Fat transfer for breast aug

Fat

transfer breast augmentation risks include:

• Cysts
• Infection
• Microcalcification
• Necrosis (death) of fat cells
• Possibility that some of the transferred fat cells will leave the breast area

Your plastic surgeon may also have you use a tissue expansion system during the weeks before your breast augmentation surgery to improve your results. You may have to have touch-up injections to retain your improved shape if you choose this surgery.

How is fat grafting/transfer for breast enhancement/augmentation done? 
Fat grafting for breast augmentation consists of two separate procedures done on the same day. 

The First Procedure - Removing Fat Tissue
You are administered the required dosage of local anesthesia.The doctor then manually removes fat tissue from parts of your body where fat is not desired such as, thighs, belly, and buttocks through liposuction, which is minimally invasive.

The Second Procedure - Fat Tissue Is Injected Into Breasts

The harvested fat tissue is processed; which involves separating unwanted components such as blood, oil, and water.

Following that, the doctor injects the fat tissue with the help of very fine needles into the areas of the breasts which need enhancement. The fat cells are injected into multiple areas of the breasts to enhance the results of the fat transfer.

Are there any side effects of fat transfer for breast enhancement/augmentation?
Fat transfer or grafting for breast augmentation/enhancement is an area in which extensive studies need to be conducted still. This procedure is currently not FDA approved.

Some side effects that have been observed are:

formation of oil cysts or calcification which can occur if the injected fat cells do not survive in the breasts. This can happen as the breast tissue is very different from fat.  For injected fat to survive in the breast tissue, the fat has to be very carefully and evenly distributed. When calcifications occur, they can be seen on mammograms, which may interfere with breast cancer detection.
stimulation of cell growth by the fat cells after the fat cells are injected, which doctors fear may cause dormant breast cancer cells to grow.
the injected fat cells may get reabsorbed by the body, which may result in the loss of breast volume over time. This is usually a long-term effect.