Procedure

Breast augmentation with stem cell-enriched autologous fat is an outpatient procedure performed under local anesthesia. General anesthesia and a hospital stay are not necessary. The necessary steps (liposuction, enrichment of the autologous fat with stem cells, implantation in the breast) take a total of ca. 4 to 6 hours. The second step is omitted in breast augmentation with standard lipotransfer. The patient is discharged on the same day of the procedure. Aftercare is minimal compared to breast augmentation with silicone implants.

Step 1: Liposuction

First of all, body fat is harvested using DDr. Heinrich’s very gentle method. It is a precision manual operation and no mechanical liposuction devices are used. As a general rule body fat is liposuctioned from the buttocks, hips and thighs, or from other body regions if desired. The liposuction can be performed with either regular cannulas or high quality genuine microcannulas. The advantage of this revolutionary method lies in the fact that the body silhouette is simultaneously shaped and improved.

Step 2: Stem cell enrichment of autologous fat

Stem cells are extracted from a portion of the liposuctioned fat. This extraction is performed on a clean room worktable, in the scope of a complex laboratory procedure. Special technologies such as Celution® are also employed. DDr. Heinrich modified the existing protocol with his own procedural steps and was thus able to make considerable improvements in terms of both results and tolerance.

Step 3: Implantation in the breast

The extracted stem cells together with the remaining, specially prepared body fat are then injected into the breasts. Transplanted fat is only able to bring about a sustainable result when it contains a high fraction of undamaged, viable cells (stem cells and so-called progenitor cells). These cells give rise to mature fat cells and fat tissue cells that form natural breast volume.