Dr. Robert Whitfield explains when surgeons use fat transfer in breast surgery: to add volume, smooth out rippling from implants, soften hard edges after reconstruction, and enhance flap surgeries. It works across different body types, though BMI affects how much fat is available to harvest.
The fat transfer has been used in cosmetics to help volumize even if someone had rippling help with that as well. And then in reconstruction. I used fat transfers for almost 15 years to soften the contours of an implant based reconstruction or to augment a DIEP free flap breast reconstruction, which is what I did predominantly in my career. So let's break down the elements of a fat transfer. Well, first you have to be able to get the the fat so can someone have a low BMI and still have a fat transfer? So the answer is yes. And can someone have a high BMI and get a fat transfer? Of course the answer is yes, with a couple caveats.
