I Got my Tubes Tied So No More Children I'm Wondering if It's Possible to Get a Tummy Tuck and Use the Extra Fat in my Breast?

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Fat grafting to breast.

Yes it is possible but there are many factors to consider before you decide to go this route. Do you have a family history of breast cancer? How much fat is in your extra tummy tissue? How big do you want to be afterward?

Fat grafting

Yes it is possible to have a tummy tuck and fat grafting to the breast at the same time. The breast enhancement will be modest because of volume concerns

Possible to Get a Tummy Tuck and Use the Extra Fat in my Breast?

Although you may or may not be a good candidate for fat injections to the breast, and you would need to carefully review the pros and cons of fat grafting as compared with implants, it is certainly possible to harvest fat from the tissue that will be removed anyway with a tummy tuck. The main disadvantage compared with implants is the relative unpredictability of percent of take of the grafted fat. When you ready for an in person consultation, RealSelf has listings of... more

Tummy tuck and breast augmentation

Some surgeons will inject fat for primary breast augmentation. I am still on the fence regarding this technique. Certainly a tummy tuck and a breast augmentation can be performed at the same time.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Fat from Tummy Tuck to Increase Breast Size

There are two ways of doing this. One involves using liposuction on the abdominal fat which will be removed and then transferring it as a fat graft to the breast. The second, more complex way, is to do a "reverse abdominoplasty" and move the fat up to the breasts as attached tissue. While both of these are possible, breast implants are likely to give the most predictable result.

Tummy Tuck Fat to Breasts with Mommy Makeover- Why Not? Ask Dr Ellen

Hello Misswoman, Fat grafting has been used for the purposes of shaping the breasts more and more in the last several years. Depending on your goals for breast shaping, this might be an option for you. Considerations would include: 1. current breast size, shape 2. volume requirements 3. quality of your skin 4. presence of breast sagging 5. one stage or multiple stages Pre operative goals would be include reaching your best... more

Tummy Tuck and Liposuction for Breast Augmentation

From a technical standpoint, one could liposuction the fat from the tummy tuck tissue that is to be removed and this could be used to augment the breasts. However, I only offer the fat grafting to the breast, because there are no long term studies about fat grafting to the breasts and its effects on breast cancer.