Women do not only go for breast augmentation surgery simply because they wish to change the size or shape of their breasts. In some cases, women receive implants after their natural breasts are removed in a process called a 'mastectomy'. This is usually a result of breast cancer or other medical conditions. In this case, breast augmentation surgery actually becomes breast reconstruction, and implants are absolutely necessary to be insert.
While the most preferred route for reconstructed breast is saline or silicone implants, there is a new method of breast reconstruction emerging. It basically a procedure where fat injected into the breast using a grafting method. If you are new to the term, Let’s find out what it means.
What is Breast Fat Grafting?
In its simplest form, fat grafting is taking some amount of fat from an area of your body (usually thigh or stomach) and redistributing it into the breast area. Your doctor will determine to remove fat from those parts of your body, such as the stomach, buttocks or thighs by using a method like liposuction. For a surgeon to get a natural-looking breast shape, they will take the removed fat and inject it back into the body in a liquid form. Your doctors will suggest multiple fat grafting sessions if you are interested in achieving an increase in certain breast size.
Using fat grafting technology to recreate the breast tissue is a relatively new idea. This is very important to keep in mind. If you are seeking reconstruction surgery, the idea of traditional breast implants can be intimidating. One might think creating new breast from your own fat seems far less risky. While there are some benefits to breast fat grafting, there are some downsides as well that you should know beforehand.
Pros
Unlike traditional implants, surgeons will not have to place a foreign object into your body. Fat grafting simply means taking your own natural body fat to reconstruct or enhance the breast instead of saline or silicon implant.
The fat used for the procedure needs to come from somewhere. A doctor will suggest certain areas of fat that are best suited to be removed from your body during a surgery consultation.
Along with gaining natural looking breasts, you can lose fat from problem areas as well.
With this procedure, there is a natural decreasing sensation in the breast area.
Patients can expect the breast to feel natural after the procedure.
Cons
The technology has not been around long enough. There are no long term studies or statistics available. In return, this means that the appearance result will not hold long term.
Doctors will require multiple sessions of operation to get your desired results.
Your body might re-absorb the fat cells over time. This means that as a result, your breasts can lose volume and there is small chance of uneven appearance.
Removing fat from an area can prevent flap reconstruction in the future.
In some patients, there is a possibility of necrosis.
Due to surgical research, there is a concern that breast fat grafting can result in breast cancer.
Conclusion
If you are interested in breast augmentation surgery with fat grafting for reconstructive or cosmetic reasons, we hope you gained knowledgeable information about the procedure from this post. If you would like to get further information, contact us to schedule an appointment to speak with our knowledgeable plastic surgeons. We would love to help you determine if breast fat grafting is a good option for you.
Why Is It Effective for Revision
Breast Augmentation?
As more women want a curvy body shape lately
instead of a skinny body,
the market of breast augmentation surgery is getting
bigger and bigger every year.
However, revision case due to
unsatisfactory result has also increased
as the demand gets higher.
The reasons
for revision breast augmentation are capsular contraction, asymmetry, size or
feeling of implant, dissatisfaction with shape, etc.
Especially capsular
contraction is the most common reason
for a revision breast augmentation.
It
causes when a human body recognizes the inserted implant
as a foreign body and
forms irregular capsular contraction
which makes the body parts around the
implant get hard.
Nowadays Motiva implant which highlights
the advantages
and improves the disadvantages of existing implants is getting popular.
The Motiva Ergonomix is an implant that combined smooth and texture types
together.
It significantly reduced the possibility of capsular contraction
with
the coat sophisticatedly produced.
Its silicone gel with prominent viscoelasticity
produced
through ergonomic technique creates a natural movement as gravity goes
and
shapes like a real breasts.
It naturally spreads if lied down and it shapes
like a teardrop if stood,
so people are able to feel more natural and
confident.
In fact, the international American plastic
surgery paper ‘ASJ (Aesthetic Surgery Journal)’
recently published the clinical
test result of Motiva Ergonomix
that says it does not cause capsular
contraction, double capsule, delayed serous species, persistent swelling, and rippling.
It also says that the bio friendly implant which copied human surface base
layer
reduces side effects after surgery.
The various techniques applied for safety also
draw an eye.
There is UDI (The Unique Device Identification) inserted inside of
Motiva
which guarantees safety information.
The UDI is safe inside of a human
body and allows to check surgery information
such as when and how the implant
was inserted through the unique code
which a portable reader can read when it’s
close.
It should be carefully considered when choosing
a clinic,
since only clinically approved plastic surgery clinics with plentiful
experiences can operate a breast augmentation with Motiva.
It is important to
get consultation in detail with professional plastic surgeon first
since not
only the type of implant but also individual chest shape, skin condition,
and fat
position have to be grasped.
