Miracle Image Medaesthetic Institute

Fat Transfer to Face, Breasts, and Buttocks

People started transferring fat for cosmetic purpose more than 100 years ago. The results have been poor or mediocre until now. The better understanding of fat viability and improved fat transfer technique make fat transfer an excellent procedure for outstanding results. In fact, fat is very fragile. Any improper handling will destroy it very easily. Injecting these low quality fat into the target areas will not achieve any cosmetic improvement. We use the most advanced and gentle techniques to harvest and transfer fat. The results are instant and outstanding.

As we age, our fat pockets shift. We lose fat in our face, breasts, and buttocks. These changes make us look and feel old. Our waistline starts to enlarge. Have you thought about removing fat from your waist and abdomen and put it where you need it, namely your breasts? This is not a fiction anymore. It is reality with our advanced and gentle techniques of harvesting and injectin

g developed by Dr. Jeffrey Liu and Miracle Image and Medaesthetic Institute. This Natural Breast Augmentation can recreate the breasts that look natural and feel natural, and can increase 1 cup size instantly and easily. The procedure can also be done without general anesthesia and heavy sedation. Patient often can stand up to give her feedback about he

r own Natural Breast Augmentation before it is totally completed. This is a superb procedure for those who lost breast volume from aging, childbearing, and nursing. This procedure will restore the breast to its natural and youthful look without surgery.

The same technique and philosophy can apply to face and buttocks with the same natural and youthful results. Our special fat harvesting technique allows the fat survival rate to achieve 90% compared to 40-50% with the older techniques. Our special fat injection technique allows the cosmetic improvement to last for years. Call us now to find out our specials. Come to find out how these simple procedures can change the way you think about breast augmentation and fat transfer for facial rejuvenation and buttock augmentation.

Natural Breast Augmentation with Autologous Fat Transfer

The first documented fat transfer to breast for augmentation was in 1895 when a surgeon reconstructed the breast with a piece of fat tissue.  It is not until in the early 1980's when a California physician started transferring patient's own fat from liposuction to breast with micro-deposit technique.  The success was somewhat limited to the technical difficulty and the low fat survival rate.

With the advances in modern medicine and liposuction technique, the fat survival rate could achieve 90%. With the improved fat survival rate and fat transfer technique, there are more and more patients looking for different ways for breast augmentation or breast defect correction other than breast implants.  This Natural Breast Augmentation technique is an alternative option for the patients who desire the breast to feel natural and look natural.  The most recent study presented by "The Father of Fat Transfer" Dr. Coleman at the American Association of Plastic Surgeons meeting in 5/2006, he concluded "When harvested and refined with minimal trauma and when placed in small aliquots, the transplanted free fat grafts can remain viable and provide a structure and shape to the breast that cannot be achieved with implants alone or with other types of surgery".

This Natural Breast Augmentation is a minimally invasive procedure that is done while patient is awake with only local anesthesia.  This awake method allows the patient to see the actual results and participate in the final breast reshaping before the procedure is complete.  The potential complications are comparable with any other breast procedures.  When performed properly, Natural Breast Augmentation with autologous fat transfer is an excellent option for patients for simple aesthetic breast augmentation with more natural look and feel, correction of breast asymmetry, correction of breast deformities and defects, as an adjunct or primary tool in breast reconstruction, and for soft tissue coverage of breast implants.  Dr. Jeffrey Liu and Miracle Image Medaesthetic Institute have been working closely with the leading experts to bring Natural Breast Augmentation to the public.  This is the procedure that is superb for patients who are looking for more natural look and feel for their breast augmentation.  This is also a superb procedure to restore the breast volume loss from aging or nursing to bring back its more natural and youthful look.

What is tumescent liposuction?

The word tumescent refers to anything that is swollen and firm. In the tumescent technique for liposuction, a large volume of very dilute solution of local anesthesia (lidocaine and epinephrine) is infiltrated (injected) into the fat beneath the skin, causing the targeted area to become tumescent, in other words, swollen and firm. The local anesthetic lidocaine in the tumescent solution provides such complete local anesthesia, that it eliminates the need for general anesthesia, or IV sedation. The drug epinephrine (adrenalin) provides profound localized vasoconstriction that it virtually eliminates surgical bleeding during tumescent liposuction. By eliminating the risks of general anesthesia and the risks of excessive surgical bleeding, the tumescent technique for liposuction totally by local anesthesia has eliminated the greatest dangers associated with the older forms of liposuction.

What areas can be treated?

Some fat deposits simply won't budge despite our best efforts to get in shape with exercise and proper nutrition. The most common sites for women are the abdomen (includes waistline sculpting), saddlebags (upper outer thighs), inner and anterior (front) thighs, hips and back, buttocks, neck and chin (see neck lift) and arms. For men, the most popular treatment sites are the flanks ("love handles") and abdomen as well as neck and chin (see neck lift).

Am I a Candidate?

Liposuction is neither a substitute for proper diet and exercise nor a cure for obesity. To get the most from this procedure, you should be of average weight with extra fat localized in specific areas. It is important that you have healthy, elastic skin with the capacity to shrink evenly after your surgery. This is determined during your consultation. Since liposuction removes only fat, it cannot eliminate dimpling or correct skin laxity. Candidates should be in good general health.

What are the benefits of tumescent liposuction?

Local anesthesia used in the tumescent technique for liposuction is so effective that patients no longer need intravenous sedatives, narcotic analgesics, or general anesthesia. As a result of the widespread capillary constriction caused by the epinephrine in the anesthetic solution, there is minimal bleeding during and after surgery. This is a major improvement in the liposuction technique compared to the older methods that simply use general anesthesia.

How does the tumescent technique reduce bruising after liposuction?

There is dramatically less bruising with tumescent liposuction totally by local anesthesia compared to other liposuction techniques under general anesthesia. There are two reasons for this significant decrease in bruising. First, because there is so little blood loss with the tumescent technique, there is almost no blood that remains beneath the skin to cause bruising after surgery. The second reason for decreased bruising is that with the tumescent technique there is a considerable amount of post-operative drainage of the blood tinged anesthetic solution. The incisions are so small (about 1.5 mm), the incisions do not require stitches. By allowing these wounds to remain open for two to three days after the surgery, most of the residual blood-tinged anesthetic solution drains out. This minimizes bruising and swelling and accelerates the rate of healing.

Dr Liu is also medical director for the Las Vegas Liposuction Center and the Las Vegas Fat Transfer Center, ensuring you will always get the latest advanced techniques in liposuction.