American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Post your question to Ask a Surgeon to get an authoritative and trustworthy answer from our ASPS member surgeons or share your journey with other people just like you on the Patient Community. The views expressed in Ask a Surgeon and the Patient Community are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Share your journey with other people just like you on the Patient Community or post your question to Ask a Surgeon to get an authoritative and trustworthy answer from our ASPS member surgeons. The views expressed in Ask a Surgeon and the Patient Community are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Post your question to Ask a Surgeon to get an authoritative and trustworthy answer from our ASPS member surgeons

or share your journey with other people just like you on the Patient Community. The views expressed in Ask a Surgeon and the Patient Community are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Share your journey with other people just like you on the Patient Community

or post your question to Ask a Surgeon to get an authoritative and trustworthy answer from our ASPS member surgeons. The views expressed in Ask a Surgeon and the Patient Community are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation

Breast Augmentation with Fat Grafting

Fat transfer breast augmentation uses liposuction to take fat from other parts of your body and inject it to enhance the breasts.

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What are the risks of fat transfer breast augmentation?

Fat transfer breast augmentation risks include:

Cysts
Infection
Microcalcification
Necrosis (death) of fat cells
Possibility that some of the transferred fat cells will leave the breast area

Your plastic surgeon may also have you use a tissue expansion system during the weeks before your breast augmentation surgery to improve your results. You may have to have touch-up injections to retain your improved shape if you choose this surgery.

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Breast augmentation is one of the most popular procedures in plastic surgery, but when you think of it, you probably picture using implants to enhance the size and shape of the breasts. This is the most common option for breast augmentation, but there is an alternative procedure that is gaining popularity – fat transfer.
Is it time to replace your breast implants? Daisy Brumby
Surgical options for uneven breasts Shahram Salemy, MD, FACS

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In the latest Plastic Surgeons Talking About Their Plastic Surgery, Karen Horton, MD, shares her own breast augmentation journey with Jamie Moenster, DO, discussing why the subglandular position was best for her and why she's feeling more proportional.
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