New Breast Surgery Treatment To Become Available To UK Women
Pioneering Technique From Japan Used For First Time On East Ayrshire Woman
A new form of breast surgery could soon be available to women in the United Kingdom, according to reports by the Daily Mail.
The procedure works using stem cells, early age cells which can be manipulated to grow into any kind of tissue found in the human body. The technique, developed in Japan, works by using the stem cells to create new breast tissue.
It follows work carried out in an attempt to use fat for breast augmentation, however injecting fat into the breasts was found to be problematic as blood supply could not be maintained to the newly formed tissue. However, this is not the case with stem cells.
The Daily Mail spoke with a consultant breast surgeon, Professor Kefah Mokbel of the London Breast Institute in March, who points out that breast augmentation through the use of stem cells results in more natural looking breasts than those using implants.
He added, “We are optimistic we can easily achieve an increase of one cup size. We cannot say yet if we can achieve more. That may depend on the stem cells we can harvest.”
Following on from this news the same popular tabloid spoke of the story of Irene Mackenzie, an East Ayrshire woman, after receiving the pioneering procedure. “Initially, my breast and tummy felt bruised and swollen, but after a few weeks, this went down,” she said, “Three months later, my stem cell treated breast looked and felt like normal breast tissue, even slightly firmer”
Mackenzie received the treatment after a lumpectomy to remove a cancerous lump from her breast. She had heard that a plastic surgeon from the Glasgow Royal Infirmary was carrying out a pioneering new procedure to replicate breast tissue using stem cells.
The procedure could be good news for women who are in need of corrective breast surgery following a lumpectomy. The latest technique could produce more natural looking breasts, with research continuing to determine how large the breasts can be made.
Further trials are to be carried out in May.
Source: DailyMail.co.uk
