Doctor: Liposuction Boosts Breast Size
Doctor: Liposuction Boosts Breast Size
February 21, 2007 -
Imagine going to get liposuction and walking away with bigger breasts-sounds too good to be true, right? Maybe not, says Dr. Eric Finzi, who recently published a study that found a natural increase in breast size among women who had liposuction.
“We saw that it’s almost half of the women who I had done liposuction of their stomach and waist had an increase in breast size,” Dr. Finzi said.
The study involved 60 liposuction patients, 43 percent of which experienced a significant increase in breast size-between one and two cup sizes on average.
Skepticism
However, not all doctors would recommend liposuction just for the sake of augmenting one’s breasts. Plastic surgeon Dr. Terry Hand said he suspects that breasts benefits are actually much less common than suggested by Finzi’s study.
“From my clinical impression, if it happens, then it probably happens ten percent or less, said Dr. Hand.
Liposuction is used to remove fat cells from certain areas of the body like the stomach and thighs. According to Dr. Hand, if a person gains weight after liposuction, the fat is more likely to accumulate in other areas, and in some cases, that might mean the breasts.
“I would not recommend doing liposuction on your body with the idea that you are doing for the purpose of making your breasts bigger. It may in fact happen, but I doubt that it happens consistently,” he said.
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