Fat-Grafting Lumpectomy Reconstruction Dallas - Breast Reconstruction Technique Plano
Fat-Grafting Lumpectomy Reconstruction
Reconstruction of breasts with fat grafts is a new option Dr. Meade can offer for reconstruction after lumpectomy and irradiation.
This innovative treatment is based on the discovery that the layer of fat just beneath the skin is a rich source of stem cells – cells that have not yet developed into specialized cell types. One of the goals of this approach is to stimulate them to develop into new fat cells.
Dallas Plastic Surgeon Dr. Meade Specializes in the Fat Grafting Technique
Fat is suctioned, usually from the abdomen or hips, and the stem cells it contains are then isolated by using a centrifuge. The extracted stem cells are then mixed in with the remaining fat and injected into the site of the breast lumpectomy defect. Ideally, the stem cells will either help keep the transplanted fat alive, or become fat cells themselves, or both.
Either way, the injected material remains and becomes living tissue.
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