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Fat Transfer to Breasts - Seattle, WA

UPDATED FROM Laura76992
9 years post

Ten years later

Laura76992
WORTH IT$10,600
Hi everyone. I had been reminiscing about my surgery which was over ten years ago! I actually have gone down a band size and up a cup size since then. This may be due to perimenopausal fat distribution -- getting more fat in the belly and upper body. Anyway, I now wear a 32DDD or 34DD depending on the bra. I exercise more than I did ten years ago but weigh the same - 125 on most days. My lipo sites are pretty much the same with no added fat or lumps, though I'm more muscular now than ten years ago. I still would like to lose more fat, but my body seems to want to hold onto it even more now (again, think this is part of being almost 50 and going through perimenopausal hormonal changes!) If anyone is thinking of doing a breast fat transfer instead of implants, and you have the fat to do so, I highly recommend it! No one who knows me and doesn't know about the surgery has every mentioned my breasts being "done". They look very natural, and they have stayed full for ten years now, though they are a bit lower hanging, so look best when I wear a bra.

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July 21, 2023
Who did your surgery? I’m interested in doing this instead of implants
August 4, 2023
She retired! It was Dr. Sowder.
October 19, 2023
You look wonderful, natural, and beautiful. If I were you, I wouldn’t change a thing. You look perfect just the way you are.
November 9, 2023
Thank you for sharing. I'm so interested in doing this procedure. Have you noticed any hard lumps of fat in your breasts? I've been do research and some women complain about little lumps of fat (necrosis)
March 17, 2024
Yeah I have the same question. Except fat is not retaining in the body, most of the complaints are causing lumps/fat necrosis/microe-calcification.
March 8, 2024
If you want to help your body shape slim even with menopause. Some are finding the lion diet for 90 days has helped reshape and some stay on that diet because of other benefits we are both on it and just as a heads up after week 3 you notice slimming and reshaping if you dont cheat and the amount you eat diminishes. Best of luck to you.
May 22, 2024
Thank you for all this feedback and posts, even 10 years later. Good to know the fat transfer will hold up!
UPDATED FROM Laura76992
8 months post

Pictures one year+ post surgery

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May 30, 2014
Hey Laura, You look great. Glad you are happy overall. Sorry you are not completely happy with the "mom stomach". I think you are smart to be satisfied with the breasts you have now and not continuing to do surgeries. Perfection is tough and is only lost with the aging process in due time anyway. Best, Amelia
September 12, 2014
Would really like to know how much you had transferred to your breasts....
December 12, 2014
From an above comment (I had to go find it because I forgot myself!) : My dr. told me she added 280 CC to one breast and 310 CC to the other - don't remember which is which. I would have gone with 300cc implants if I went that route, so it worked out pretty well!
September 16, 2014
I think your mom stomach is beautiful.
December 12, 2014
Thanks! :)
December 12, 2014
Laura, Hi. Thank you very much for the detailed review. Do you have any lumps in your breasts? And are you happy with the lipo sites? Any irregularities or loose skin? I think your doctor has done a very good job!
December 12, 2014
Hi Linda, No, no lumps that I can feel! My lipo sites look pretty good -- I only notice on small white scar on my back from one site, and there's not anything lumpy on my legs, back or love handles, though I do have a little cellulite which I had before lipo, too. The only loose skin I have is on my stomach, and I blame that on my three pregnancies. It looks pretty good in the mornings when I haven't eaten yet, and I've been doing more core work to see if that helps. Thank you! I feel like I look good I clothes, and my husband seems to like the way I look naked. I like how I look naked, too, but I still think I could love 5 to 10 pounds, but I'm not willing to diet to do it. Exercise, sure, but my body seems to like my weight, and I've stayed at 125.
March 1, 2016
Any updates?
UPDATED FROM Laura76992
8 months post

Over a year now

Laura76992
Still look pretty much the same. I've been working out several times a week and have more muscle, but still have fat in my stomach and inner thighs and haven't lost any weight (holding at 125 pounds). I'm at the point that I know my body won't look perfect so I have accepted how I look. I like myself clothed better than naked, especially because my stomach isn't flat, and my breasts look much better in a bra, even though they're bigger now than pre-fat transfer. I'm not willing to get a tummy tuck to deal with my stomach, which I probably the only way to make it flat after three kids, and I don't think I will do another fat transfer, though I have enough fat left to do another one. I enclosed a few more pictures. Not great quality, but things look pretty similar. I circled the visible scar I have left from surgery on my back. Any other white marks are spots on the mirror!

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July 30, 2018
I'm wondering how your breast are now after several years? I'm considering fat transfer as well. Thanks