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I would like to have larger breasts but do not want breast implants. Is it possible...

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I would like to have larger breasts but do not want breast implants. Is it possible to take fat from another place in your body (such as the buttocks) and place these fat cells in the breasts to increase the breast size?

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Breast enlargement with fat injections is definitely not recommended. Fat injections into the breast will lead to some fat necrosis. The fat necrosis in turn will lead to microcalcifications. These microcalcifications can appear similar, on a mammogram, to the signs of breast cancer, necessitating a biopsy procedure to rule out the possibility of cancer.

There is another way to enlarge the breasts called the BRAVA method. In this method you wear a suction apparatus that looks like a bra. If you wear this for several months, it may increase the size of your breast by one size. However, not all patients have had success with this device.