How much bigger can you make breasts with fat transfer?

The amount transferred is determined by the size/shape of your breasts and amount of donor fat available.  A portion of the fat does dissolve after the transfer.  Patients undergoing fat transfer to breasts should have reasonable size expectations and understand that additional procedures may be necessary if the desired size is not achieved.  The results are natural and rarely more than one size per procedure.  Implants can provide more significant changes in one operation.  Each have their own risks.  Please consult your surgeon for an evaluation to best determine your options.  Dr. Michael Omidi

The only limit to breast enlargement by fat transfer is the amount of fat that you have elsewhere on your body to move to the breasts and the number of procedures that you can undergo. The secret to successful fat transfer is to have spaces in the recipient areas(your breasts) to put the fat. Think of fat cells as very small machines that need fuel to survive. Each fat cell transferred has to be placed next to a living cell so that it can draw oxygen and nutrients from it. If the transferred cell is surrounded by only other transferred fat cells, it will die and disappear. So it is important to transfer only enough fat cells that can be spread around in the native breast tissue. A glob of transferred fat cells will all die except for the few cells on the outer edges of the glob. For example, starting with A-cup breasts, the transfer procedure may increase breast size by one cup size. Now you have B-cup breasts and with a second surgery more new fat can be accepted into the breast tissue, leading to a C-cup breast size. And so on and so forth.Many women choose to have two or three surgeries to get to the size they want. After each surgery, they can decide if the breasts are large enough. The results are permanent and there are no implants to worry about or to ever replace.I hope this helps.