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Smart Lipo Fat Transferred to Breast

asked 1 year ago by k_rand in Tulsa, OK
Latest answer by Scott Sattler, MD
Question viewed 468 times
Tags: thighs, lower abdomen, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)

I had Smart Lipo a few days ago on my thigh and lower abdomen area, then had the fat transferred to my breasts. I asked the nurse the day before if the fat was liquified because I had heard that wasn't good for fat transfer, and she assured me it wasn't and that it would be mixed with my plasma and injected. Now I'm reading things that are starting make me doubt my decision. Should I be worried??

12 answers to Smart Lipo Fat Transferred to Breast

Smart Lipo Fat Transfer

The laser in smart lipo disrupts the fat cells and renders them useless for fat transfer. Whatever was transferred would consist of dead fat cells, lipid (free oil from fat) and other cellular debris. This may cause some thickening from fibrosis but very unlikely to actually transfer any viable fat.

Leonard Harris, MD
Burlington Plastic Surgeon

Fat grafting with Smart Lipo ? Bad idea.

I think most surgeons in the 'fat grafting community' would agree that the principle of minimally traumatic fat harvesting is a good idea. The use of laser lipolysis for fat harvesting defies this principle. Perhaps your surgeon used a gentler suction method to procure fat prior to contouring your body with Smart Lipo. Perhaps not.

Scott Sattler, MD
Bellevue Plastic Surgeon

SmartLipo and Fat Grafting

Fat harvested after SmartLipo (or any Laser assisted Lipo) is not of as good quality. To remedy this, in my practice I harvest the fat first and then return to the area and treat with the laser which works well. Even if the fat was treated first with SmartLipo, it is likely that the vast majority of the cells recovered where still viable, since the laser only destroys a relatively small percentage of the cells in the treated area. I'm sure you will still have an... more

Leif Liu Rogers, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

INjecting SmartLipo removed fat is imprudent and worthless

It is rare to have a unanimous consensus in plastic surgery - but you just did and the answer, therefore, should be quite clear. If the "fat" that was injected into your breast was the fat that was treated with SmartLipo - you were injected with nonviable, destroyed cells. This in essence means that this was an unnecessary, imprudent and worthless procedure - at best. Was this performed by a board certified plastic surgeon or someone just attempting to perform cosmetic surgery? more

Steven Turkeltaub, MD
Scottsdale Plastic Surgeon

Smart lipo fat transfer

Your body will probably resorb the material that was placed. however it also may become hard or cause infection. not a great idea

Jonathan Saunders, MD
Newark Plastic Surgeon

SmartLipo fat used for grafting is DEAD and will not work as living graft.

SmartLipo works by utilizing laser energy to disrupt (rupture the cell membrane) the fat cells, allowing the lipid "slurry" to be easily aspirated via small cannulas. The laser energy is said to be "strong enough" to stimulate subdermal collagen synthesis and contracture, "tightening" the overlying skin. The latter may be bunk, since there is a very fine line between skin tightening and creating scar, but destroying fat cells is "how" SmartLipo works.... more

Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon

Smart lipo does not work for fat grafting

Smart lipo was created to make liposuction easier by destroying fat cells. Therefore these cells are not viable for fat grafting.

Fadi Nukta, MD
Reston Plastic Surgeon

Smart Lipo Fat Transferred to Breast

Most likely the harvested fat cells have lost their cellular integrity if harvested with the smart lipo technique. Hopefully the injected fat was harvested with the regular suction technique prior ro using the smart lipo.

Erel Laufer, M.D.
Tampa Plastic Surgeon

Smart Lipo fat is debris

I am hoping that the fat that was injected into the breast was fat harvested by normal tumescent liposuction. If it was fat harvested by "Smart Lipo" ( which I am not a fan of), all you did was inject debris and dead cells into the breast. I am hoping that a board certified plastic surgeon would not perform that, but I doubt you will see any results a month down the road. Good luck, but that procedure makes no sense to me.

Steven Schuster, MD
Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

Breast augmentation with injected fat

This defies logic. The laser in SmartLipo destroys the fat cells which leak their contents and make liposuction easier. The fat removed would then contain more free fat outside cells and less intact fat cells. The goal of free fat grafting is to inject intact fat cells transferred from other areas of the body. Injecting fat that once was inside cells alone without any intact cells will give you a very temporary result. Mixing this fat outside of cells with plasma for re-injection makes even... more

Aaron Stone, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Laser lipo fat is no good for transfer

The whole point of using a laser as with Smart Lipo and other brands is to disrupt the fat cells and stimulate the collagen in the connective tissue through heat, which is also not good for the fat cells. Even without the use of lasers, the techniques for using fat for grafting to the breast are still being worked out. There are some results being reported that seem promising, but I haven't seen any on the use of fat from laser lipo and I have to admit it doesn't make... more

Richard Baxter, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Smart lipo fat transfer not a smart idea

Many forms of liposuction including laser lipo such as Smart lipo will disrupt the fat cells and make them nonviable. Transfer of the aspirate mixed with your own 'plasma' into the breast is not a very smart idea as the material is not likely to contain living fat cells. Such a decision should not have been yours to make. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd