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Do Board Certified Plastic Surgeons Perform Fat Transfer to the Breasts?

asked 2 years ago by fitnessgirl in Ohio
Latest answer by Sutton Graham II, MD
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Tags: breasts

Are there are any BOARD certified plastic surgeons out there who do this stem cell fat transfer to breasts procedure? I want to know. Id also like to know anyone has had this procedure done. It seems I cant find anybody who's done it or who is talking about it on realself. The doctor I may be seeing has been doing this procedure for only 7 months now on 15 people so far. It seems a little strange. Should I be concerned or should I just do it?

4 answers to Do Board Certified Plastic Surgeons Perform Fat Transfer to the Breasts?

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Breast Fat Transfer by Board-Certified Plastic Surgeons

You are wise to seek board-certified plastic surgeons and to inquire about experience doing fat transfer to the breast. As a plastic surgeon, we have been doing fat transfer (fat grafting) for decades. Most of us have avoided using it to add volume to the normal breast. The procedure remains controversial, and most of us are awaiting high quality scientific studies that demonstrate effectiveness and safety for the procedure. When a patient chooses a really new procedure, one of the... more
Sutton Graham II, MD

Greenville Plastic Surgeon
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Paucity of Board Certified Plastic Surgeons Performing Fat Transfer to the Breasts

The life time odds of breast cancer is 1 in 8 women. These are very elevated rates. In other words, the breast is a cancer prone organ. For years, The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (www.PlasticSurgery.org), representing 98% of all Board certified American Plastic Surgeons, took a firm official stance forbidding its member surgeons from performing fat grafts to the breast for fear that the scarring left by fat which failed to take/died would mask or mimic the appearance of breast... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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The reason you are having some difficulty finding a board certified plastic surgeon who does this is because it remains controversial. The incidence of breast cancer in this country is now 1 in every 8 woman will develop breast cancer. Liposuction and fat transfer will create scar tissue and the possibility of fat necrosis, cysts and microcalfications. These may be confused by radiologist and lead to an increase in breast biopsy and surgery. There is always a concern for misdiagnosis or... more
Robert W. Kessler, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon
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Board certified plastic surgeons do fat transfer to breasts

Yes. Including myself, there are a number of board certified plastic surgeons who do this operation. It is obviously better to go with some one who has decent experience with the procedure. Fat transfer success is operated dependent since different people harvest, process, and inject the fat differently.
Siamak Agha, MD, PhD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon

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