Stem cell breast augmentation without a guaranteed engraftment rate is useless

With revealing summer fashion becoming popular due to the extreme heat, interest in breast volume is rising among women. Consequently, the number of women considering breast augmentation to make small breasts appear larger is also increasing.

According to Dr. Shin Dong-jin, director of SC301 Clinic and founder of the Korean Society of Stem Cell Plastic Surgery, breast augmentation surgery is recently evolving from conventional implant surgery to stem cell breast augmentation. Although implant surgery is preferred because it is less expensive and provides quick improvements in volume, it can cause a foreign body sensation, and there is a risk that implant rupture or capsular contracture—where the tissue surrounding the implant hardens like a tennis ball—occurs in about 40% of cases after about 10 years post-procedure.

Due to the prevalence of inaccurate information, not many people are fully aware of stem cell breast augmentation. Furthermore, there are medical institutions that claim to perform stem cell breast augmentation but actually conduct unrelated procedures, leading to an increase in consumer harm.

While fat grafting breast augmentation is a procedure in which fat is extracted from the abdomen or thighs and directly transplanted into the breasts, stem cell breast augmentation is a procedure in which stem cells are isolated from the extracted fat, mixed with pure fat in an optimal ratio, and transplanted into the breasts. Thanks to the tissue regeneration and proliferation effects of stem cells, this procedure has the advantage of achieving a survival rate exceeding 70%, resulting in high efficacy and preventing the risk of necrosis of fat tissue.

Generally, when losing weight, facial fat is lost first, followed by belly fat last. Breast fat is lost slightly earlier than belly fat. In the case of stem cell breast augmentation, patients are actually made to gain belly fat prior to the procedure to harvest high-quality fat for transplantation into the breast tissue. Subsequently, a significant amount of belly fat is transplanted to the breasts simultaneously with the breast surgery.

Once the fat has taken root, you will lose abdominal fat to refine your physique; however, to minimize the loss of facial and chest fat, it is helpful to exercise appropriately and follow a special diet focused on high-quality fats and proteins. Since the fat newly settled in the chest becomes semi-permanent and does not disappear, with proper management, you can maintain a certain number of fat cells for a lifetime.

Many women wonder if their breast volume decreases if they lose weight after stem cell breast augmentation. Director Shin explained, “Unless artificial implants are removed due to side effects, the volume-maintaining effect lasts a lifetime. In the case of stem cell breast augmentation, you can consider the volume three months after the procedure to last a lifetime.” He added, “If an appropriate amount of fat and stem cells are secured and transplanted into the right breast tissue in the shortest possible time, more than 70% survive, ensuring sufficient volume is maintained.”

Dr. Shin Dong-jin, director of SC301 Clinic, advised, “When undergoing stem cell breast augmentation, it is crucial to select a medical institution equipped with state-of-the-art stem cell extraction equipment and accumulated experience of over 10 years,” adding, “This is because the doctor performing the procedure must know how to handle stem cells delicately and be able to fully demonstrate their know-how on the spot.”

He added, “If the number of stem cells is less than required, the purity of the fat is poor, or the stem cells cannot be transplanted quickly, the engraftment rate will be low at 10–20%, so it is also important to choose a medical institution that can control the number and quality of the stem cells transplanted using a cell counter.”

source : Geumgang Ilbo (http://www.ggilbo.com)