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Breast recon - fat grafting
Hi all I’m considering fat grafting as my sole reconstruction choice and keen to hear about anyone else’s experiences. I’m leaning that way for a few reasons; very small framed and I’m happy with j...
@melclarity ...don't you have a hip to hip abdominal incision? This is a very different procudure from a diep flap which moves the blood supply with the fat from the tummy area (and tunnel it up under your skin. It would still be lumpy as they are cutting and moving it and still leaving some behind. A lipo fat transfer is only for smaller breasts or to do a fill after some necrosis. They may have done some lipo too with your first but I wouldn't think so as it is very rough and it would have damaged the newly grafted fat from your tummy if they had.