Lipofilling is a breast augmentation due to its own fat, refers to mammoplastics when minimal damage to the healthy tissues of the woman’s body.Lipofilling still continues to improve, experts use new methods for the fence and processing of fat cells to achieve an even better result.
The appointment of lipofilling procedure
Lipofilling helps women in solving problems such as:
- an increase in breast size;
- adjustment of the shape of the breast;
- Correction of the asymmetry of breasts.
Lipophiling is an autocrust mammoplasty, that is, the fence, processing and introduction of the patient's own fat cells into a part of the mammary glands.Modern methods of fat fence retain its structure.
When it enters the chest, part of the introduced sample breaks up and is further excreted, and some of the fat cells remain in the mammary gland.
Then there is a germination of blood vessels in them, after which they begin to work, as if there were always here.Over time, fat accumulates and due to this the chest increases in size.
Contraindications to lipofilling
The main indication for lipofilling is the woman’s desire to slightly increase breast size without plastic surgery using implant.Lipophiling also adjusts the shape of the mammary glands well, some surgeons can use lipofilling to conceal the edges of implants.
The procedure has one feature - lipofiling can only be made by women who have excess fat, since the operation requires the introduction of their own fat.
Since lipofilling is carried out under general anesthesia, that is, a number of contraindications:
- heart disease and blood vessels, respiratory system;
- arterial hypertension;
- diabetes mellitus;
- inflammatory diseases;
- skin diseases in the exacerbation stage;
- the presence of tumors in the body;
- menstrual cycle;
- Breastfeeding.
Let us also consider various aspects of the conduct and consequences of lipofilling to choose a woman between this procedure and implants.
The positive aspects of lipofilling, instead of installing implants, can be attributed:
- A foreign body will not be present in the body;
- To remove excess fat and breast augmentation, one visit to the doctor is needed;
- a faster recovery period;
- There is no risk that the connective tissue near the implant will grow, the mammary gland necrosis, the rupture of the shell will occur;
- There is no need to change the implant after 7 years;
- After surgery, there are no scars;
- Since donor material is not used, the cost of the procedure is lower than that of plastic surgery;
- After the lipofiling procedure, a natural effect;
- During mammography, the introduced adipose tissue does not distort the result of the diagnosis.
Consider what can be attributed to the minuses of the procedure:
- Breast enlargement by no more than one size;
- The procedure will need to be repeated;
- Only those women who have fat deposits can use the procedure;
- Fat cells are gradually absorbed.
It is mistaken to focus on the price of the operation, and due to the lower cost of lipofilling, choose it instead of plastic surgery, if a woman needs the result immediately, and not in six months, and if a woman is not ready to do this procedure again to maintain the effect.
As after any operation, after lipofilling, undesirable consequences may occur.Complications can be due to impaired operation technology, due to the characteristics of the woman's body.
In order not to arise complications, it is necessary to select a clinic and a doctor well for the operation, follow all the doctor's appointments in preparation for the procedure and during the period after it.
Consider what complications can be:
- the growth of connective tissue, that is, fibrosis of the soft tissues;
- The asymmetry of the chest, if fat cells resolved unevenly;
- In the place of administration of fat cells, pain occurs due to an individual reaction of the body to cells;
- Large hematomas may appear immediately after surgery if the blood is not viscous enough;
- their fat cells can be atrophy if too much material is introduced;
- If the conditions of sterility are not observed, an infection may fall.
Breast lipofilling procedure
First, a woman should prepare for lipofilling operations.A general blood test is prescribed by a doctor to evaluate the general condition of the body and exclude the presence of infections, a biochemical blood test to determine sugar and evaluate the functioning of internal organs.
A general urine analysis is also handed over to determine the correctness of the kidneys, an ultrasound of the mammary glands to exclude inflammation, an ECG to view the activity of the heart and identify such conditions that are contraindicated for the use of anesthesia.
If deviations are identified, they can also be prescribed additional tests and send for consultations with other specialists.
It is important that two weeks before surgery you need to stop smoking and alcohol.Consult a doctor about taking any medicines.
Lipofiling operation consists of three stages:
- a fence of donor cells;
- processing of fat cells in special conditions;
- Introduction of fat treated cells into the chest.
The whole procedure lasts two to three hours under general anesthesia and further hospitalization for a day.The duration of the operation is due to the fact that you need to take a large amount of fat.
That is, liposuction is performed using special ways of melting and aspiration of fat so that the fat cells are intact and will continue to take root in new places.
Usually fat is taken from the buttocks, hips, abdomen.Liposuction is carried out through small skin punctures with a cannula, so after surgery there are no scars.
How much to pick up adipose tissue depends on the thickness of the subcutaneous fat and what effect you need to achieve.Fat cells are then placed in the solution and centrifugation is carried out.
The resulting mass is typed in a syringe and introduced into the punctures into the mammary glands.The main thing is to do this evenly and over the entire surface of the gland in order to avoid asymmetry.
After the introduction of fat cells is completed, a patch is applied to the punctures, and the woman is sent to the intensive care unit.A few hours later, after the anesthetist assessed the patient's condition, and it is not disturbed, she is transferred to the common room.
Typically, about 80% of fat cells take root in one procedure, but all women are individual.One lipofilling procedure does not often give the desired effect and after a year the procedure needs to be repeated.
Breast enlargement with fat also requires a recovery period.The recovery lasts at least a week, the first two days are the most difficult, since there is a strong edema.
To facilitate the condition, you need to wear compression linen and be in a raised position, do not drink a lot of liquids and not be subjected to overheating.
By the end of the week, the condition will improve, and a woman can return to work.But you can return to all activities no earlier than three weeks.
Until that time, some rules must be followed:
- Do not visit the gym, small loads are possible only after edema departure;
- During sleep, to be only on your back.You can lie on the side only after two weeks, and in a month you can sleep on your stomach;
- Do not take a hot shower and a bath, do not visit the pool, sauna, not to be in the open sun;
- For speedy edema care, use special creams for tissue regeneration.
It is important that the lipofilling procedure does not cause implant rejection, because its material is used, where there is a native antigenic set.
An undesirable result can be a cystic-fibrous formation, it can appear in two months and a year and a half.This already depends on the structure of fat cells and the reaction of the body.
The result of the operation will be noticeable after the fat cells take root, the part will resolve and the chest will take a normal state.As a rule, it takes 3-6 months.
To consolidate the result or still increase the size, the procedure will need to be repeated.
However, sooner or later the result will leave without repeating the procedure and support.And here you need to solve for yourself, if the effect of breast augmentation liked it, then it is possible to go to the chest augmentation with prostheses.