Is Breast Fat Necrosis Common After Breast Lift?

A small amount of fat necrosis is common after a large breast lift or breast reduction.  I would defInitely let your surgeon know but I would not worry about any long term complications from this.  If the biopsy showed fat necrosis you do not need to remove it. Good luck.

Most likely your radiologist has noted calcifications in tissue that are present after breast lifting surgery. These findings are of no significant consequence and do not necessarily need to be excised. Nor do they turn into infections.  Best to obtain a copy of your mammogram for comparison purposes in the future.

 Best wishes.

always overweight patients get partial fat necrosis as minor complications, it must be solved generally watching the lesion if not is a huge necrosis .

otherwise should  be solved without great problem in case the ammount be minor

the council is your surgeon check to you give some antibiotics and perhaps phisiotherapy after a few  weeks later so  depending the seize is the risk.

Fat necrosis can happen after almost any operation that involves the subcutaneous tissue or fat layer.  It basically occurs when the fat becomes detached from its blood supply.  The consequence of fat necrosis is small calcifications that are visualized on a mammogram.  This pattern of calcification is the of the same nature that can indicate a breast cancer so it is important that a differentiation can be made by the radiologist.  On occasion a breast biopsy can be indicated.  

Sorry for the worry you have endured during the evaluation. 

Fat necrosis is a known complication of breast lift, breast reduction, abdominoplasty, and most of the "lift" operations. It occurs when there is insufficient blood supply to nourish the soft tissue following surgery. 

it is more common in heavy patient, patients who needed a lot of lifting, and in smokers. 

By all means you should see your surgeon for an examination and review of treatment possibilities. All the best. 

Small amounts of fat necrosis are not uncommon after a breast lift or breast reduction and may be noted on a post surgical mammogram.  If the areas are small they may not require treatment and may resolve over time.  If the areas are large or bothersome, one could consider a surgery to remove the hard or scarred tissue.  Check with your surgeon to see what they would recommend in your case.  Best wishes.

Small amounts of fat necrosis after breast lifts or reductions are not rare.  They can leave small calcifications that are picked up on mammograms that most radiologists can distinguish from those caused by cancer.  Often a radiologist will ask for extra views to confirm their findings.  Your plastic surgeon does not need to know about this as there is nothing that would normally be done about it, but the fact that it upset you to the extent that it has would be of interest to him/her.  There is no increased risk of infections.  The calcifications will remain a constant on your future mammograms and it is important that you return to the same place to have them done so the radiologist will be able to refer back to the ones you just had and see that there has been no changes.  If you should ever move you should obtain a copy of your most recent mammogram to take to your next mammography center for reference.  This is a good practice regardless of what may be on your last mammogram.  Your next radiologist will love you for it I promise.