Headlines all over Europe have been promoting the “Lunch Break Boob Job” since the release of information from San Diego based company, Cytori Therapeutics.

According to these headlines, patients can go to their doctor’s office at lunchtime, have their own belly fat injected into their breast for a one-hour breast augmentation and be back to work within an hour.

However, Cytori Therapeutics and doctor’s claim, although there is truth behind the actual procedure, it’s impossible to go through surgery and be back to work as if nothing had happened.

Truth Behind the Myth

Although British magazines promoted the one-hour breast surgery to women, more hopes were raised than cup sizes.

Though with the advances made by Cytori Therapeutics, the possibility of surgeons using the patient’s own fat to increase the size and appearance of their breast is becoming a reality.

“The ultimate goal in plastic surgery is to restore form with your own natural tissue,” says Stephen B. Baker, the associate professor of plastic surgery at Georgetown University. “Artificial materials are more prone to getting infected, moving, or not aging well with the body.”

Although the FDA has approved man made options to be used during surgery, Baker claims surgeons worldwide desire the option of using a more natural substance when performing surgery.

For those who have undergone partial mastectomies followed by radiation, silicone and saline implants are typically not even an option for health reasons.

But it would be possible for cancer patients to use their own fat to restore the condition of their breasts.

(Source: Newsweek)

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