The most common and effective method to store fat in breasts for cosmetic purposes is through a surgical procedure called fat transfer breast augmentation.
Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation Explained
Fat transfer breast augmentation involves liposuction to harvest fat from other areas of your body, followed by injecting that fat into your breasts. Here's a breakdown of the process:
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Liposuction: A surgeon uses liposuction to remove fat cells from areas like your abdomen, hips, thighs, back, or arms. This not only provides the fat for breast augmentation but also sculpts these donor areas.
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Fat Processing: The harvested fat is then processed to purify and prepare it for injection.
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Injection: The purified fat is injected into the breasts in multiple layers to create a natural-looking and feeling augmentation. The injected fat cells, if they survive the transfer, integrate into the breast tissue and remain there permanently.
Key Considerations
- Survival Rate: Not all injected fat cells survive the transfer. A certain percentage of the fat is reabsorbed by the body. Surgeons often overfill slightly to account for this reabsorption.
- Natural Look and Feel: Fat transfer typically provides a more natural look and feel compared to breast implants.
- Size Increase: The amount of size increase achievable with fat transfer is generally more limited compared to implants.
- Recovery: Recovery time can vary, but it generally involves healing from both the liposuction and injection sites.
- Permanence: While fat cells remain for life if they survive the transfer, significant weight changes can affect the size and shape of your breasts after fat transfer.
Other Factors
While fat transfer is a common surgical procedure, there are no non-surgical methods to specifically "store" fat in the breasts. Breast size is primarily determined by genetics, hormonal factors, and overall body fat percentage. Significant weight gain will generally lead to an increase in breast size, but this is not a targeted method and affects fat distribution throughout the body.
