A More Proportionate Body

Some women do not have proportionate bodies. This means that their breasts might not be the appropriate size when compared with their frames. They therefore should go for breast augmentation plastic surgery if they want to so that their figures can be more in line with their perception of ideal proportions. In such a way, their bodies can look more balanced from top to bottom.

Aging and Pregnancy

As time goes by, women’s breasts tend to sag due to gravity. Their breasts will lose some of their elastic quality. Another cause of sagging breasts is pregnancy. This is because when a woman is pregnant, her breasts expand when they fill with breast milk. Yet after they have given birth, the breast tissues shrink back to its normal size and the breasts will be left looking hollow and deflated. Although this happens to most women, some find this unappealing and unattractive. They might prefer having a firmer chest. The solution to this will probably be breast augmentation plastic surgery.

The Sagging Genes

Unfortunately for some women, their genes are such that their breasts will naturally sag and droop. This happens independent of aging and pregnancy. As such, the result may be that their breasts hang lower on the body than what they desire. In such a case, these women might want to undergo a breast lift.

Lack of Symmetry

For some ladies, the size and shape of their breasts can be different. Sometimes the difference may be quite small, but for others it may be very obvious. Although it is said that a little natural asymmetry makes one unique and characterizes one, too much discrepancy can be very distressing. This problem can make buying garments a difficulty. Purchasing bras means not able to find one that fits perfectly and tighter fitting clothes will make the problem too obvious. Hence, in these cases, these women might want to try getting breast augmentation plastic surgery.

Vanity

All humans are vain in nature. We want to feel good about the way we look and we want to have confidence when we go out everyday. However, sometimes certain women might not like the way they look, blaming their ‘bad appearance’ on the size of their breasts. They feel self-conscious of their inappropriate sizes and shapes. This can happen if they want to dress a certain way, finding clothes that fit them well and flatter their bodies but do not like the way their breasts’ sizes and shapes look in these clothes. Since most fashion today emphasize the chest area, these women are displeased with their looks in this area and will try breast creams and breast enhancement creams or they might want to undergo breast surgery so as to wear more fashionable clothes. Thus, augmentation surgery can improve the way in which a woman feels and looks at her body and may even provide her with more options in the wardrobe department.

Your recovery time largely depends on the quality and elasticity of your skin. The recovery time can be shortened if you follow the following instructions.

Before your breast augmentation surgery, there are certain things you must stock up on. This includes ice packs, medications, water, snacks and a post-surgical bra. Thereafter, make sure there is a place in the room of your house for you to recover, henceforth known as the recovery room. Prepare this room by stocking it up with all the abovementioned items. In the room, bring out fluffy and soft pillows and put them on your bed so as to make you feel comfortable. These pillows can also be used to elevate your torso and to prevent any more unnecessary swelling. There must always be snacks and water within arm’s reach of your bed. The anaesthesia that was injected into your blood stream will cause stomach discomfort or nausea. These symptoms can be made better by eating snacks and water. After your surgery, your surgeon will probably prescribe some medications for you. Keep these medications near your bed after your breast augmentation surgery so you can take them regularly.

During the time of your recovery, friends and family are the most important people around. They will be the ones who will provide you with loving comfort, care and food every time you are hungry. They are especially helpful if you have children. While undergoing recovery, do ask your closed ones to care for your children, as you will need maximum rest and minimum movement for the initial stages of post-surgery recovery. To keep you occupied during this resting period, you can rent movies to entertain you.

After surgery and the wearing effects of the painkillers, your body will inevitably feel sore and uncomfortable. It is therefore vital that you get as much as possible so that a speedy recovery can be achieved. Prepare and store many ice packs to manage swelling and reduce pain. As your hands will have difficulty moving and lifting over your head, it is advisable for you to purchase comfortable over-sized button down shirts so that changing of clothes will be convenient. Once the pain wears off, do the self-massage that your surgeon would have taught you so that you can prevent encapsulation or hardening of the scar tissue.

Always wear your post-surgical bra until your next visit to your surgeon. Your surgeon will check on your incisions and tell you when your recovery is expected to end. Then will he inform you when to stop using the bra. You may also be prescribed breast creams for recovery.

Post-operative fever is an indication of infection, hence do keep an eye on your body temperature at all times so that action can be taken as soon as possible.

Breast Feeding

Usually, breast implants should not interfere with the process of breast-feeding. In fact, many breast implant patients can successfully breast feed years after they got their implants. For those unfortunate few, there may be times when breast implants may result in difficulties while breast-feeding.

The best way to deal with it is to actually inform your plastic surgeon beforehand that you have plans in the future to breast feed. Therefore, this information will impact the surgical technique he takes and ensure that there will be no problems when you decide to have children breast-feeding from your breasts.

