02/21/2026
Many women like the idea of fat grafting rather than breast implants, because its a permanent size increase using your own adipose tissue. But fat grafting has some significant limitations. First, it may take a couple of rounds of fat grafting to achieve a noticeable increase in size. Which means multiple trips to the operating room. Second, fat grafting large volumes can leave necrotic fat an oil cysts that may make it more difficult to read screening mammograms. For these reasons, Dr. Greer reserves fat grafting for times when patients want to correct small differences in symmetry or improve the contour of a specific area of the breast. If your goal is simply size increase, implants are the most reliable way to achieve that goal.