Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation Cost

asked 1 year ago by Chelan in Las Vegas, NV 89183
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How much does it cost to put fat from the stomach into the breasts & can you go up to any size you want? Once you do, do you need to remove skin after you do that in your stomach?

10 answers to Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation Cost

Shape your waistline and increase your bustline at the same time?

I presented my results of BodyJet harvested fat for fat grafting the breasts at the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery meeting held in Toronto in 2010. The bottom line is that fat grafting does work, but there are numerous issues you must be aware of. Only selected patients are candidates for this procedure. Our technique does not use the controversial stem cell enrichment technologies that might stimulate malignancy. We only use fat cell clusters in... more

Claudio DeLorenzi, MD
Toronto Plastic Surgeon

Breast Augmentation with Fat : costs

I'm offering this procedure to patients in conjunction with BRAVA pre-expansion. The total cost for the procedure, which includes the BRAVA device, is about $10,000. Most patients will require touch-up fat grafting procedures, and these are done at additional cost. From the patient's perspective, there is substantial time investment prior to surgery- the BRAVA device needs to be worn properly and consistently for 4 weeks prior to surgery. If you are not prepared for this... more

Scott Sattler, MD
Bellevue Plastic Surgeon

Fat transfer to the breasts. Cost and how big can you go?

Fat transfer to the breasts cannot go up to the hoochie mama sizes, at least in one surgery, and maybe not ever depending on your skin tone. The amount you can transfer depends on your age, skin tone, if you are a cosmetic augmentation patient versus a breast cancer reconstruction patient, if you did preexpansion with BRAVA and how effective it was, and how much fat you have to donate. The experts who have been doing this for a while estimate about 250 -300 is the most you... more

Lauren Greenberg, MD
Palo Alto Plastic Surgeon

Fat transfer for breast augmentation

Fat transfer cannot take you to any size you want. You can only expect a modest enhancement with a fat transfer procedure. Repeat procedures for more enhancement. Also, don't expect to save any money. If the procedure is done properly, it takes a lot longer than augmentation with an implant. Any money saved by not using implants is spent with the longer O.R. and anesthesia time and surgeon's time. I think fat transfer has a place in breast... more

Lisa L. Sowder, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Breast Fat Transfer

Again, this depends on how many procedures are needed and who is doing it for you. In my practice, typically I can only place about 200 to 250 cc of fat per breast at a given time. This will only enhance you by about 1 cup size. You many need 2 more sessions to really have a significant augmentation. This will add to your costs. Costs will be about 5000 per session.

Siamak Agha, MD, PhD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Cost of breast fat transfer

Typically the average amount of fat transferred to the breast in most studies has ranged around 250cc. Commonly this amounts to just over a cup and a half increase in breast size. Costs vary and can range from 5000-10,000 on average.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Fat trasfer to the breast

Fast transfer to the breast is still investigational. There are many questions that remain to be answered regarding the safety. The amount injected is about 100cc to 200cc that will increase you by one cup size.

Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

Fat transfer to Breast?

Fat transfer to the breast is still a controversial procedure. Typically in discussing this with my patients and the reality of the enhancement you will receive they prefer to go ahead with a Breast Augmentation using either saline or silicone implants. The costs for the size of enhancement requested usually end up being less with an augmentation. The other problem involved is many patients wanting augmentation via Fat Transfer do not have enough donor sites to produce their requested results. more

Michael Elam, MD
Orange County Facial Plastic Surgeon

michaelelammd.com

Fat transfer is NOT a good way to enlarge breasts.

Fat grafting works best when small amounts of living fat are transferred to tissue that can surround the graft with a good blood supply. If you damage the fragile fat cells prior to transfer to the breast, the graft dies, and the volume is lost as the dead tissue is reabsorbed cell by cell. This takes time, so you may think that you have a long-term living tissue graft, but byt the time 6-12 months has passed, much of the grafted fat is gone, Perhaps a small amount of scar remains, and... more

Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon

Fat injections to the breasts

fat injections of the breasts is controversial. The donor site normally does not need skin removed after the harvest, the skin retracts down. You can not implant any amount of fat you desire as there is a risk of necrosis (death) of fat cells once the volume becomes larger. There is a question if calcification of the fat in the breast can confuse radiologists who read mammograms.