Breast fat transfer with Vaser liposuction - fat cell survival?
December 13, 2020
Asked By:ballerina8421 in Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
My surgeon's website has told me that with vaser liposuction, "about 80%" of the fat cells will survive breast fat transfer (his sourced paper: Acute adipocyte viability after third-generation ultrasound-assisted liposuction), whereas with traditional liposuction only about 50% survive. This first statistic is different to what real self says (50-70%), and I'm a bit confused with what to expect. Can anyone provide any clarification?
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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....
There are lots of variables to take into consideration. One of them is the size of your breast.
A woman who has a breast that’s about 100 mL in total volume does it need more than three or 400 mL of fat at most.
A woman who has a breast that’s 500 mL can easily require 1200 mL of fat for the...
The risks of fat transfer have been more carefully examined over the past decade as it has become a much more popular procedure. Plastic surgeons should now be aware of ways to minimize the risk such as low pressure retrograde injection techniques and keeping the injections away from the muscle...
