What are advances in fat grafting in modern aesthetic surgery practice?

In our Marbella practice demand for natural breast augmentation with long lasting results and minimum or no scarring at all is very big.

We practice in a very body conscious environment, with very body conscious patients, who mostly embark on a very outdoor orientated lifestyle.

Use of fat for cosmetic procedures has been limited historically because transplanted fat has shown a tendency to re-absorb back into the body, making the increase in volume temporary.
If one reviews contemporary scientific literature, it seems that most publishers report results which are rather a lottery, rather than being in any form predictable.

However, cell-enriched cosmetic surgery harnesses and focuses your body’s own innate healing abilities.

Studies have shown that this helps the specially prepared graft tissue to fully incorporate into the transplant location, thereby increasing the chance of the graft taking.

According to current scientific literature, the most effective modality here is the Body Jet fat harvest procedure, which has originally been developed for effective large volume liposuction.
The technique does largely leave the harvested fatty tissue viable and maintains the viability of the stem cells naturally inherent to human adipose (fat )tissue.
The effectiveness and safety of the procedure is proven in very robust scientific literature and has been breakthrough in modern Plastic surgery technique.
We successfully apply Body Jet fat grafts for natural breast augmentation and buttock augmentation (brazilian butt lift). Take rates are documented to be consistenly around 80% making the procedure very predictable.

Should you require some more extensive information on this procedure, either in the Department of Plastic Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery at Hospital Quiron Malaga or in Cirumed Clinic Marbella please contact us.

Natural fat transfer breast augmentation-the Body Jet technique

For years, women have dreamt of having their breasts augmented using their own fat. The idea is to get rid of unwanted fat deposits and naturally augment breasts in the same session.

Prior attempts at autologous fat transfer to the breast have not proven to be constantly successful .
They were successful in some cases , but no so in others, in summary the results were very unpredictable.

New techniques in Natural Breast Augmentation employ the latest technologic advances in fat harvesting.
The principle of these techniques is that they “wash and filter” fat instead of “centrifugation”.

“Wash and filter “techniques are much better to handle and our current scientific data suggests that they also give superior results in fat transfer breast augmentation.
We believe that the less the fat is manipulated the higher the survival, provided of course that the harvesting process is gently enough to keep fat cells alive.

The Body Jet technology (also known as “Aqua-Lipo”) in the U.S. is currently the best option for “wash and filter techniques.
It has been extensively “road tested” and scientific data gained is impressive.

Since Body Jet natural fat transfer breast augmentation does also eliminate unwanted deposits of fat, mostly from thighs, flanks and abdomen, at the same time, patients suitable for this breast augmentation modality do also seem to be much happier with the final results.

The procedure will not interfere with future mammograms because the fat is never injected into the breast gland directly, but in different planes around the breast.
After fat transfer breast augmentation the breasts are more like natural breasts.

Other advantages of natural fat transfer breast augmentation are massive:There is no need for implant exchange ever nor any risk of implant related complications.

From my surgical perspective, the handling characteristics are also a crucial advantage of the Body Jet.
The simultaneous irrigation , suction and filtering process has made natural fat transfer breast augmentation much more user friendly.
Previous centrifugation techniques were extremely time consuming and a lot of fat was lost during the preparation process.

With Body Jet, we do normally need about 1-1,5 hours to complete the breast augmentation procedure, which is done under local anesthetic.
That makes natural fat transfer breast augmentation a much more realistic alternative for many patients.
In our Marbella practice, natural fat transfer breast augmentation does already make up for about 60% of breast augmentation cases, with numbers further rising.