Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation

Fat transfer to breasts are an increasingly common procedure that can add natural fullness, firmness, and contour to the breasts without the use of breast implants. As they are your own tissue, they look, feel and move naturally. Hence, this is really a fat transfer breast augmentation without the possible risks of the need for the future removal of breast implants, implant capsular contracture, and implant leak, or implant asymmetry. By performing this fat transfer breast augmentation, you get the advantage of actually having breasts that are completely your own tissue, that can be precisely matched, and that your body won’t think is an implant. Fat transfer to breasts are also becoming more common for breast reconstruction in patients that have lost breast tissue or their complete breasts as a result of breast cancer.

Fat transfer to the breasts for fat transfer breast augmentation can generally increase the breast size by one or two cups. The fat is harvested from areas that generally seem to collect fat, as in the thighs, abdomen, and knees, as this resistant fat seems to be the most robust. The fat is then purified and precisely transferred to the breasts through very small incisions, being placed below, into, and above the pectoralis muscle, with care to avoid breast tissue as not to disrupt future mammograms. In patients with very small breasts. A BRAVA breast suction device should be worn a few months before the fat transfer to breasts to create more volume so that more fat can be injected. To stabilize the fat transfer breast augmentation, this BRAVA device is generally worn 2-4 weeks after the fat transfer to the breasts.