Can the Double Bubble Look Be Corrected Temporarily with Fat Grafting? (photo)

I have double bubble on my left breast.It's not an extremely visible case but it is annoying. My dr. suggested that he can temporarily correct this with fat grafting or Macrolane (he suggested fat transfer as a better method...injecting fat on top of the crease that appears) Will this help? I am not ready for another operation, i prefer to try this as a temporary fix.

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8 Doctor Answers | Asked by Moniqueccc in Woldert, 08

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Can the Double Bubble Look Be Corrected Temporarily with Fat Grafting?

Yes based upon the posted photo. Expert fat grafting and multiple incision release can aid. Best to seek in person evaluations.

Double bubble and fat grafting

Fat grafting may help camouflage the double bubble a bit, but the better treatment would be to resuspend the fold and maybe use smaller implants.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

How to fix the "double bubble"

Although fat grafting may help to improve the "double bubble" look, the definitive treatment would be to reestablish the inframammary fold using a technique called capsulorrhaphy. This will require a surgical procedure which includes re incising the breast along the inframammary fold and tacking the capsule down to the chest wall that holds the implant in place. This will lift the implant back up into position and diminish the appearance of the “double bubble.”... more

Double bubble fix with a fat graft

The double bubble is caused by the implant pushing out of the skin envelope of the breast, literally the breast sits on top of the implant rather that the implant fitting within. Over time the skin envelope can relax for some and the breast and implant work together as one. For others the skin on the abdomen below give in to the pressure and the bubble persists. The issue is skin laxity or lack of, and not cover which a fat graft provide, so our bet would be no.

Correction of "double bubble" after breast implants with fat transfer

Correction of "double bubble" after breast implants with fat transfer sounds like a novel (new) approach. I do not think most plastic surgeons have much if any experience with it, but if yours does, and can SHOW you lasting (more than a few months) results than I would consider it. Most of us would recommend restoring the integrity of the IMF (inframammary fold, the crease under the breast) with a technique called "capsulorrhaphy" and nowadays I am inclined to... more

Fat Grafting to the Breast

Fat Grafting to the breast can be a valuable way to place soft tissue around the edges of a breast implant, including a double bubble look. It is however a real surgery, both in the harvesting of the fat by liposuction and the injecting of it in the breast and chest region. I cannot tell from your photographs whether that would be a good choice for you. It may be that a revision of the pocket might be a better choice.

Breast Implant

Surgical repair is far superior. Though it requires good expertise to correct implant displacement. Fat grafting may interfere in future repair.

Correction of “Double Bubble”?

Thank you for the question and picture. If your plastic surgeon can demonstrate significant experience/success with this technique then it may be a viable and probably temporary “fix”. In my practice, I would suggest repair of the breast implant pocket (capsulorrhaphy) when the time is right for you. Best wishes.