AirSculpt Up A Cup™

Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation

A fat transfer to the breast enhances volume and shape using your own body fat. As a minimally invasive alternative to implants, this natural breast augmentation method removes fat from donor areas like the abdomen, thighs, or flanks before treating and injecting it into the breasts. Here at AirSculpt, we refer to it as the Up a Cup™, as the procedure best suits patients who want to go up one cup size or less. Anyone with enough fat to transfer is likely a good candidate. This detail is key, as surgeons will purposefully transfer more volume than is needed because the body will always reabsorb about 30 percent of the transferred fat. That said, new techniques like AirSculpt remove and transfer cells with a delicate plucking motion. This benefit reduces damage to the fat, increasing the amount that remains in the breasts long-term.

How Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation Works

The surgeon numbs the donor site's skin and creates tiny entry points (this step is repeated on the breasts before the transfer). A tumescent solution is then applied to prepare the treated area.

Liposuction, or a similar option like AirSculpt, extracts fat from areas such as the abdomen, thighs, or flanks. An automated cannula minimizes trauma and preserves fat cell viability.

The harvested fat is processed carefully, separating viable fat cells from other fluids and impurities. Only high-quality cells are used to ensure grafting success and long-term results.

The purified fat is carefully injected into different areas of the breasts, ensuring even distribution and a natural shape. AirSculpt enhances precision and fat survival with its unique technique.

Why Choose Fat Transfer for Natural Breast Enhancement?

Unlike breast implants, fat transfer breast augmentation offers a more natural look and feel while avoiding many potential safety concerns. It eliminates the risks associated with foreign materials, such as silicone leakage, capsular contracture, or implant rejection.

This method also allows patients to remain awake, avoiding the risks of general anesthesia often required with implants. As a result, the healing process is generally quicker, with downtime lasting 48 hours on average for most patients. The fat is injected through tiny incisions that heal without stitches and leave little to no visible scars.

Beyond enhanced patient safety, fat transfer breast augmentation provides more personalized results. While breast implants come in pre-set sizes and shapes, a fat transfer allows surgeons to sculpt subtle refinements. For example, more fat can be added toward the nipples to enhance shape, or to one breast rather than the other to refine asymmetry.

Breast Enhancement Results

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Fat Transfer to the Breast Benefits

All-Natural Enhancement

Instead of artificial implants made of silicone or saline, using your fat delivers a natural-looking and feeling result.

Permanent Fat Removal

In addition to augmenting your breast size, this procedure permanently removes stubborn fat from donor areas.

Minimally Invasive

Wide-awake fat transfer to the breasts requires just 48 hours of downtime and uses no needles, scalpels, or stitches.

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AirSculpt surgeon Dr. Tabasum Mir explains why fat transfers produce a more natural result than breast implants. Still, much depends on your specific body goals. If you want to enhance your breasts and remove stubborn fat in one procedure, treatments like the Up a Cup™ are right for you. Those without any harvestable fat or patients looking for dramatically large breasts with a more synthetic look make for better implant candidates. Fat transfer results are long-lasting to permanent, whereas implants may need to be removed after five or ten years.

COMPARING ENHANCEMENT METHODS

Breast Implants vs. Fat Transfer

		Breast Implants
All-Natural
Avoids Scalpel Cuts
No Risk of Rejection
Wide-Awake Treatment
No Risk of Leaking
Long-Lasting to Permanent
No Mammogram Interference

Breast Enhancement Recovery Timeline

One Week Prior:

Avoid the following for one week before and after AirSculpt:
- Tobacco
- Alcohol
- Fish Oil
- Flax Seed
- Omega 3 Pills
- Avoid mixing alcohol and medication
Breast enhancement will also need to come in for imaging

24 Hrs Post-Op:

Return to work if you feel comfortable to do so
Drainage is normal and may occur for anywhere between one day and a few weeks
- Use your brand-new foam from the recovery bag and place the foam as you found your first one, underneath your garment.
Walk at least 30 minutes daily

48 Hrs Post-Op:

Return to work if you feel comfortable to do so
Showering is OK 48 hours after your procedure. Be sure to use the Hibiclens you were sent home with when showering until it's gone.
Walk at least 30 minutes daily

Two Weeks:

Most workouts can be resumed at two weeks
Sexual activity can be resumed whenever the patient is comfortable

One Month:

Swelling and bruising will begin to subside more quickly

Six Months:

Final Post Op Visit
Results should be fully complete by this point and will be permanent if constant weight maintained

24 Hrs Prior:

Nurse will call to remind of the arrival time. Verify medications are picked up and patients driver/ride after procedure.

Day Of:

Eat prior to the procedure.
DO NOT take any sedating medications
Arrive 30 minutes prior to procedure time

One Week:

One-week post-op visit in person- check entry points
Fat transfers may feel hard afterward, which is totally normal and will subside after a few weeks.

Three Weeks:

You can remove compression garment

Three Months:

Post Op Visit

Breast Enhancement Recovery Timeline

One Week Prior:
- Avoid the following for one week before and after AirSculpt:
  - Tobacco
  - Alcohol
  - Fish Oil
  - Flax Seed
  - Omega 3 Pills
  - Avoid mixing alcohol and medication
- Breast enhancement will also need to come in for imaging
24 Hrs Prior:
- Nurse will call to remind of the arrival time. Verify medications are picked up and patients driver/ride after procedure.
Day Of:
- Eat prior to the procedure.
- DO NOT take any sedating medications
- Arrive 30 minutes prior to procedure time
24 Hrs Post-Op:
- Return to work if you feel comfortable to do so
- Drainage is normal and may occur for anywhere between one day and a few weeks
  - Use your brand-new foam from the recovery bag and place the foam as you found your first one, underneath your garment.
- Walk at least 30 minutes daily
48 Hrs Post-Op:
- Return to work if you feel comfortable to do so
- Showering is OK 48 hours after your procedure. Be sure to use the Hibiclens you were sent home with when showering until it's gone.
- Walk at least 30 minutes daily
One Week:
- One-week post-op visit in person- check entry points
- Fat transfers may feel hard afterward, which is totally normal and will subside after a few weeks.
Two Weeks:
- Most workouts can be resumed at two weeks
- Sexual activity can be resumed whenever the patient is comfortable
Three Weeks:
- You can remove compression garment
One Month:
- Swelling and bruising will begin to subside more quickly
Three Months:
- Post Op Visit
Six Months:
- Final Post Op Visit
- Results should be fully complete by this point and will be permanent if constant weight maintained