Does Fat Transfer to Breasts Interfere with Mammography?

Thank you for your question. It is obvious that fat grafting causes changes that are visible on mammograms. There is increasing evidence that those changes are equivalent to changes seen from other breast surgery, such as breast reductions. They are able to determine the differences between post operative calcifications and breast cancer changes. It does not make sense to cite mammographic changes as a reason not to fat graft. Best of luck!Dhaval M Patel. Double board certifiedPlastic surgeonHoffman EstatesBarringtonOakbrookChicago

Fat injections can be detected by mammography but are not confused with breast cancer. Fat grafting for breast augmentation is for the moment unconventional.

This is a very interesting topic.  While it seems that fat transfer does indeed make some mammographic changes, these changes are no worse than the changes one might see after breast reduction surgery - a very routine and accepted surgery -  and an experienced radiologist can usually sort these out, without a problem.

 

All the best,