Liposuction offers a wealth of benefits, including fat loss for localized areas of the body, and a treatment to improve skin surface irregularities. But perhaps one other benefit that may surprise clients is the possibility for increased breast size! While the decision for liposuction should not be based on a reason of increased breast size, many female liposuction patients have noticed that their breast size is larger following liposuction.
Dr. Eric Finzi, M.D., Ph.D., a board certified dermatologic surgeon with a specialty in tumescent liposuction, initiated a study to determine the validity of this claim. He himself noted that a number of his patients returned to his office for their post-operative exam with this unexpected result from a body liposuction procedure. He retrospectively reviewed the records of over 60 women who underwent liposuction in various areas of the body over a 3 year period. The study results were published in the September 2003 issue of Dermatologic Surgery*, the official journal publication of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDA).
Study Results Support the Premise
The Finzi study found that significant breast enhancement occurred in 43% of female patients who underwent one or more tumescent liposuction surgeries. These patients demonstrated an increase in upper breast pole projection and improved breast shapeliness following liposuction. The study results show a likelihood for increased breast size under certain conditions, including:
- Increased breast size is more likely to occur from liposuction of hips, waist and abdomen when compared to other areas of the body.
- Liposuction patients who were 15-30% overweight at the time of liposuction were more likely to experience a breast size increase.
“This is the first step in the development of natural breast enlargement,” stated Dr. Finzi, who has performed tumescent liposuction surgery on thousands of patients to remove fat in areas of the body where diet and exercise were ineffective.
The reasons for increased breast size following liposuction is not clear, however it has been speculated that the accumulation of fat following liposuction tends to gravitate to untreated body areas.
Since it’s inception in 1987, tumescent liposuction by local anesthesia has become a major cosmetic treatment for body sculpting by dermatologic and plastic surgeons. With tumescent liposuction’s superior safety record, and ability to remove fat in unwanted areas with minimal surgical scarring, women may now potentially also benefit with a natural increase in breast size!
* Dermatologic Surgery is the official publication of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS). To view the Breast Enlargement Induced by Liposuction study online, click here.
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