Dr. Jaesang Barn from BANOBAGI said “Motiva
is effective
for revision breast augmentation due to low possibility of side
effects
such as capsular contraction and riffling and highly preferred by people
with thin skin or skinny body. Only officially approved plastic surgery clinic
can supply Motiva,
so making sure to look if the clinic is designated
and also
its safety system and post-operative care programs.”
Nose affects overall appearance because it
is in the center of our face, so people who has an arrow headed, bulbous, or
flat nose would have considered of getting a rhinoplasty.
Especially a bulbous nose looks dull and
not trendy unlike some old Asian people have believed it brings luck in physiognomic
perception. Many of Korean people have this bulbous nose with dull looking nose
tip and wide alar width. Alarplasty will be the best solution for the bulbous
nose.
Alarplasty narrows down the nose width to
make it look slimmer and trendy. The method is effective for big or asymmetrical
nostrils and wide or thick nose tip. There are both incisional and
non-incisional methods for alar reduction, and it is decided by desired nose
shape and how long it lasts.
If a nose is excessively wide or when
nostrils have to be corrected, incisional method is recommended. The incisional
method in old days incised around the nose alar, and it was possible to leave
some scars. However, it is changed to incise the inner side of nostrils for
reduction nowadays which leaves almost no scars outside.
Non-incisional alar reduction tends to be
more simple and has quick recovery advantage without scar compared to
incisional method. This method is proper for students or workers with limited
time. Non-incisional alar reduction pulls nose alar with thread through a
micro-sized hole to create a slimmer and sharper nose shape. Revising is also
simple and easy if the result is not satisfactory.
However, this non-incisional method will not
be effective for a thick nose or the case of nostrils that are far apart due to
its limited range that can be reduced without making an incision. It also may
be inconvenient because it requires several regular treatments to maintain the
shape improved through melting thread if it melts inside of body after a certain
period of time.
Reducing the below nose alar through
minimal incision and tying the nose alar together through elastic thread will
be effective for the case. Treatment using elastic thread lasts semi-permanent, and the elasticity of the thread is similar to ligaments of the human body which creates natural result while smiling or talking.
The height of nose, length, shape of tip, and
the width of nasal bridge need to be considered for a rhinoplasty. It is
important to find an ideal nose shape suitable for individual features
balancing together.
Nowadays alarplasty and tipplasty focusing
on a specific area is getting popular rather than simple augmentation
procedure. A surgical method customized to individual nose condition after
thorough consultation with doctor is necessary since excessive transformation
may break the facial balance and nose function.
No one will hate to hear someone saying
'you look young'.
People are keen to improve their appearance to look younger
as the young face boom has been continued.
Aging process occurs differently depending
on individual condition, however,
it became possible to slow down the pace when
it's well cared of.
It is also the reason why anti-aging realm
got quickly grown.
Wrinkles and elasticity are the criterion
of aging.
Especially, when wrinkles reside on forehead or the bridge of nose
and eyelids get severely droopy and saggy,
a person look a lot older than their
actual age and also either dull or too fierce. Forehead lifting surgery is the
key to those aging symptoms on upper face.
Forehead lifting is literally a
surgery that solves the root cause of wrinkles
by pulling up the forehead skin.
Forehead lifting not only improves the
forehead and frown lines
but also makes easier to open eyes by lifting the
saggy forehead skins up.
People with droopy eyelids tend to have saggy forehead
skins coming down to eyelids, and it is the main reason for eyelids to become
droopy rather than eyelids itself to blame.
For the case, forehead lifting with
upper blepharoplasty together is the method
for a definite improvement.
Lately forehead lifting is often operated
using Endotine which is a special fixing instrument.
Forehead lifting with
Endotine allows minimized incision site
for less scarring by using endoscope.
Endotine which is specially created for
forehead lifting is inserted inside of scalp
to pull up the saggy skins then
fixate.
Endotine is approved for its safety by U.S.
FDA
because it is naturally absorbed into the body within 1 year without
irritation.
It is also effective to lift up and fixate the soft tissues due to
the wedge shaped barbs, and its effect lasts semi-permanent.
There are several hospitals that use fake
Endotine after the method got popular.
Even though the imitation is cheaper
than the authentic product,
the result may show the difference since it is not
a real product.
Dr. Jaesang Barn from BANOBAGI Plastic Surgery
Hospital said
"It is more important to make sure if the hospital uses
approved authentic product
for a safe result than deciding by their price offer
when considering where to get a plastic surgery.
Forehead lifting is one of the
surgeries that people actually get great satisfaction
with almost no side
effect or complications after surgery.”
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