Breast augmentation with own fat (lipolifting)
Currently, breast augmentation with its own fat (lipolifting) is used as part of oncoplasty or separately to correct defects and asymmetry after breast cancer oncologic surgery. Its effectiveness, safety and technicality vary among institutions and the experience of individual surgeons.
Breast augmentation with own fat is the process of moving adipose tissue taken from a patient to change the shape of the mammary glands, their volume, and the tissue profile.
Until recently, breast augmentation operations were the main source of income for plastic surgery clinics. However, over time, the silicone breast boom began to fade. Artificial breast has ceased to be desirable and has lost its appeal in the eyes of women.
The stunning effect of lipofilling achieved by the cosmetic procedure is comparable only with 3D technology.
Breast augmentation with its own fat (lipolifting) is the correction (elimination) of defects on the patient’s chest glands by surgery.
The procedure is applied when there is a need to smooth the defects, traumatic or surgical, age-related or congenital.
Often, lipolifting helps to correct various shortcomings: eliminate wrinkles, cope with cellulite, or give breast attractive forms.
The operation is difficult to call this procedure, rather, it is a procedure similar to gel injections , where the filler is the patient's fat cells.
Plastic surgery considers breast augmentation as its own fat safe and minimally invasive procedure. Hundred years of experience does not prevent this operation to remain modern and in demand.
How is breast lipofilling performed?
Lipofilling of the mammary glands uses the patient’s fatty tissue. It compensates for deficiencies in the chest area, where it is necessary to form the desired contours.
This method has one very significant advantage. It does not leave scars, because the surgeon performs punctures only in places where fat usually accumulates.
Sometimes, along with this operation, other procedures are performed, such as liposuction .
Fat tissue is aspirated with a large syringe and cannula. The rounded end of the cannula does not cause any damage. And this is another advantage of this method.
The fat obtained during aspiration is subjected to special treatment in order to preserve fat cells, which in the future will provide a long-term effect. After the operation is completed, it remains to apply a surgical plaster to the sites where the procedures were performed. Later, the transplanted cells will be fed by blood vessels, and the result of the operation will continue for a long time. Using your own cells will eliminate unwanted side effects in the patient, such as rejection or allergic reactions.
Attention
Depending on the area of correction or the presence of a simultaneous operation, the choice of anesthesia will be made - local or general anesthesia. The patient can also make a choice of anesthesia method.
After lipofilling of the mammary glands, there is no need for special care, which means that there is no need for the patient to stay in the hospital for a long time. Most often, he can return home immediately after the procedure.
Breast augmentation surgery has a low invasiveness. After
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The surgeon introduces the patient more fat cells than is required, because a little more than half of them take root. So, the patient can finally evaluate the result obtained in about six months.
The following positive features of breast lipolifting can be distinguished:
- Rejection of its own fat tissue is impossible.
- Adipose tissue plays a dual role: from one problem area it will eliminate fat, and in the other it will compensate for its lack.
- There is no doubt in the rejuvenating and nourishing properties of transplanted adipose tissue.
- The complete absence of postoperative scars.
Even if the operation is performed by a highly qualified surgeon, the possibility of complications cannot be ruled out. You will learn about the problem that appears when there is a persistent soreness, decreased sensitivity of the operated area or elevated body temperature with a fever.
Important
You can avoid this complication, but you should be very careful about the warnings and advice of your doctor. Often the cause of complications is their failure to comply.
There is always a risk of asymmetry when fat is unevenly taken root , pigmentation appears in the places where fat was injected. In addition, there is a possibility that your body's fat is processed quickly, which means that updates will be delayed for a while.
The feasibility of this cosmetic surgery and today is questioned. First of all, because hyaluronic acid can successfully compete with autologous tissue. Both do not cause rejection of the immune system, both have a long "shelf life".
Breast plastic surgery with fat in breast cancer surgery
Plastic breast fat corrects soft tissue defects in many places, which is necessary not only in cosmetology, but also for surgical purposes. For breast surgery, lipolifting in this area is applicable in the following cases:
- Correction of defects and asymmetry after local intervention of a large area with or without radiotherapy.
- Improving the elasticity of soft tissue in the area of intervention.
- As a second operation after oncoplasty.
- Complete plastic of the breast.
- Scar repair.
