Plastic surgeons have been successfully transplanting fat into the face for
many years. Body fat from other areas is suctioned out and injected into
the area you want to fill.
In the face, we found that a lotof the fat transplanted disappeared
over several months, although a small portion of it usually stays permanently.
If it works in the face, why not do it in the breast?
Fat has been used as a natural breast implant
material. We feared, however, that in the breast a special problem
occurred.
This fat formed little calcium deposits called
"calcifications"
that looked exactly like breast cancer on mammograms!
Transplanting fat into the breast could make it more difficult to follow your
breast for breast cancer with mammograms. Given the fact that approximately one out of every eight women will get
breast cancer, this is a reasonable fear. Lately, however, there are studies showing that this may be an unfounded fear. Many plastic surgeons now feel that it is ok to "proceed with caution". This means watching the breast more carefully after with either mammograms or MRI.
I feel that because only a very modest increase is usually seen and the future of the safety issue is a bit uncertain, that implants are actually safer. While certainly not the "perfect" solution, in my opinion breast
implants remain the least reactive and safest way to accomplish significant breast
enlargement today.
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