Natural Breast Augmentation: Rochester, NY

Patients often ask "why can't you take the extra fat from my abdomen or thighs and put it in my breasts?" Dr. Koenig has performed fat transfer to the buttock and other parts of the body for many years with great success but until recently the safety of fat transfer to the breast was not known. Recently, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons carefully studied and approved the use of fat grafting for breast augmentation and stated that it "can be considered a safe method of augmentation."

Exactly like the technique for autologous fat grafting to others parts of the body, this technique involves removing unwanted fat from one or several areas of the body and transferring it to the breasts. The fat is removed with very gentle, low-vacuum suction using a special cannula (thin tube) to protect the living fat cells. The fat cells are then purified, and inserted into the breast with a technique known as microfat grafting. The size of the breast can thus be increased moderately and the shape improved. Natural breast augmentation does not require the use of implants since you are using your body's own tissue.

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