Fat transfer for the breasts?

I been doing fat grafting for more than 11 years and fat grafting to the breast for 3 years. It works, but: 1) You cannot increase the breast size more than a cup size 2) You do not have a lot of fat, UAL is ultrasoinc harvesting and will kill all the fat cells 3) I am concerned that your doctor does not have... more

Fat grafting to various areas of the body are gaining in popularity and structural fat grafting to the face, buttock, liposuction dents and in breast reconstruction defects have become widely practiced. In addition data from Asia and Europe show some early promising results with fat grafting to the breast... more

It is so intuitively appealing... natural tissue injected into the breasts, all natural breast tissue that survives.  What could be better? Here's the rub. Fat injection consists of mainly dead cells, with a disputed amount of living cells (Our research showed 20-25% alive, other studies have shown as low... more

The previous answer is accurate, but you need to know that at this time in the U.S. the option for fat grafting to the breast is specifically banned by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, so no board-certified plastic surgeon would do it for augmentation unless it is part of an approved clinical trial... more

Using fat liposuctioned from other areas in your body has been written about for over 15 years.  It is most often performed by physicians who are not board certified plastic surgeons and are looking for a way to break into the breast augmentation market.  Since fat reabsorption is inconsistent, the... more

Dr. Seify had succinctly summarized some of the concerns with breast augmentation using fat injection. I only have one, but very important concern. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE FAT IS NOT HARVESTED WITH UAL TECHNIQUE. The fat obtained with UAL is completely dead and you will essentially be injecting oil into the... more

In my San Francisco area practice I do a fair amount fat grafting (face, hands, buttocks) and I do not perform breast augmentation using this technique. The issue here becomes one of fat survival and scar tissue.  If a portion of the fat dies (which typically happens) this area can heal with scar. ... more

This form of breast enlargement is experimental  at best  and dangerous at worst, in my opinion. Silicone and Saline breast enhancements are well studied, safe, effective and may be permanant ways of increasing your breast size. If you do not like the implants, they can be removed or replaced with... more

Barbiebionda16, First of all, fat grafting for breasts is an emerging practice. Very nice results are possible with the newer micro-fat injection techniques. However, it is important that you see someone with extensive experience with fat grafting, but cause you can also end up with poor results. Also,... more

Fat transfer is quite unpredictable. To achieve the results you are talking about, you would need a significant amount of fat and you would need each injection to work out perfectly otherwise you run the risk of lumps, calcifications, skin irregularities, cysts. These are not good condtions for the breast, the... more