I’m 5’8 157lbs weight lift often. Have hips, pear shaped relatively flat chested. Arms have some flab I want to get rid of, no inner thigh gap so that’s another area could pull fat from. Waist pretty narrow can see some ab definition. Is there a body fat percentage range that surgeons would like clients to be in for successful fat grafting to breasts? I want to know if I should gain weight since I have surgery scheduled in about a month. Thank you
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Thanks for your question. Yes, based on your photos, I think you would do well with a circumareolar mastopexy (breast lift with scars only around the areola). This could be combined with an implant to increase overall volume and upper pole fullness. Fat transfer is another option but you would...
In most surgeons' hands using a variety of methods to harvest fat, the survival rate is 50-70%, especially long term being closer to 50%. The fat cells need to be harvested with a method that does not cause them to liquify, which Vaser does.
You would get better volume with implants and implants are much more consistent. The volume of fat transferred is limited by the amount of actual breast tissue present, not the amount of skin. Just based on your photos, I agree with your other physicians. Not all the fat transferred survives....
