Breast augmentation with lipofilling is popular. This can be explained by the fact that it combines both body shaping (liposuction) and augmentation mammoplasty, also allowing to correct the shape of the breast. Also, after that, scars and scars do not remain on the skin as the skin is not broken. The operation is performed under general anesthesia and requires some preparation in the form of a medical exam and lifestyle changes.
Indications and Contraindications
Lipofilling, or the procedure to increase the shape of the body with its fat, has recently attracted more and more attention from women. It becomes especially relevant to change the shape of the breast. One of the main reasons is that the procedure can address a wide range of problems associated with deteriorating bust appearance:
- Breast deformity after weight loss or pregnancy.
- Surgical intervention in oncology.
- Natural aging.
- Elimination of asymmetry.
- The need for shape correction after the introduction of silicone implants.
- The chest is small in shape.
Lipofilling, like any intervention in the body, carries certain risks.
Contraindications:
- menstruation period.
- Endocrine system diseases.
- Inflammatory processes in the body.
- Skin diseases.
- Oncological Pathologies.
The lipofilling procedure is carried out no earlier than a year after the end of breastfeeding.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of lipofilling include:
- Relative safety and almost complete absence of skin violations.
- The absence of a long rehabilitation process in a hospital.
- The result of the operation can be easily corrected.
- The possibility of simultaneous liposuction and breast correction.
- No complications and good tolerability.
- Correction of unsatisfactory results in the installation of breast implants.
- Achieve a natural breast shape with smooth transitions.
Disadvantages of the method:
- The need to have an adequate supply of body fat.
- Almost inevitable need for additional correction.
- Rapid resorption of donor tissue.
- Possibility to increase the bust in a maximum of 2 sizes.
Possible complications:
- Suppuration of the injected adipose tissue.
- The formation of fibrous elements that can lead to breast deformity.
- limestone accumulation.
- causing thrombus.
- Swelling.
- Tissue death.
- Violation of sensitivity.
- The appearance of pigmentation spots.
Patients are afraid that any breast correction procedure will provoke oncological processes. However, breast lipofilling is not a cause of cancer.
Such concerns arise due to the fact that after surgery, mammography can show the presence of formations that at first glance look like malignant tumors. However, they are actually limestone formations that have arisen due to interference. Therefore, the procedure must first be notified to the doctor performing the examination.
After lipofilling, you can breastfeed newborns. This procedure will not affect the natural process of breastfeeding.
Comparison of silicone implants and lipofilling
There are a number of differences between lipofilling and breast augmentation with implants.
| Operation type | anesthesia | Material | skin violation | Result | rehabilitation period | size restrictions | duration of effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lipofilling | general or combined | patient's fat cells | Small round marks where the material was removed | natural breasts | 1 day | Enlarge by a maximum of 2 sizes | up to 3 years |
| breast plastic surgery | Generally | artificial prosthesis | Oblong incisions that leave scars | Unnatural breast appearance - artificially sourced roundness is clearly visible under the skin | Prolonged, requires a break from professional activity | No | about 8 years |
Preparing for the operation
A lot of attention should be paid to choosing a plastic surgery clinic. If possible, you need to visit the facility, inspect the operating room equipment, and assess the professionalism of the staff. If the clinic cannot provide an experienced anesthesiologist, do not use their services. Signs of a good clinic:
- The presence of everything necessary for the patient's postoperative recovery.
- Requirement of a series of mandatory exams before the procedure.
- High quality anesthesia, after which the patient does not experience prolonged discomfort.
- The operation is performed by a mammologist, that is, a highly specialized specialist.
- sterile instruments.
- Availability of qualified support staff.
- Follow-up of the patient after surgery throughout the recovery period.
The positive result of the operation depends on the qualification of the plastic surgeon. It is advisable to carefully study your resume and look for job reviews.
At the initial consultation, the doctor must know all the details about the patient's health status and carry out an examination. It explains what the procedure is like, what the consequences can be and what results can be achieved. It is important that after meeting him, trust arises and doubts disappear.
Before lipofilling, you will have to give up bad habits (smoking and drinking alcohol) a few months before the operation. Otherwise, the rehabilitation process will be postponed indefinitely.
It is also worth stopping taking medications that affect blood clotting; the best known of these is aspirin. During the preparation period, diets and stress should be avoided, which can negatively affect weight and reduce body fat.
Before the procedure, as before any operation, you need to undergo an examination: donate blood and urine, do ECG, fluorography, mammography, ultrasound of the mammary glands. After that, the therapist must issue a conclusion about the state of health and readiness of the body.
performing the procedure
The patient must remove makeup, wash cosmetics (including lotions and tonics), clean the nail from artificial coatings.
The operation lasts within two hours and takes place in three stages:
- The donor material (adipose tissue) is taken from the thighs, abdomen and buttocks. The tubes are inserted into small incisions in the skin, through which it is pumped with a syringe. Damage to blood vessels and nerve endings with this material collection method is impossible.
- An important step is the processing and purification of the material for the operation. It is separated from blood, dead cells and pain relievers. If this is not done, the body may reject these cells.
- In the last step, the material is administered by subcutaneous injection or in the intermuscular spaces. The layer of material introduced must be located in the form of honeycombs. This is important, otherwise the fabric will not rise and give volume.
Lipofilling is performed only for minor changes in breast shape or size. For more severe volumes, correction with breast implants is recommended.
As the operation takes place under general anesthesia, the patient is under the supervision of doctors for one more day.
It is best to evaluate the result in six months: in this period, the shape of the breast will change. Only after this time can the introduced material be considered to have taken root and be included in the work of the body.
The result obtained with lipofilling can be seen in 2-3 years. At the end of the term, only 30-40% of the initial amount of tissue from the donor remains. To consolidate the effect after 6 months, corrective procedures are carried out, which consist of the introduction of additional material by injection.
Postoperative
The speed of recovery after surgery is affected by the patient's age and lifestyle. After the operation, a small pain in the bust area can be disturbing, in which you can take a pain reliever. The patient is not bothered by scarring in the chest area as only fine needles are used for injections. Only liposuction leaves scars, but their diameter is usually no more than 3 mm. Swelling and bruising disappear after about three weeks. To prevent the inflammatory process, the patient is given a course of antibiotics.
The procedure does not affect performance, so you can start working the next day after the operation. After that, you cannot engage in physical and sports work, in which the load is distributed on the parts of the body involved in cosmetic surgery. The walk doesn't have to be long. You can't sunbathe in the solarium and stay in the sun for a long time.
Marked weight loss after lipofilling contributes to a significant reduction in adipose tissue, so you need to monitor your weight. It must not differ significantly from the level at the time of operation. If asymmetry occurs, a corrective procedure is performed (not earlier than six months).
Doctors' opinions and patient comments
Doctors' opinions about breast lipofilling differ. However, everyone agrees that it is better to carry out the operation strictly according to the indications, and not just at the request of the patient.
In addition, there are experts who practice using stem cells as donor material. They explain this by the fact that this fabric takes root 50% better. Others are against this approach and work only with fat cells.
Some women who have had the surgery report feeling unwell after the anesthesia, but it goes away within a day. Many are also confused by the need for re-correction and, in fact, completely in vain, as this allows to correct the result.
There are enough reviews in which the long-term effect of the procedure is observed. There are also disappointed patients, whose breasts, on the contrary, very quickly returned to their former shape.
If a woman is prone to the accumulation of fatty tissue in the lower body, the breast will lose volume more quickly after surgery.