Fat Grafting: What Is It and Who Is It For? #shorts #fatgrafting #breastimplantillness

Name: Fat Grafting: What Is It and Who Is It For? #shorts #fatgrafting #breastimplantillness
Uploaded: 2023-08-17T13:30:05+00:00
Duration: 28 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this short video, the speaker explains that fat grafting is an optimal technique for breast reconstruction after cancer because the breast naturally…

17 Aug 2023 · 0 min

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In this short video, the speaker explains that fat grafting is an optimal technique for breast reconstruction after cancer because the breast naturally consists of both glandular tissue and fat, making it an anatomically appropriate method. The same technique can also be used as a primary aesthetic tool to increase breast size and fullness in patients without a cancer history, serving both reconstructive and cosmetic purposes.

Originally, fat grafting is the best for patients who've had breast cancer as a means to reconstruct part of the breast. And anatomically, it makes a lot of sense because the breast is comprised of glands as well as fat. So it's a more— what I like to think is an anatomically appropriate reconstruction. And that can be done either as an aesthetic tool for what we call primary augmentation. So increasing the size of the breast without any history of cancer, just wanting a larger, fuller breast, or for the purposes of reconstructing the breast after cancer and restoring femininity.