What this site is for
This is a patient decision guide, not a textbook. The anatomy, the harvest, the processing and the placement technique are explained properly on the Breast & Body Contouring hub and on Dr. Mao's own site. What this site adds is the part a patient works through alone: how much volume is genuinely realistic, why fat cannot lift a drooping breast, what happens to your mammograms afterwards, what the donor site costs in the first fortnight, and when an implant or a lift is the better answer.
Who writes it
The guides are written by the clinical content team of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital and medically reviewed by Tongchun Mao, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Aesthetic Surgery, whose breast and body practice includes augmentation with implants or fat. Every page carries the reviewer's name and the date it was last reviewed.
The three things we state on every relevant page
That a proportion of transferred fat is always reabsorbed and the amount is not predictable; that fat transfer does not lift a breast and cannot correct significant ptosis; and that transferred fat can calcify, which changes how mammograms read and may require further imaging. These are not caveats added at the end. They are the reasons a patient chooses a different operation, and they belong at the start of the decision.
What we deliberately do not publish
No prices, because the honest figure depends on the volume planned, the donor site, whether another procedure is combined, the anaesthetic and the facility. No brand names for medicines or devices. No dosages. No before-and-after images presented as evidence, and no promise about size, shape, symmetry or how much fat will survive.
The limits of a website
Nothing here can tell you whether you are a candidate, how much fat can be harvested from you, or what your breasts will look like afterwards. That requires an examination, and in some cases imaging arranged on its own merits rather than as part of cosmetic planning. Any lump or breast symptom should be assessed before cosmetic surgery is considered at all.