virtually always done in concert with an implant but since that is "not negotiable" at least it could minimally lift you as much as a crescent but also make the areolae smaller. As long as the implant is... more

Lipoinjection for breast lift

Your areolae are already large and a crescent lift in combination with lipoinjection will serve to make them even larger so you may want to reconsider. The other alternative is a full circumareolar lift to limit the size as well as to lift the areola.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

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Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Breast Lift with Fat Transfer Makes More Youthful Breasts

I think your plan is reasonable. Fat grafting at the time of mastopexy is a viable option. By the way you definitely need a lift and areola reduction as fat transfer by itself will not lift your breast.. I have successfully transplanted fat into the face, buttocks and other body areas for decades and are now using this same technology to enhance breast shape and size. Plastic surgeons have been transplanting fat to the breast since 1995 but caution and study were necessary to make sure there... more

Breast lift and fat transfer

Although there has been a lot of talk and presentation on fat transfer to the breasts, it is still not widely accepted. You certainly can have a lift.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Breast implants with a lift can provide you with more youthful appearing breasts

Hi kit kat - A breast lift is great for you, but fat transfer (grafting) is relatively new. Breast implants are very safe, FDA approved, and will give you great results without compromising safety. Removing fat from elsewhere on your body is a plus, but the amount of fat that is required to make your breast larger may not remove all of the fat that you want. Standard liposuction is great for this and it's also safe and effective. Fat grafting to the breasts is great for correcting small... more

Breast Lift with Fat Transfer is possible

The use of fat for enhancing the breast is a new procedure. I been doing fat grafting to the breast for the last 4 years. You can check my study protocol here: http://www.clinicaltrial.gov/ct2/show/NCT00775788?term=fat+breast&rank=1 I have done fat grafting on more than 150 patients. I have done breast lift and fat grafting in single stage on more than 50 patients. If you decide to have this procedure done, please make sure that your doctor is board certified plastic surgeon and... more

Kamran Khoobehi, MD

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New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

Breast lift with auto augmentation

Given your goals and concerns I would recommend a breast lift (mastopexy) with auto augmentation. This is a way to "up lift" the breast and decrease the areolar diameter as well and utilize a small area of natural breast tissue that in some techniques would be discarded as a way of giving you some added upper pole fullness. Most breast lifts end up looking a little smaller than before. This is a technique that preserves all of your breast tissue and repositions it higher on... more

Breast Lift with Fat Transfer

I would recommend a donut lift + Fat grafting to the breasts. This will give you a small lift and a filling effect. Get 3 consultations from boarded plastic surgeons. Regards.

Fat transfer to breasts

You sound well educated on options but just to emphysize the point about fat grafting in the breast...the jury still seems to be out on it. As you probably know the ASPS actually came down strongly against the practice in the late 90s. The reason was a concern that it would infer with mammograms and the unknown risk of potentiating breast cancer. A year ago all this was called into question by Dr Sid Coleman, the guru of fat transfer, who showed beautiful results (and clear mammograms) on patien more

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JackieLD53 4 Mar 2013

just as an FYI, fat transfer is not new to plastic surgery. It actually has 120 years of medical history. Check out this illustration showing its history. Very informative. http://www.miamibreastcenter.com/history-of-fat-grafting-to-the-breast

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