Fat transfer following breast reconstruction allows breast specialists and surgeons to correct any prior breast contouring irregularities that remain following breast reconstruction.
Surgeons routinely perform it following the removal of breast tissue in a mastectomy. Typically, they use a temporary implant known as an expander, which they inflate in a delayed manner to stretch the breast skin after cancer surgery has removed the breast tissue.
Once inflated, surgeons replace the expanders with permanent and much softer silicone implants. Breast implant reconstruction has limitations. It restores lost volume but doesn’t fix contour irregularities from mastectomy dissection variations with round silicone implants.
This is where it becomes crucial. Fat serves as a malleable material, which is employed to address residual contour irregularities. Surgeons can harvest fat from any body part with undesirable fat deposits. Fat transfer following breast reconstruction significantly enhances your overall breast and body contour.
Breast reconstruction revision should be performed by a trained breast specialist who is also a plastic surgery breast revision specialist. Breast surgery revision presents a unique challenge for surgeons as they are working on an unnatural canvas. The advantage of fat transfer following breast reconstruction is that it allows a plastic surgeon to fill in contour irregularities such as dents and divots that may be present.
The fat transfer gives the surgeon the flexibility to treat specific areas in the breast that areare unachievable through breast implants. This is an example of a fat transfer following breast augmentation. She showed breast asymmetry after her original reconstruction surgery with implants and had various unevenness in each breast.
Both breasts also showed signs of deflation. SurgiSculpt needed to utilize a fat transfer procedure using a closed-loop, pure graft system with VASER liposuction to treat both breasts independently. He also needed to replace the implants.
This resulted in the correction of the deflated look in both breasts. She also shows improved breast symmetry and overall appearance regarding shape and fullness.
If you have undergone breast restoration and are unhappy with the results, contact a board-certified Newport Beach plastic surgeon for a free consultation today—a fat transfer following a potential option for your revision surgery.
Breast reconstruction and fat transfer on 63-year-old female following bilateral breast reconstruction revision with implant replacement and fat grafting to improve breast shape.