You know what "love handles" are - those mounds of fat between your hips and your waist - but not on your tummy or derriere. For slim, well-toned athletic women, those love handles can be transplanted to the breast area for reconstruction after breast cancer. The latest type of autologous breast reconstruction uses your LSGAP (lateral septocutaneous perforating branches of the superior gluteal artery) to supply blood to the transplanted tissue. Thin breast cancer patients who have flat tummies and tight buttock areas can't use fat and skin for the DIEP or SEIA (uses tummy fat) and the IGAP or SGAP (uses buttock fat). For these kinds of free tissue flap reconstructions, you must have enough skin, fat, and an artery to have a successful transplant of tissue to your breast area. Your plastic surgeon will use the artery to reconnect the transplanted tissue to your chest using microsurgery - a delicate procedure requiring great skill. Such a breast reconstruction results in a warm, soft, natural appearance to the new breast.
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