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 the addition of fat breast. That is, lipofilling bust known to most women. It is about this procedure: its advantages and disadvantages that we will discuss today.
Grafting fat under a microscope
The method is based on "catching two birds with one stone":
- Removal of adipose tissue from problem areas of the body.
- Transplanting them in the area of the mammary glands.
Thus, you get a lush torso and a thin line of hips, legs or a toned belly. It is from these places that much-needed fat is extracted. Surgeons advise the use of the liposuction method. Forming the body by removing or inserting fat accumulations into itself has been practiced for over a century. Modern technologies make it as safe as possible for patients.
The main condition for a positive result from this procedure is to keep adipose tissue stable during their transfer. "Dead fat" not only will not improve your shape by being digested. But it can also provoke the growth of connective tissue at the transplant site (fibrosis).
And this process significantly complicates the hardware methods of studying the condition of the mammary glands and can cause overdiagnosis of neoplasm growth in this area. That is, the issue of proper liposuction and proper transplantation is not far off. In order for the procedure to be successful, it is performed in sterile conditions using special equipment.
At all stages of its application, the contact of adipose tissue with oxygen is not allowed to avoid oxidation of the latter.
Advantages of the procedure
Lipofilling is an operation, albeit a mini. It can be performed under local or general anesthesia. The former is preferred for the patient's cardiovascular system. Its main advantages are:
- minimal invasiveness / trauma (compared to endoprosthetics);
- high "donor" tissue survival rate;
- minimal risk of allergy (compared to the introduction of fillers, even based on hyaluronan). Allergy may be to anesthetic drugs;
- lack of visually recognizable wounds, even subtle wounds;
- 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, remodel the breast if necessary;
- restore asymmetry in the congenital / acquired defect of forms;
- the use of your fat is permissible even when other methods are contraindicated;
- to correct the shape of the breast after removal of the implant, operations on the mammary gland. Such an option is often used by elderly patients and young women when it is impossible to replace / install an endoprosthesis (for example, a material allergy);
- relatively short rehabilitation period;
- complete naturalness of mammary gland shapes after manipulation and natural sensations on palpation;
- an additional bonus from the procedure is tissue regeneration at the site of injection of the fatty material.
Proponents 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 every organism is unique. With good tissue planting, the result can last for 5-10 years. Provided you do not gain and lose weight or get pregnant.
After pregnancy, correction is likely to be needed. But there are also known cases where in some patients the injected adipose tissue actually sank at 1. 5-2 years. And the volumes returned to the previous unsatisfactory ones.
Before deciding on the procedure or abandoning it, evaluate the results of bust growth with your fat in the picture.
Limitations of lipofilling
Growing a bust with your fat has a number of limitations and disadvantages:
- ability to increase volume by only 0. 5-1 size for procedure (pump in about 150-200 ml of fat);
- risk of resorption of injected fat after 0. 5-2 years;
- difficulty of surgery for very thin women (lack of material);
- presence of contraindications (absolute and relative);
- the possibility of the death of a portion of the fatty material during its introduction and the development of fibrosis foci in this area, which reduces the reliability of the hardware methods for breast examination;
- a little preparation is required before lipophilization (quitting smoking, drinking alcohol, taking medications that affect blood clotting).
An additional disadvantage of the procedure is its relatively high cost. If repeated courses of fat injection are required, it may be more expensive than endoprosthetics.
Indications for the procedure
The introduction of subcutaneous fat from other parts of the body into the breast is indicated:
- with lack of tissue for prosthesis implantation (covering its edges with existing tissue);
- a woman’s unwillingness to resort to endoprosthetics;
- the need for a small correction in case of deterioration of tissue condition after pregnancy, breastfeeding, hormonal crisis, sharp weight loss.
Some women practice lipofilling as a trial intervention. They look at what the breast will look like, how much it needs to be enlarged before deciding on endoprosthetics.
When is the procedure not recommended?
Absolute contraindications include:
- with serious somatic disease (heart disease);
- mental disorders;
- endocrine diseases (diabetes);
- with the growth of tumors;
- some systemic diseases;
- blood pathology.
To contain the change in shape with your fat for a while you need:
- during menstrual bleeding;
- with chronic pathology during an exacerbation;
- in case of an infectious disease (in its acute period);
- during pregnancy and lactation. You can return to the issue of breast augmentation 12 months after stopping breastfeeding.
After recovery, achieving a lasting remission and cessation of menstruation, lipophilic filling 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 bad effect on the consistency of the procedure result.
Stages of lipo filling
The manipulation of changing the size of the bust with the help of your fat is done in 3 stages:
- material sampling (liposuction);
- cleansing it of impurities (for example, blood);
- in fact lipofilling or "pumping" of the breast with subcutaneous fat, removed with the help of vacuum suction from the problem areas.
A few hours after the procedure, the patient can safely go home.
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The rehabilitation period includes:
- wearing special underwear, then a bra with wide straps to prevent mastoptosis (fabrics should be "accustomed" to the new weight and volume of the breast);
- restriction of physical activity;
- avoiding exposure to temperature;
- rejection of manual impact on the chest area for 1-2 months after the procedure.
After lipofilling, discomfort may be felt for the first time in the breast area, the breast may swell slightly and hematomas form in the piercing area. These phenomena are classified as normal. They pass by themselves fairly quickly. The primary rehabilitation period ends in 2-4 weeks.
Until the puncture sites heal, they are treated with a local antiseptic as instructed by a physician. It will be possible to fully evaluate the lipofilling result in six months.