| You may have heard reports over the past few | | | | as an outpatient procedure but recovery can take |
| years that a procedure has been developed that | | | | several months. |
| uses fat injections for cosmetic breast | | | | One downside of the lipoaugmentation method of |
| augmentation. Lipoaugmentation sounds like every | | | | breast augmentation is that recipients must wear |
| woman's dream - the chance the remove | | | | a tissue expander device for several weeks both |
| unwanted fat from someplace like the stomach | | | | before and after the surgery. This device is |
| or thighs and use it to add fullness to the breasts. | | | | designed to create room for the injected fat to |
| The procedure is usually performed by injecting | | | | go. During the studies, negative results were |
| small amounts of fat into several locations | | | | received from patients who did not properly use |
| throughout the breast to create a grafting effect. | | | | the device. Another downside is that breast |
| As would be expected, it has taken some time | | | | volume does remain stable as a woman gains or |
| for the risks of this procedure to be analyzed and | | | | loses weight. The procedure is not for women |
| for the procedure to be received in the medical | | | | who want dramatic results from breast |
| community. Concerns have been that it may | | | | augmentation as in most cases average retained |
| cause trouble with mammograms or that the fat | | | | enlargement was 1 - 1.5 cup sizes. |
| may be reabsorbed into the body. Recently | | | | Finding a doctor who has experience with this |
| released study results provide some good news. | | | | cutting-edge procedure may take some time and |
| First, the American Society of Plastic Surgery | | | | careful research. Additionally, not every woman |
| presented the results of a study of 50 recipients | | | | will be a good candidate for such a procedure - |
| finding that the procedure did not obscure | | | | only a consultation with your doctor can answer |
| mammography or otherwise interfere with cancer | | | | this question. In the near future, the best results |
| detection. A separate study found the same | | | | may still be found with proven implant materials, |
| results and both reported that patients were | | | | silicone and saline which offer a variety of |
| satisfied with both the look and feel of their | | | | placement options and shapes to provide great |
| breasts and the results of the liposuction following | | | | results. But for those who are patient and willing |
| this augmentation option. As with other cosmetic | | | | to make the effort, the results may well be well |
| procedures, lipoaugmentation is usually performed | | | | worth the wait. |