Hello, this is Dr. Yoosuk Chung of TheLINE Plastic Surgery.
A body type of 160cm and 50kg is the slim frame many people admire, but it is also a body type that calls for a precise strategy when it comes to securing a sufficient donor source of fat for breast surgery. Fat grafting, however, is not simply a matter of filling in volume. Over the past 32 years of performing facelifts and body contouring surgery, I have studied the particular physiological dynamics of the breast as a space. Breast fat grafting has an aesthetic of an entirely different grain from implants. The feel of the skin under the hand, the natural movement in response to gravity, and even the emotional sense that it is part of your own body: autologous fat grafting satisfies all of it, making it the most ideal alternative.
1. The essence of the take rate: close adherence completed through ultra-fine rice-grain grafting What decides the success of fat grafting is, without question, the 'take rate.' No matter how much fat is injected, if the surrounding tissue and blood vessels do not connect to supply nutrients, that fat cannot survive as tissue and risks dying off or calcifying. To overcome this, I perform the 'ultra-fine rice-grain grafting' technique. Rather than injecting fat clumped in one place, it is distributed densely, layer by layer, in ultra-fine units smaller than a grain of rice between the muscle and subcutaneous layers of the breast. TheLINE's stem cell-rich SVF liposuction technology plays a decisive role in this process. Because we do not use refined fat alone but graft it blended with a high concentration of the stem cell component (SVF) extracted along with the fat cells, the probability that the grafted fat cells adapt quickly to their new environment and connect with capillaries rises dramatically. Letting the cells settle in naturally, as if they had always been in that place, is the principle of engraftment I uphold.
These are the patient's pre-operative photos.
2. Expanding the space: harmony between skin tension and volume Another thing to consider when performing breast fat grafting on a slim body type is the 'elasticity' of the breast skin. In a lean body the skin is taut, so there tends to be too little room for the grafted fat to settle. Before surgery I give the skin tissue fine stimulation to secure space, and during grafting I use a 'low-pressure grafting method' that minimizes pressure. The skin of the breast is not simply a rubber band that stretches. When ultra-fine rice-grain grafting divides the graft into layers and creates a path along which the fat can breathe freely, the grafted cells secure their new home stably, without outside interference. Applying the know-how of 32 years of practice, I design the upper line of the breast with a gentle curve and the central area with fullness, sculpting the most ideal 'breast contour' whether standing or lying down. It is much like shaping an implant, and yet the result comes down to a softness of the flesh that only the patient herself can feel.
These are the patient's post-operative photos.
3. Completing the surgery: the difference medical design makes to the result The result of breast fat grafting is already decided by the 'completeness of the design' the operating surgeon sets on the table. Creating an optimal environment for cell survival using the ultra-fine rice-grain technique and stem cell-rich SVF, and calculating the three-dimensional proportions of the breast precisely to choose where to place the graft, belong entirely to the professional domain of the medical team. That is why we focus on building a perfect engraftment environment on the day of surgery rather than relying on complicated processes afterward. There are many surgeries that simply increase size. But shaping the safest and softest breast possible within the biological limits your body has is a domain of precise insight built on 32 years of experience. Autologous fat grafting at TheLINE is not simply a surgery that adds volume. It is a process of rebuilding your body to be most like yourself, and most beautiful. Through this sculpting performed by me, Yoosuk Chung, I hope you experience for yourself the ideal volume you have imagined. I promise you the finest take rate and beauty that tens of thousands of surgeries stand behind.
