Natural Breast Augmentation

Natural breast augmentation is the  latest phenomenon hitting the medical scene through a innovative surgical procedure by simply using the bodies own fat as a replacement instead of the traditional silicone and saline implants. For a number of years silicone and saline implants have been the obvious choice for breast augmentation. Approved by the FDA that have done extensive research and studies on silicone and saline conclude that these implants to be safe. But other medical endeavors how ever are reaching to a more natural form of breast augmentation procedure as silicone and saline can pose long term concerns in terms of leakage and bursting after so many years.And with their life span lasting for 10 to 15 years at the most, women are looking for a more permanent solution.

Although there is need for more extensive research on this new found surgical procedure there is no doubt that studies show that the use of grafting fat tissue to augment the breast area is a option that surgeons are taking very seriously as well as public perception. AFG or (autologous fat grafting) is the transferring of one's own fatty tissue to other areas of the body by way of injections, the obvious benefits to this procedure is that the body may not reject it's own cell tissues, and is likely to be a more permanent option. This will also give a more natural and softer appearance to the breast area as opposed to using silicone or saline implants.

Recovery time for this procedure can take longer as with traditional silicone implants which can take as short as 6 to 8 weeks which is one of the negative aspects of this operation. It can also depend on the amount of fat tissue the patient has to offer in terms of transferring it to the breast area. As this procedure requires using one's own fatty tissue in order to accommodate the needs of the patient and the type of surgery that is required. The results of this procedure can have the patient increase their breasts by one cup size. So it seems the nature of this surgical procedure will easily be more beneficial to the more larger women than one who is slightly thinner with less fatty tissue that can be used.

The process for this procedure is done by removing fat cells by way of liposuction using specialized syringes and transferring small amounts of fat to the breast area. Surgeons who first discovered this method have said that it has been refined, and is likely to become a more permanent and common practice in the near future. However there is some debate amongst other medical physicians about how long the survival of fatty tissue will last inside the body and weather it will eventually become dead tissue. The procedure can also help with existing implants by injecting it around the implant therefore giving a more softer and natural appearance.

Using fatty tissue for augmenting the breast has been around since the mid 80's but major institutions such as the ASPS and ASAPS said that numerous and further research would have to be done to overcome health issues such as oil cysts, and various tissue scarring and cautioned it's members against the practice of using this technique. But it seems that medical science has come a long way since those early days and more safer and practical applications are being refined and used. And now more and more surgeons are calling it the next step in aesthetic breast enhancement procedures.

Natural breast augmentation surgery has been around for quite a while.A well known doctor by the name of Dr.Mel Bircoll who is now a retired plastic surgeon and one of the first in his field to study the effects of transferring fat tissue to other parts of the body. Dr.Mel Bircoll a board certified plastic surgeon used this technique for the first time in 1984 on one of his patients, he says that this type of procedure has been around since the mid eighteenth century but at the time they could not find a way to oxygenate the fat tissue and the end results were dead tissue that would infect surrounding areas. He concluded that if he could inject a small enough quantity into the center of the vascularized tissue area, this would give the tissue enough oxygen to survive. His procedure is the very foundation for multiple micro injections procedure for the success of fat transfer in today's society.

Recently in 2007 the ASPS renewed there view on natural breast augmentation and concluded that although there are still concerns surrounding this type of procedure they found no reasons or evidence why this operation can not be performed under the guidance of professional and qualified surgeons. They also conclude that certain augmentation procedures still need more extensive research and conclude that natural breast augmentation can only be for specific purposes.

If you are looking to have the most natural looking breast augmentation procedure done, then it may pay to do a little more research into this procedure and weigh up the pro's and con's of weather this is the right option for you, there are still benefits that come with using implants but it seems that natural breast augmentation by way of fat transfer is the wave of the future.