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roseamy · 06-10-2011, 08:33 AM

Hi,
I have had this done recently, not as a total recon but to infill areas in my ld flap recon as I had some dips.
I have never heard of this being done as a total recon.
They removed the fat from my stomach area, not enough to make a cosmetic difference but enough for infills, they then filtered this leaving mainly the stem cells and good fats so this will take better.
This was then injected into the areas that needed extra padding out as previous radiotherapy had damaged the area. all this was done under a general anaesthetic, I am going to need this doing again as you normally expect between 30 and 50 % to be reabsorbed by the body.
They don't normally do this procedure within 2 years of diagnosis, I was exactly 2 years from my mastectomy, this is so they can monitor reoccurence better in first two years.
Hope this helps.

06-10-2011, 08:33 AM	#4
roseamy Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: britain Posts: 7	Re: Breast Reconstruction - lipotransfer Hi, I have had this done recently, not as a total recon but to infill areas in my ld flap recon as I had some dips. I have never heard of this being done as a total recon. They removed the fat from my stomach area, not enough to make a cosmetic difference but enough for infills, they then filtered this leaving mainly the stem cells and good fats so this will take better. This was then injected into the areas that needed extra padding out as previous radiotherapy had damaged the area. all this was done under a general anaesthetic, I am going to need this doing again as you normally expect between 30 and 50 % to be reabsorbed by the body. They don't normally do this procedure within 2 years of diagnosis, I was exactly 2 years from my mastectomy, this is so they can monitor reoccurence better in first two years. Hope this helps.