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To regain your figure and breasts lost due to an extreme diet

By 2015-03-26No Comments

To regain your figure and breasts lost due to an extreme diet



Hwang (30), an office worker who has been dedicated to dieting since last winter, finally reached her target weight. She lost nearly 20 kg, but the problem was that her breasts had also disappeared. Although they were not particularly large to begin with, after dieting, her A-cup bra became loose, and she transformed into an androgynous figure. Faced with the unexpected results of her diet, she visited her personal trainer to learn chest exercises, increased her protein intake, and applied massage cream, but the results were only slightly improved. After much deliberation, she decided to cover up her complex with plastic surgery. 

"I am looking forward to it because if I undergo breast augmentation using fat grafting, I think I can even get rid of the thigh lines that just wouldn't budge," said Ms. Hwang. She calculated that she could kill two birds with one stone by transferring fat from her thighs to her breasts. 

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If you lose a significant amount of weight through dieting, your breasts are likely to disappear. The breasts consist of 75% mammary glands (breast tissue) and fibrous tissue, with the remainder being fatty tissue. When you lose weight, the fat in the breasts also decreases, inevitably causing the breast size to shrink. 

In this case, if you want to create a naturally feminine line, fat grafting surgery can be helpful. However, the disadvantage of simply injecting fat is that the survival rate is low at 20–30%, causing the enlarged breasts to suddenly collapse.

Recently, stem cell-based fat grafting has emerged as a major trend to complement this. It is highly preferred because it simultaneously satisfies three requirements: sufficient volume enhancement, a natural shape, and a texture that feels like one's own breasts.

Dr. Shin Dong-jin, director of SC301 Clinic, introduced the procedure by stating, “Stem cells extracted from the patient’s body are injected into the body along with the fat,” and added, “Adding stem cells induces the formation of blood vessels around the cells, causing the engraftment rate to jump to the 70% range and resulting in high satisfaction.” 

He added, “Stem cell cosmetic surgery is safer and more effective than conventional surgical methods if performed with specialized knowledge and skilled techniques.”

Director Shin is the first innovator in Korea to establish the stem cell breast augmentation technique, maximizing the effects of stem cell surgery and raising the engraftment rate of fat cells to over 70%.
 
He developed and filed a patent for a 'composition that promotes tissue regeneration in fat grafting' designed to increase the fat engraftment rate. Ingredients such as polydeoxyribinucleotide, a liquid cell growth promoter, are encapsulated in microcapsules and administered during the stem cell fat grafting process.

Director Shin Dong-jin explained, “The compositions act as a booster to increase the engraftment rate by maximizing the diffusion of stem cells and the formation and expansion of blood vessels,” adding, “The injected capsules are uniformly dispersed at the transplant site, which can maximize the effect of fat cell growth.” 

In addition, as a preventive measure, a sufficient habitat is created within the breast tissue for extracted fat cells and stem cells to enter, thereby maximizing surgical outcomes.

For individuals with very small or thin breasts, even if fat cells or stem cells are injected, it is difficult for them to survive because the space within the breast is too narrow or the tissue is composed of hard, dense tissue. In such cases, negative pressure, a device used to expand the breast, is utilized to enlarge the space within the breast where the cells will settle before the procedure. Typically, this involves performing a kind of preparatory work using the device 3 to 5 times before the procedure, for 30 to 60 minutes each time. 

Director Shin explained, “If stem cell breast augmentation is performed after pretreatment with a negative pressure generating device, the viability of the stem cells increases, much like sowing seeds in soil that has been softened by plowing a hard field, allowing even women with a slender build to undergo surgery without difficulty.”

Meanwhile, state-of-the-art fat grafting equipment such as TGI, HuriCell, and MultiStation is utilized in stem cell fat grafting. These devices fundamentally prevent side effects like calcification or unevenness and maximize the effectiveness of the surgery. Caution is advised as there are currently only a limited number of hospitals in Korea equipped with these devices. 

Above all, the key to success is the amount of stem cells administered, typically requiring more than 1 million cells. A 'cell counter' helps verify this, so it is helpful to check in advance whether the hospital has the device.


Reporter Yoo Jae-jin director@heraldplus.co.kr
[Source: Herald] http://health.heraldcorp.com/view.asp?idx=4284