Breast reconsruction at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting

The annual meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons is currently being held in Toronto, Canada, and a much discussed topic at the meeting the increasing role of using one’s own fat as a “filling” agent from one part of the body to the chest/breast area in reconstruction; typically, this involves liposuction from one area to fill various areas of the breast reconstruction through a process of purifying the fat cells in the operating room. There is alot of basic science research going into understanding how these fat cells survive on their own in another part of the body