| The popularity of both transplants and implants to help | | | | successful; it could be anything from one or two years |
| accentuate a person's bicep and tricep muscles has | | | | to a lifetime. However, because the surgeon is only |
| been very noticeable during recent years. It might be | | | | operating with the patient's own specific fat cells, the |
| that an exercise regime has been successful on most | | | | procedure is totally biocompatible and non-allergenic - |
| parts of the body but the biceps or triceps have been | | | | this on its own can be a major comforting factor to |
| unreceptive. Alternatively, it could be that, because of | | | | most patients. |
| illness or injury, those particular areas have been | | | | The bicep and tricep implant procedures have become |
| weakened and are now conspicuously less | | | | amongst the most common body implants, especially |
| pronounced than others. Or perhaps, simply, aging or | | | | amongst men. The procedure can be performed with |
| genetics have played an inevitable role. | | | | the patient awake or under a general anesthetic. Bicep |
| For most cosmetic surgeons, the transplanting of fat | | | | and tricep implants generally follow a similar pattern in |
| has been the best means of increasing volume in the | | | | that an incision is made in a fairly inconspicuous position |
| specific muscle but, during the past decade, body | | | | on the upper arm or armpit. Of course, most people |
| implants have become a common alternative. | | | | are more happy with this approach and reputable |
| In the case of fat transplants, it is most common for | | | | surgeons with any credibility and experience will |
| the fat cells employed to be taken from the buttocks, | | | | always talk patients through different stages of the |
| stomach or thighs of the patient. This is usually | | | | procedure. |
| performed by liposuction. After this process has been | | | | The surgeon is then able to shape a 'pocket' into which |
| carried out, the surgeon will subsequently process and | | | | the implant is inserted and carefully positioned, inside a |
| purify the cells, sometimes spinning them, before | | | | soft tissue area of muscle and fat. Bicep and tricep |
| injecting them into their new position in the body. | | | | implants can be of various sizes and shapes and are |
| Because it is most probable that up to 60% of all the | | | | generally manufactured using soft silicone. They can |
| transferred cells will not survive for longer than three | | | | be 'custom-made' to suit the patient's anatomical |
| or four days after the procedure, the surgeon will | | | | shape and an individual patient might require more than |
| 'overfill' the relevant area. For this reason, and several | | | | one implant to achieve the desired result. |
| others, it is quite possible if, for example, a patient has | | | | Apart from the usual possible side effects of surgical |
| two bicep transplants, for them to appear | | | | procedures, there is a slight risk of asymmetry with this |
| asymmetrical because it is impossible to predict how | | | | kind of implant surgery, along with muscle or nerve |
| the cells will react to this procedure. | | | | damage (usually temporary), or numbness and possible |
| It is also difficult to predict with any degree of | | | | implant shifting after the operation. |
| accuracy how long a fat transplant might remain | | | | |