Breast augmentation with lipofilling is popular. This can be explained by the fact that it combines body reshaping (liposuction) and breast augmentation, which allows you to correct the shape of the breast as well. Also, after that, scars and scars do not remain on the skin, since the skin does not break. The operation is performed under general anesthesia and requires some preparation in the form of a medical examination and lifestyle changes.
Indications and contraindications
Lipofilling, or the procedure to increase the body shape with fat, has attracted more and more attention from women in recent times. It becomes especially relevant to change the shape of the breast. One of the main reasons is that the procedure can address a wide range of problems associated with the deterioration of the appearance of the breast:
- Breast deformity after weight loss or pregnancy.
- Surgical intervention in oncology.
- Natural aging.
- Elimination of asymmetry.
- The need for shape correction after the introduction of silicone implants.
- The chest is small in shape.
Lipofilling, like any intervention in the body, carries certain risks.
Contraindications:
- menstruation period.
- Diseases of the endocrine system.
- Inflammatory processes in the body.
- Skin diseases.
- Oncological pathologies.
The lipofilling procedure is carried out no earlier than a year after the end of lactation.
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages of lipofilling include:
- Relative safety and almost complete absence of skin violations.
- The absence of a long rehabilitation process in a hospital.
- The result of the operation can be easily corrected.
- The possibility of simultaneous liposuction and breast correction.
- No complications and good tolerability.
- Correction of unsatisfactory results of the installation of breast prostheses.
- Obtaining a natural breast shape with smooth transitions.
Disadvantages of the method:
- The need to have an adequate supply of body fat.
- Almost unavoidable need for additional correction.
- Rapid resorption of donor tissue.
- Possibility of increasing the bust by no more than 2 sizes.
Possible complications:
- Suppuration of injected adipose tissue.
- The formation of fibrous elements that can lead to breast deformity.
- lime buildup.
- causing thrombi.
- Swelling.
- tissue death.
- Violation of sensitivity.
- The appearance of pigment spots.
Patients are afraid that any breast correction procedure will cause oncological processes. However, breast lipofilling is not a cause of cancer.
Such concerns arise due to the fact that after surgery, mammography can show the presence of formations that at first glance look like malignant tumors. However, in fact, these are lime formations that appeared due to interference. Therefore, the procedure must first be reported to the examining physician.
After lipofilling, you can breastfeed newborns. This procedure will not affect the natural process of lactation.
Comparison of silicone implants and lipofilling
There are a number of differences between lipofilling and breast augmentation with implants.
| type of operation | anesthesia | Material | skin rape | Outcome | rehabilitation period | size restrictions | effect duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lipofilling | general or combined | patient's fat cells | Small round marks in the places where the material was taken. | natural looking breasts | 1 day | Increase by no more than 2 sizes | up to 3 years |
| breast plastic surgery | General | artificial prosthesis | Oblong incisions that leave scars. | Unnatural appearance of the breast: roundness of artificial origin is clearly visible under the skin | Prolonged, requires a break in professional activity | Do not | about 8 years |
Preparing for the operation
Much attention should be paid to the choice of a plastic surgery clinic. If possible, you should visit the institution, inspect the equipment in the operating room and assess the degree of professionalism of the staff. If the clinic cannot provide an experienced anesthesiologist, do not use their services. Signs of a good clinic:
- The presence of everything necessary for the postoperative recovery of the patient.
- Requirement of a series of compulsory examinations prior to the procedure.
- High-quality anesthesia, after which the patient does not experience prolonged discomfort.
- The operation is performed by a mammologist, that is, a highly specialized specialist.
- sterile instruments.
- Availability of qualified support staff.
- Follow-up of the patient after surgery throughout the recovery period.
The positive result of the operation depends on the qualification of the plastic surgeon. It is advisable to carefully study your resume and look for reviews about the work.
At the initial consultation, the doctor must find out all the details about the patient's state of health and conduct an examination. It explains how the procedure goes, what the consequences may be, and what results can be achieved. It is important that after the meeting with him confidence arises and doubts disappear.
Before lipofilling, you will have to give up bad habits (smoking and drinking alcohol) a few months before the operation. Otherwise, the rehabilitation process will be delayed indefinitely.
It is also worth stopping taking drugs that affect blood coagulation; the best known of them is aspirin. During the preparation period, diets and stress should be avoided, which can negatively affect weight and reduce body fat.
Before the procedure, as well as before any operation, you must undergo an examination: donate blood and urine, undergo an ECG, fluorography, mammography, ultrasound of the mammary glands. After that, the therapist must make a conclusion about the state of health and readiness of the body.
Carrying out the procedure
The patient must remove makeup, wash off cosmetics (including lotions and tonics), clean the nail plate from artificial coatings.
The operation lasts two hours and is carried out in three stages:
- Donor material (adipose tissue) is taken from the thighs, abdomen, and buttocks. Tubes are inserted into small incisions in the skin, through which a syringe is pumped. It is impossible to damage blood vessels and nerve endings with this method of collecting material.
- An important stage is the processing and purification of the material for the operation. It separates from blood, dead cells and painkillers. If this is not done, then the body may reject these cells.
- In the last stage, the material is administered by injection subcutaneously or into the intermuscular spaces. The layer of material introduced should be located in the form of a honeycomb. This is important, otherwise the fabric will not rise and will not give volume.
Lipofilling is done only for small changes in the shape or size of the breast. For more serious volumes, correction using breast implants is recommended.
Since the operation is carried out under general anesthesia, the patient is under the supervision of doctors for another day.
It is best to evaluate the result in six months: during this period, the shape of the breast will change. Only after this time has passed can the introduced material be considered to have taken root and is included in the work of the body.
The result obtained with lipofilling can be seen after 2-3 years. At the end of the term, only 30-40% of the initial amount of donor tissue remains. To consolidate the effect after 6 months, corrective procedures are carried out, which consist in the introduction of additional material by injection.
postoperative period
The speed of recovery after surgery is affected by the patient's age and lifestyle. After the operation, slight pain in the bust area can be bothersome, in which you can take an analgesic. The patient is not bothered by scars in the chest area, since only thin needles are used for injections. Only liposuction leaves scars, but their diameter usually does not exceed 3 mm. The swelling and bruising go away after about three weeks. To prevent the inflammatory process, the patient is prescribed a course of antibiotics.
The procedure does not affect performance, so you can start working the day after the operation. After that, you can not perform physical and sports work, in which the load is distributed on the parts of the body involved in cosmetic surgery. Hiking doesn't have to be long. You can not sunbathe in the solarium and stay in the sun for a long time.
Sharp weight loss after lipofilling contributes to a significant reduction in adipose tissue, so you need to monitor your weight. It should not differ significantly from the level at the time of operation. If asymmetry occurs, a corrective procedure is performed (not earlier than six months later).
The opinion of doctors and reviews of patients.
Doctors' opinions on breast lipofilling differ. However, everyone agrees that it is better to perform the operation strictly according to the indications, and not just at the request of the patient.
In addition, there are specialists who practice the use of stem cells as donor material. They explain this by the fact that such tissue takes root 50% better. Others are against this approach and work only with fat cells.
Some women who have had surgery report feeling sick after anesthesia, but it goes away within a day. Many are also confused by the need for a new correction, and, in fact, completely in vain, since this allows you to correct the result.
There are enough reviews in which the long-term effect of the procedure is noted. There are also disappointed patients, whose breasts, on the contrary, very quickly returned to their former shape.
If a woman is prone to the accumulation of adipose tissue in the lower part of the body, the breast will lose volume faster after surgery.