Most people may be familiar with fat transfer because of its use in procedures like the Brazilian Butt Lift. However, fat transfer can boost volume in other places on your body, including your breasts. Fat transfer breast augmentation uses liposuction to harvest fat from areas like your abdomen, waist, or thighs and strategically place that excess fat into your breasts.

Restore Volume and Shape to Your Breasts

Many women lose volume in their breasts due to pregnancy and breastfeeding, weight fluctuations, and age. Fat transfer breast augmentation restores volume to the areas of your breasts that need it most and reshapes them, giving you the rounder breasts you enjoyed in your youth.

Create Symmetry for Your Breasts

Most women know that their breasts aren’t perfectly symmetrical. However, some women may have more pronounced asymmetry than others. Fat transfer breast augmentation can restore balance and symmetry to your breasts with just a few injections.

Eliminate Fat in Other Areas of Your Body

One of the biggest advantages of fat transfer breast augmentation is that you can slim problem areas on your figure while you enhance your breasts. Because fat transfer uses your own fat to plump up your breasts, your surgeon harvests the fat from other areas of your body, contouring and sculpting your silhouette even further.

All-Natural Results

Since fat transfer breast augmentation uses material from your body to enhance your breasts, the risk of complications is extremely low. Because no synthetic materials are used, you won’t have to worry about experiencing common complications like capsular contracture.

Good candidates for fat transfer breast augmentation are nonsmokers in good overall health. Ideal candidates for fat transfer breast augmentation include those who:

• Want a natural way to augment their breasts
• Wish to increase their breasts by one cup size
• Want to address asymmetry in their breasts
• Are finished having children
• Have realistic expectations for their results
• Have sufficient excess fat to harvest for fat transfer
• Have good breast skin

The best way to determine if you are a good candidate for fat transfer breast augmentation is by scheduling a consultation with Dr. Patel. He will examine you, discuss your goals, and work with you to create a customized treatment plan to offer you the best possible results.

Fat transfer breast augmentation is an outpatient procedure typically performed under general anesthesia.

Liposuction

Once you are comfortably under anesthesia, Dr. Patel makes small incisions into the areas selected for fat removal. He inserts a thin, hollow tube into the incisions and carefully dislodges the fat cells, suctioning them into sterile canisters.

Fat Purification

Once Dr. Patel has removed the fat he needs for your fat transfer breast augmentation, the fat undergoes purification. It is processed in a centrifuge or cylinder, separating healthy fat cells from other fluids and impurities. This step ensures that only the most viable fat cells are used for your breast enhancement, increasing the potential for a successful, lasting augmentation.

Fat Transfer

After the fat is purified, it is precisely injected into strategic locations to restore your breasts’ volume, shape, and contour. Dr. Patel uses his expertise in fat transfer procedures to give your breasts the desired volume, projection, and balance for a beautiful result.

Although recovery after fat transfer breast augmentation is less extensive than breast augmentation with implants, you will still need to take some time to heal before returning to work and other activities. You will experience swelling, bruising, and discomfort in the areas where you received liposuction, but these symptoms will resolve.

You will likely wear a special surgical bra to protect and support your breasts as you recover, as well as compression garments in the areas where the fat was harvested. The compression garments help minimize swelling, provide support, and assist your body in settling into its new shape.

Most patients can return to work several days after their surgery, though you should refrain from any strenuous activity for at least four weeks or until cleared by Dr. Patel. You will want to engage in gentle movement (such as walking) while you heal, as it encourages blood flow and helps prevent blood clots from forming

Although you will see some immediate improvement after your fat transfer breast augmentation procedure, you will have some swelling and bruising that will affect the appearance of your results.

Over the following months, the transplanted fat cells will establish themselves and attach to a blood supply in your breasts. Once the swelling has subsided and your body adjusts to its new contours, you can enjoy your final results—typically around two to three months after your surgery.

When choosing a surgeon for fat transfer breast augmentation, you should select someone highly skilled, trained, and experienced specifically in fat transfer breast augmentation. The procedure requires meticulous surgical expertise and an artistic eye for optimal results. With Dr. Prem Patel’s artistic eye, attention to detail, and commitment to personalized care, you’ll be in capable hands from start to finish and WOW’d by your results. Call us today at (833) DR WOW MD to schedule your consultation or complete the online contact form.