BREASTPURE™ Natural Breast Enhancement using the BRAVA System

Fat transfer to the breast now provides a natural solution for those seeking to augment their breast size or improve their breast contour! Patients first wear the BRAVA™ device, a gentle dome shaped suction device to stretch the skin and increase the tissue vascularity, for 4 weeks before the procedure and for a short time afterwards. This device was invented by world famous plastic surgeon Dr. Roger Khouri, with whom Dr. Johnson has personally trained. Using the BreastPure™ technique derived from Dr. Khouri's work with the BRAVA system can result in fat survival rates achieving 90%. This natural augmentation technique is an excellent alternative for patients who desire the breast to feel natural and look natural. This provides a structure and shape to the breast that cannot be achieved with implants alone or with other types of surgery.

BREASTPURE™ Natural Breast Enhancement is a minimally invasive procedure that is done while patient is awake with only local anesthesia. This is not only safer for the patient, but allows the patient to participate in the final breast reshaping before the procedure is complete. In the skilled hands of Dr. Mark Johnson, BREASTPURE™ Natural Breast Enhancement using BRAVA tissue expansion and transfer of your own fat is an excellent option for patients desiring aesthetic breast augmentation with a more natural look and feel, correction of breast asymmetry, correction of breast deformities and defects, and for soft tissue coverage of breast implants.

Previous concerns about breast augmentation with fat transfer appear to have been overstated, and included unpredictable or low survival rates of the transferred cells, development of cysts, calcification and tissue irregularities. However, this has recently changed with the publication of a position paper in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery which states "The risks associated with fat grafting procedures may actually be lower than for other types of surgery" and "Fat grafting can be considered a safe method of augmentation and correction of defects associated with various medical conditions". It further goes on to state "...there appears to be no interference with breast cancer detection...".

Breast Reconstruction using BREASTPURE™ and the BRAVA™ system invented by Dr. Roger Khouri (also known as the MIAMI technique) This is a multistep technique that can transform a post-mastectomy scar into a naturally appearing and feeling breast. The patient wears the BRAVA™ device, similar to a brassiere that suctions the breast defect area and stretches the tissues. This creates an adequate matrix in which is subsequently injected with your own fat. The fat is gently removed from the patient and immediately injected into the prepared site. After undergoing a few procedures, the breasts are reconstructed. The procedure is done as outpatient under local anesthesia and sedation and has minimal recovery time. As compared to the traditional methods, it involves no incisions, no new scars, no foreign objects and it recreates a natural feeling breast.

For more information on the BRAVA™ System, go to http://www.brava.com/home.asp

For a better idea of how this process works, please watch Dr. Khouri performing his technique in the short video below.