Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Breastgadget: Pointing the Way to Natural Breasts

Filed under: Plastic Surgery

There's no doubt that breast implants serve a legitimate purpose, such as in cases of reconstruction. And yet, we've noticed the attention paid to breast augmentation technology far outstrips this limited role. You might say the desire for larger breasts in general has been occupying an ample portion of our male and female population's interest for the past century or so.

Sifting through all these huge tracts of research may feel overwhelming -- but don't let your spirits sag. Our Breastgadget column keeps you up to date on important events in the breast industry.

In the past, women have used all kinds of materials to try and up the ante -- even glass balls, giving whole new meaning to Christmas ornaments. At this point we even have adjustable breast implants available. Ideally though, one would just want a bigger natural breast -- rather than some sort of man-made material burrowing inside.

The hope that breast implants could be made out of one's natural body tissue may now be yielding fruit. The main issues with this form of breast implantation is that breasts are mostly fat, adult fat cells don't multiply, and fat cells need a healthy blood supply to survive or they'll disappear.

Cytori Therapeutics might have solved the problem. A combination of fat cells and stem cells harvested from the patient are implanted into the breasts, and supposedly after six months the boobs in questions should have grown by two cup sizes. The procedure is legal across the EU, but results from clinical trials are still pending. We're following these developments with great interest -- cross our hearts.

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