Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Where Does Fat Come from in a Fat Transfer? #drrobertwhitfield #bii #breastexplant

29 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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Dr. Robert Whitfield explains where surgeons harvest fat for transfer procedures. Fat typically comes from the thighs, flanks, and abdomen. He uses a Wells Johnson system to control particle size, and transfers roughly 100 to 250 milliliters per side depending on the patient's body composition.

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Inner thighs, outer thighs, love-handle (flank) area, and abdomen.

Wells Johnson fat transfer system.

Approximately 100 to 200 to 250 mL per side (range given).

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I will take four areas, typically, if those are suitable, inner outer thighs, love handle area, abdomen area. If someone's already had children, we'll combine that with skin tightening at a simultaneous procedure to benefit both the skin and obviously remove the fat. And then we'll we collect our fat using a Wells Johnson fat transfer system, very specifically for particle of fats, fat particle size, storage of fat, and then reinstitution of the fat under the same amount of pressure. And so it's a very controlled system. And low BMI patients, I can do between 100 to 200 to 250 per side, higher BMI patient or skin stretch from pregnancies. Obviously, you could do more. If somebody's coming in just for a holistic mommy makeover, which is for me, a non traditional makeover where I don't do a tummy tuck and leave a linear scar. I just harvest fat from all those areas.