What Is the Difference Between Breast Augmentation with Autologous Fat and Stem Cells?
In each breast augmentation with autologous fat also stem cells are injected into the breast because adipose tissue is the body tissue with the highest content of mesenchymal stem cells. One speaks of stem cell breast augmentation when the stem cell content of the autologous fat was increased. The correct term is “breast augmentation with […]
Breast Augmentation for Transgender People à la Conchita Wurst
At least since May 10th, 2014 everybody knows “her”: Conchita Wurst sang herself into people’s hearts with her ballade Rise like a Phoenix at the 59th Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. A honorable performance – because up to now only the world-famous Udo Jürgens accomplished to get the title for Austria in the sixties with […]
Stem Cell Breast Augmentation for Transgender People
Transgender people often want a natural feminine body silhouette without silicone implants. The challenge is on the one hand, if they have enough fat tissue, and on the other hand, if their breasts are sufficiently flexible to be augmented with body fat. First, regarding the required fat: Normal weight men have too little fat for […]
What to Do in “Tubular Breasts”?
Constrictions in the anterior part of the breast lead to tubular or trunk-shaped form deviation. Affected women suffer greatly. Instead of dilation with implants correction of the breast form with traditional fat transfer (lipofilling) or autologous stem cell-enriched fat (cell-assisted lipotransfer, CAL) can be performed to improve the breasts’ shape. This requires a special microsurgical […]
Miley Cyrus: New Breasts instead of Teen Image?
In her famous music video Wrecking Ball Miley Cyrus is swinging scantily dressed a sledgehammer, baring all and riding on a wrecking ball lasciviously. 500 million people watched this video on YouTube, which caused a sensation in media. With its release the 20-year-old succeeded in getting rid of her virtuous role as Hannah Montana from […]
When Does the Health Insurance Pay for Liposuction?
Patients planning to undergo liposuction ask me this question again and again. Basically, health insurances have to be very thrifty because of the high costs of the health system, and thus only pay if they are have a clear contractual obligation. If you want to receive treatments which are not part of the everyday “standard”, […]
Looking like “Barbie” Without Scalpel?
This year Barbie doll celebrated her 55th birthday. At the beginning of her “career” she was yet a revolution amongst dolls, because Barbie was the first without chubby cheeks and a childlike body. Indeed it went one step further and Barbie developed from a toy played by millions of children to a tall, slim, blue-eyed, […]
Weight Loss before Breast Augmentation with Stem Cells or Autologous Fat
Recently we performed a breast augmentation with stem cells in a patient who had lost 7 kilos in the months before surgery. Previously you would have advised against losing weight before liposuction because weight loss causes the fat cells (and tissues) to be empty and limp, something which makes the sculpturing during the liposuction more […]
Breast Augmentation for One Night?
New trend in the USA – what’s the deal? It’s amazing what’s out there – in order to be able to present enlarged breasts for a specific event, young American women undergo breast augmentation that lasts for one night. Actually, the breast enlargement lasts for two days. For this short-term breast augmentation saline solution is […]
Breast Augmentation Using Autologous Fat and Stem Cells in Very Slim Women?
Often very slim women desire to have a breast augmentation without silicone with autologous fat or stem cell-enriched autologous fat. Almost always I am able to harvest enough fat to achieve a satisfactory result even in very slim women. How is this done: Instead of selectively removing fat at a few problem areas such as […]