Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

The assessment on fat transfer candidate suitability

1 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief presentation, Dr. Robert Whitfield MD challenges common misconceptions that prevent patients from being considered for breast fat transfer. He explains that being told you are "too thin" is often incorrect, and he systematically deconstructs four typical scenarios: (1) restoring breast volume after breastfeeding, (2) performing a fat transfer at the same time as an implant explant, (3) achieving a natural augmentation using only the patient’s own fat, and (4) treating lean patients who are told there is insufficient donor tissue. By addressing each situation individually, he emphasizes that many perceived limitations can be overcome with proper assessment and technique.

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If you have been told you are too thin for a fat transfer, I hear that all the time, and that assessment is usually wrong. I also hear a second version of the same fear: after breastfeeding, the volume left, the skin stretched, and someone said the only way back is an implant, or they said you have to keep the implant you already have because taking it out means being flat again. So tonight. I want to take those 4 situations completely apart, deconstruct them one at a time. Restoring volume after breastfeeding, doing a fat transfer at the same time as an explant, a basic natural augmentation with your own tissue, and the lean patient who was told there was nothing to work with.