Lipomodelling of the Breast: A review

Background: Autologous fat transplantation has been used to correct cosmetic deformities in almost all areas of the body. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in the use of fatty tissue to fill defects resulting from breast conserving surgery (BCS) and asymmetries after reconstructive breast surgery. Methods: A Medline database search was performed, and the published evidence was reviewed. Results & conclusion: We describe and discuss the technique and indications, advantages, disadvantages and future direction of fat transfer to the breast. Search methodology: A Medline database search was used to retrieve relevant literature. Key search words used were: breast fat transfer, fat auto-transplantation, adipose tissue injection and lipomodelling. As a number of original articles are in French these were translated and used in addition to the English publications. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.