Poll: Women Grow Their Own Breast Implants

By T. Kallmyer on Mar 17, 2010

Body image obsession is nothing new among women and some will go to great lengths in their quest for the perfect dimensions.

In the UK women are trying a new procedure for decreasing their belly size and increasing their breast size without surgery.

The new procedure, currently only offered by one clinic in the UK, takes fat from the woman's stomach, mixes it with the woman's platelets and then injects the concoction into the woman's breasts.

Many women who can't afford the other procedures out there are signing up for this procedure as it is a more affordable option. The clinic has only performed the procedure on 10 women since December 2009 and they plan to try it on another 10 women this month.

Many health professionals question the safety of this procedure in regards to the long term effects and the possible interference with the early detection of breast cancer. However, advocates of the procedure say that it is fine because they are injecting the woman's own tissue into the breast which will not cause a reaction in the woman's body.

I see this procedure as having the potential to revolutionize the field of breast augmentation surgery, but because of the newness of platelet injection fat transfer (PIFT), I would question its safety.

Source: DailyMail.co.uk

Is it wise for women to try such new procedures like this to obtain the perfect body?

8 Comments

Spectra on 17 Mar 2010

I would definitely wait a while before looking into this procedure at all, but if I did want bigger tatas, I'd probably go this route instead of the traditional silicone implants.

foooood on 17 Mar 2010

I agree, Spectra. Definitely wait it out a little before looking into it. But it does seem pretty straightforward...fat from stomach -> breasts. Decreasing belly fat but increasing your breasts! Sounds too good to be true.
But you never know, maybe they'll find some terrible outcome in this procedure in the future.
Personally, I don't encourage any type of improving anything for the "perfect body" because your body can't be "perfect" forever, anyway... And I'd say no to this new fad, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

soozeequeue on 17 Mar 2010

Notwithstanding the relative merits of those two areas of my middle-aged physique, it's not something I would be interested in doing. But, regarding the relative safety of it, aren't there other procedures that involve injecting fat from one part of your body into another already? Can't think offhand what they are but I thought the idea sounded familiar. Maybe I'm missing something, but would this be any different?

Melanie | Dietriffic on 18 Mar 2010

Absolutely NO WAY I'd get this done — I'd rather be safe! As said above, I don't believe in getting surgery for the "perfect" body anyway, it's just all a bit ridiculous.

Ann on 18 Mar 2010

I'd be concerned that the fat wouldn't end up shaped correctly in the breasts. Does anyone have a pillow where the batting has gotten clumped a bit and pushed out of shape? I wouldn't want lumpy, misshaped breasts ...

Melanie | Dietriffic on 18 Mar 2010

I know it's not funny, but you made me laugh Ann!!!! :-) I can just imagine it...

lucie on 18 Mar 2010

interesting.
im a student in anthropology and im currently researching for my final dissertation on the topic of cosmetic surgery.
although i think i personally would not go down the route of any surgical intervention, i am beginning to understand the complexity of the process of decision making that people go through when making the decision to under go such procedures. it is interesting that this case demonstates the significance of substance ie here it is not an alien 'unnatural' substance that is being inserted into the body, but a part of yourself that is being 'relocated' (albeit through a very 'unnatural' process) -- and that this makes it a more 'palatable' option on an individual level, and simultaneously probably more justifiable on a cultural/social level.
i am currently reading an ethnography by Kathy Davis called 'reshaping the female body: the dilemma of cosmetic surgery' which i would highly recommend to any one interested in the decision making process behind cosmetic surgery, at the level of the patient as well as the surgeons, and the apparant paradox between it being a demonstration of agency and an empowering process for people whilst simultaneously being the the submission to oppressive standards of beauty and culturally constructed ideas of 'normal' and 'abnormal' bodies.

Heather on 18 Mar 2010

This poll question was VERY leading. Guess we know how the author feels.