Fat Transfer to Breasts
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- Dedicated personal assistant throughout your stay
- All-inclusive accommodation with daily breakfast
- Premium aftercare and recovery support
What is Fat Transfer to Breasts?
Fat transfer to breasts, also known as autologous fat grafting or natural breast augmentation, is a procedure that enhances breast size and shape using your own fat cells harvested from other areas of your body. This innovative technique offers a natural alternative to breast implants for women seeking modest volume enhancement. The procedure involves liposuction to remove fat from donor areas (typically abdomen, thighs, or flanks), purification of the harvested fat, and strategic injection into the breasts to create fuller, more shapely contours. The dual benefit of removing unwanted fat from one area while enhancing another makes this an attractive option for many patients.
The Procedure
The fat transfer procedure is performed in three main stages. First, liposuction is used to harvest fat from donor areas where you have excess fat deposits. The harvested fat is then carefully processed and purified to concentrate the healthiest fat cells for transfer. Finally, the purified fat is strategically injected into multiple layers of the breast tissue using specialized cannulas to ensure even distribution and optimal blood supply for fat survival. The procedure typically takes 2-3 hours and is performed under general anesthesia. Multiple small injection sites are used to ensure smooth, natural-looking results.
Ideal Candidates
Ideal candidates are women seeking modest breast enhancement (typically 1-2 cup sizes), have adequate fat stores in donor areas for harvesting, prefer natural results without implants, want to improve breast shape and contour, need to correct minor asymmetries, are at a stable weight, are in good general health, don't smoke, and have realistic expectations about results. This procedure is also excellent for women who want subtle enhancement or are opposed to foreign materials in their body.
Benefits
- Natural Results: Uses your own tissue for the most natural look and feel
- No Foreign Materials: No implants or synthetic materials in your body
- Dual Body Contouring: Removes fat from unwanted areas while enhancing breasts
- Lower Complication Risk: Reduced risk of complications compared to implants
- No Implant Issues: No risk of implant rupture, leakage, or capsular contracture
- Subtle Enhancement: Perfect for those wanting modest, natural-looking increase
- Improved Breast Shape: Can correct minor asymmetries and irregularities
- Permanent Results: Surviving fat cells remain long-term (60-80% retention)
- Natural Aging: Fat transfers age naturally with your body
- Minimal Scarring: Only tiny incisions needed for liposuction and injection
Risks and Complications
Risks
- Fat Resorption: Body reabsorbs some transferred fat (20-40% loss typical)
- Multiple Sessions: May need 2-3 procedures to achieve desired volume
- Calcifications: Fat necrosis can create small calcium deposits
- Asymmetry: Uneven fat survival between breasts possible
- Cysts or Lumps: Oil cysts may form from fat necrosis
- Infection: Risk of infection at injection or donor sites
- Mammography Interference: May complicate breast cancer screening
- Limited Size Increase: Only modest enhancement possible (1-2 cup sizes max)
- Liposuction Risks: Complications from fat harvesting procedure
Important Considerations
- Adequate Fat Stores: Must have sufficient donor fat for harvesting
- Weight Stability: Weight loss will reduce transferred fat volume
- Modest Expectations: Not suitable for dramatic size increases
- Smoking: Must quit smoking for optimal fat survival
- Multiple Procedures: May need touch-up sessions for desired results
- Breast Cancer Screening: Inform radiologists about fat transfer
- Initial Swelling: Breasts appear larger initially before some fat reabsorbs
- Cost: May be more expensive than single-procedure implants if multiple sessions needed
- Recovery from Both Sites: Healing needed at both donor and recipient areas
Frequently Asked Questions
Once you’ve paid a 30% deposit and have secured your surgery date. We recommend paying your outstanding balance as soon as possible so you can receive your surgery itinerary. But if you’re unable to pay straight away - we need it paid latest 30 days before your scheduled surgery date.
We ask that you pay 30% of your total invoice.
Receipts for payment do not happen automatically. A member of our team waits for the payment to hit banking and then have it feed to our accounting system. Generally this can take 2-4 days once you have sent your payment.
We always recommend having a credit card on hand or at least a debit mastercard or visa.
Also make sure you notify your bank you are going overseas. You can do this either via online banking, in branch or calling your bank directly. AMEX doesn’t require this.
Only breakfast is included but you can eat like a King in Thailand with some of the best restaurants in the world. Also feel is very affordable.
We do recommend you bring a protein powder and greens powder (any brand) with something like spirulina or wheat grass in it. This is because after surgery clients are generally not hungry and can become quite nauseous
Yes, you can. We accept all major credit cards however you’ll incur a 3% transaction fee. If you wish to pay via credit card we will send you a payment link.
Cancellation with 30 or more days’ notice: Cancellation before 30 days will incur an AUD 3000 cancellation fee.
Cancellation within 29 days or less: All surgery packages canceled less than 30 days before the scheduled surgery date will lose 30% of their total invoice price
Cancellation within 7 days: Cost of surgery is forfeited unless Azurite Package is rescheduled
Cancellation on the day of surgery: The cost of surgery is forfeited unless Azurite Package is rescheduled within the travel time window (departure flight window).
If a client decides to not proceed with a scheduled surgery during their stay in Thailand or another Azurite location, they will incur an additional hospital package fee if they choose to proceed with the surgery at a later date.
There are no refunds on surgeries that you choose not to proceed with if you are on a multi-surgery package due to the discount given.
Refunds will be given for medical reasons that are not pre existing.
Yes, you can bring one companion for free as your support person. However, to avoid additional charges generally the companion stays with you on the sofa bed at hospital. If your companion does not want to stay at hospital you will be invoiced additional nights to keep your hotel reservation while at hospital. Current rate is 150 AUD (but is subject to change)
At Azurite we use a select team of ISAPS accredited plastic and reconstructive surgeons and have made the decision to not be associated with a surgeon name, and results only. Full details of surgeon will be provided upon deposit payment made.
Yes, all of our packages include accommodation at our partner hotel the Chatrium Residence Sathorn. As a One Bedroom Deluxe Suite. If you require an additional room or a two bedroom you’ll be invoiced an upgrade fee.
