As revealed by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAP) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), fat grafting used in breast augmentation procedures is not recommended due to lack of safety and because the procedure can alter the accurate cancer detection by means of a self-examination, or mammography, ulltrasound or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techiques.

Fat grafting or lipoinjection is a procedure by which fat cells are transferred from one area of the body to a different body area, generally used for enhancement of face or hands. There is poor clinical evidence that fat grafting is safer or better than saline or silicone implants. Moreover, fat grafting has a low survival rate of transferred cells (frequently absorbed by the body), and may occur development of cysts, calcification and tissue scarring as well as the already mentioned breast cancer detection.

“Even though fat grafting techniques have become more refined and breast cancer detection methods have become more sophisticated with time, creating a great deal of excitement about the potencial of fat grafting, we simple need more data befote we can recommend that this procedure be generally used to augment breasts”, said Roxanne Guy, MD, President of ASPS.

As there is little clinical evidence to confirm efficacy, ASAPS and ASPS do no recommend fat grafting for breast augmentation.

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