Breast Augmentation: Q&A
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Everything Can Be Donated from Blood and Organs to sperm: Why can Breasts not be Donated? Couldn't they be reduced a bit without throwing them away?
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anon1637
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Breast tissue donation-NOT
The reason breast tissue is not transplanted is that it would 1) require immunosupression and 2) there are many other ways to create a different breast shape and/or size.
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Talmage J. Raine MD FACS
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Breast tissue donation is not the same as blood donation
Often I am asked: why can't breast tissue be donated to others like blood is?
Breast tissue could only be donated to someone who is genetically identical otherwise rejection would destroy the tissue and could be dangerous for the recipient.
Blood can be only be donated within some "compatible" types that allow for a brief permanence of the donated cells until they are replaced by the recipient's own cells.
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Breast tissue donation
Hello,
Many women have offered to donate their abundant breast tissue to the needy, however, it is not that easy. First the tissue compatibility is difficult without many immunosuppresent drugs. Second, some of the scaring and calcification's may make mammography difficult to read. And third there are safe ways to augment a breast that are FDA approved, and chosen first. Hope this helps.
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Breast augmentation with tissue transplant
Hello and thank you for the question.
Tissue transfer from one person to another requires immunosuppression. These are medications that mask or diminish the natural response of your body to foreign tissue, much in the same way that your body wards off abnormal cancer cells. Immunosuppression comes with many of its own inherenent risks, including decreasing the body's inherent ability to defent against infection and cancer cells, among other things.
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