Fat Grafting for Breast Augmentation Making Headlines Again

A few weeks back we reported that the American Society of Plastic Surgeons okayed fat grafting for breast reconstruction, but yet again the notion of fat grafting for augmentation has made headlines. A symposium was held by Japanese surgeons to discover ways to fat-graft properly for breast augmentation. However, ASPS has warned about the possible risks involved with such a procedure.

ASPS physicians have outlined a number of negative factors correlated to fat-grafting for an augmentation.

"If fat grafted to the breast hardens after injection, it can interfere with mammograms. Hardened deposits of fat might also be mistaken for a cancerous growth."

Similarly fat-grafting is not adequate or appropriate for massively large augmentations, the best alternative for that is still silicone or saline implants. This may be the future for reconstruction, which only requires small inputs of fat, but probably not the wisest decision for augmentation because it is yet to be FDA approved.

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