Bougainvillea Clinique Blog | Dr. Hartog

Obviously the most important question to ask for any plastic surgery procedure is whether or not the procedure is safe. The main concern of plastic surgeons with regard to fat placed in the breast is whether this has any effect on the detection of breast cancer with mammograms, and whether fat grafting can cause breast cancer. After more than 10 years of studying this question, the answer to both questions appears to be favorable, particularly if meticulous micro-fat grafting procedures are used. In a study of 50 breast augmentation cases with fat Khouri et al revealed no difficulties with mammographic interpretation and no evidence of increased incidence of breast cancer. Particularly when compared to some of the problems that can occur with breast implants such as capsular contracture, fat grafting for breast augmentation appears to be a safe procedure.