Have you come across such an incomprehensible term as fat grafting and want to know what kind of procedure? There is nothing easier than getting an answer to this question. This is fat breast augmentation. That is, bust lipofilling known to most women. It is about this procedure: its advantages and disadvantages that we are going to discuss today.
Fat grafting under a microscope
The method is based on "catching two birds with one stone":
- Removal of fatty tissue from problem areas of the body.
- His transplant in the area of the mammary glands.
Thus, you get a lush bust and a slender line of the hips, legs or a toned belly. It is from these places that much-needed fat is extracted. Surgeons advise using the liposuction method. Body shaping by removing or introducing one's own accumulations of fat has been practiced for more than a century. Modern technologies make it as safe as possible for patients.
The main condition for a positive result of this procedure is to keep the adipose tissue viable during its transfer. Not only will "dead fat" not improve its shape as it dissolves. But it can also lead to the growth of connective tissue at the transplant site (fibrosis).
And this process significantly complicates the hardware methods for studying the state of the mammary glands and can cause an overdiagnosis of the growth of neoplasms in this area. In other words, the question of proper liposuction and transplantation is by no means far-fetched. For the procedure to be successful, it is carried out under sterile conditions using special equipment.
In all stages of its implementation, contact of adipose tissue with oxygen is not allowed to prevent oxidation of the latter.
Advantages of the procedure
Lipofilling is an operation, even a small one. It can be done under local or general anesthesia. The former is preferred for the cardiovascular system of the patient. Its main advantages are:
- minimal invasiveness / trauma (compared to stents);
- high survival rate of "donor" tissues;
- minimal risk of allergy (compared to the introduction of fillers, even based on hyaluron). The allergy may be to anesthetic drugs;
- lack of visually recognizable scars, even thin scars;
- the ability to "order" the shape of the breast, after a few months repeat the procedure if necessary to increase the bust by more than 1 size, reshape the breast if necessary;
- restore asymmetry in congenital / acquired shape defects;
- the use of your own fat is allowed even when other methods are contraindicated;
- to correct the shape of the breast after implant removal, operations on the mammary gland. Often times, elderly patients and young women take advantage of this opportunity when it is impossible to replace / install a stent (for example, an allergy to the material);
- relatively short rehabilitation period;
- complete naturalness of the shapes of the mammary glands after manipulation and natural sensations on palpation;
- An additional advantage of the procedure is the rejuvenation of the tissues at the injection site of adipose material.
Supporters of the method claim that fat grafting provides a long-term, almost lifelong result. Opponents say a second procedure will be required in a maximum of 2 years. The truth is that each organism is unique. With a good tissue graft, the result can persist for 5 to 10 years. As long as you don't gain or lose weight or get pregnant.
After pregnancy, it may need to be corrected. But cases are also known in which in some patients the adipose tissues actually injected were absorbed in 1. 5-2 years. And the volumes reverted to unsatisfactory previous ones.
Before deciding on the procedure or abandoning it, evaluate the results of increasing the bust with your own fat in the photo.
Limitations of lipofilling
Increasing the bust with your fat has a series of limitations and disadvantages:
- the ability to increase volume by only 0. 5-1 size per procedure (pump approximately 150-200 ml of fat);
- the risk of reabsorption of the injected fat after 0. 5-2 years;
- difficulty of surgery for very thin women (lack of material);
- the presence of contraindications (absolute and relative);
- the possibility of the death of a part of the fatty material during its introduction and the development of fibrosis foci in this area, which reduces the reliability of hardware methods for examining the breast;
- Some preparation is required before lipofilling (quitting smoking, drinking alcohol, taking medications that affect blood clotting).
An additional disadvantage of the procedure is its relatively high cost. If repeated cycles of fat injection are required, it can be more expensive than stents.
Indications for the procedure
The introduction of subcutaneous fat from other parts of the body into the breast is shown:
- with lack of tissue for implantation of the prosthesis (covering its edges with existing tissue);
- the unwillingness of a woman to resort to endoprostheses;
- the need for a small correction in case of deterioration of the condition of the tissue after pregnancy, lactation, hormonal crisis, sudden weight loss.
Some women practice lipofilling as a trial intervention. They look at how the breast will look, how much it needs to be enlarged before deciding on the endoprosthesis.
When is the procedure not recommended?
Absolute contraindications include:
- with severe somatic ailments (heart disease);
- mental disorders;
- endocrine ailments (diabetes);
- with the growth of tumors;
- some systemic diseases;
- blood pathology.
To refrain from shapeshifting with your own fat for a while, you should:
- during menstrual bleeding;
- with chronic pathologies during an exacerbation;
- in the case of an infectious disease (in its acute period);
- during pregnancy and lactation. You can get back to the topic of breast augmentation 12 months after you stop breastfeeding.
Upon recovery, achieving a stable remission and cessation of menstruation, lipofilling for relatively healthy women becomes quite affordable. You should not enlarge your breasts this way if you are addicted to cigarettes. Smoking has a very negative effect on the durability of the result of the procedure.
Stages of lipofilling
The same manipulation of changing the size of the bust with the help of your fat is carried out in 3 stages:
- material sampling (liposuction);
- cleanse it of impurities (for example, blood);
- actually lipofilling or "pumping" of the breast with subcutaneous fat, which is removed with the help of vacuum suction from problem areas.
A few hours after the procedure, the patient can safely go home.
Rehabilitation
The rehabilitation period involves:
- wear special underwear, then a bra with wide straps to prevent mastoptosis (fabrics must "get used to" the new weight and volume of the breast);
- limit physical activity;
- avoid exposure to temperature;
- rejection of manual impact on the chest area for 1-2 months after the procedure.
After lipofilling, you may feel discomfort for the first time in the breast area, the breast may swell a little and bruises form at the puncture site. These phenomena are classified as normal. They go on their own pretty quickly. The primary rehabilitation period ends in 2-4 weeks.
Until the puncture sites heal, they are treated with a local antiseptic as directed by a physician. It will be possible to fully evaluate the result of lipofilling in six months.