Mammography

One worrying risk that breast augmentation may result in is that the silicon or saline breast implants may actually impeded breast cancer detection. The mammography process requires the use of X-ray or ultrasound but the implants may sometimes block off the signals, thereby hiding suspicious tumours or lesions within your breasts that when it is found too late.

With this side effect in mind, many clinics that provide mammography will take special notice of breast-implant patients. In order to get a better and more accurate profile of your breasts, more views are required which lead to more time needed for imaging. Hence, the next time you schedule a mammography, remember to inform the receptionist of your special situation so that more time can be scheduled for your scan.

Loss of Sensation

Sometimes after breast surgery, implant patients may encounter a sudden loss of sensation in the nipple and breast areas. This is caused by damage to nerve endings in the breast and nipple. More often than not, this loss of sensation is temporary. But in more severe cases, it can be permanent.

There is no cure for this except that, as a preventive measure, make sure you have the most appropriate implant and surgical technique minimize this complication.

Leaking of Breast Implant Material

Recent studies have shown that the leaking or leaching of breast implant materials silicon and saline water may lead to harmful effect. The FDA, on the other hand, have stated clearly that the implant materials approved by them have not shown to contain any of these harmful effects.

Rupture

It is impossible for implants to last forever. It is common for implants to suddenly break, rupture or deflate. While many of these ruptures are consequences of natural old age of the person, aging of the implant, excessive compression of the breast and even trauma to the breast. The most obvious effect of a botched plastic surgery is the difference in the size and shape of the breast modification.

Although there are risks involved, you can minimized the risk by seeking help only from professional plastic surgeon or you could try out less invasive methods such as breast cream or breast enlargement pills first.

Here are some ways to find a good breast augmentation surgery doctor in your vicinity:

-       You can find a list of Board Certified plastic surgeons in your vicinity using the Plastic Surgeon Finder provided by Mentor.

-       Ask around and check with your friends to see if anyone of them can recommend you a competent doctor

-       A list of plastic surgeons can also be found through professional organisations like the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) or your local medical society.

In order to check if you have the right plastic surgeons, here are a list of questions that you can ask to see if he has the adequate surgical experience and training.

After making a list of breast augmentation plastic surgeons in your area, decide which plastic surgeons you would like to call. Then call each plastic surgeon’s office with a few questions that you would like to know. Based on these answers, decide which plastic surgeons you feel comfortable with and make a consultation appointment.

During the consultation, you should ask the following questions:

-       How many breast augmentation implantation procedures does the plastic surgeon you have selected perform every year?

-       Is the breast augmentation surgery doctor board-certified? If so, by what board?

-       How many years of experience has the surgeon had in performing breast augmentation procedures?

-       Where is the surgeon licensed to practice surgery? (This is important because some states will provide the information to potential patients about the surgeon’s history including any disciplinary action or malpractice claims that he might have had.)

-       Are there any common complications that the surgeon’s patients usually suffer from?

-       What is the surgeon’s rate of reoperation?

-       What type of reoperation does this surgeon usually perform?

If you are satisfied with the answers that the different surgeons you have asked, select the surgeon that you feel is the most suitable and the best match for you. Like everything else, the success rate does not depend solely on the surgeon’s experience and qualifications, there are other factors that can cause your situation to differ from the norm. Here are some factors:

-       Your medical history

-       Your chest structure and body shape

-       Your current health situation

-       Any medications you are on

-       Your smoking or drinking habits that might affect your healing capabilities

-       Previous breast surgeries

-       Allergies and infections

-       Predisposition to develop a hardened capsule around the implant

Breast augmentation surgery is one method of enhancing your breast but there are also alternatives such as breast enhancement creams or breast enlargement pills etc. Surgery as a option for enhancement of your breast must be considered carefully.

Therefore, during the initial consultation, you have to discuss with your surgeon your goals and expectations, the size and shape you are looking for and your feelings about the procedure.

Type of Breast Implants

One of the first decisions you have to make is the type of breast implant to use. The type you select is decided based your personality, your body (anatomy) and your expected results. Breast implants come in a large range. For implant surface, there are smooth or textured breast implants. The implant shape can be either round or shaped. The profile of the implant is dependent on how far you want the implant to protrude. The implant size is based on the volume you want, usually ranging from 120 to 850 cc. Two common implant fillers are saline or silicone.

Surface of the Implants

The surface of the implant is vital in that implants with textured surfaces were engineered so that the likelihood of capsular contraction is diminished. Sadly, one major flaw of textured implants that, depending on the placement of the implant, has a higher probability of being visible through the skin.

Silicon Fillers vs. Saline Fillers

Saline breast implants use sterile saline solution to fill the implants. Silicon breast implants are usually filled with silicone oil, cured large silicon, and a small amount of uncured silicones. It is important to note that both silicone and saline implants have an outer layer that is composed of silicone-rubber.

One benefit of having saline breast implants is that, should the implant rupture, the saline can be easily absorbed into the body. On the other hand, the silicone gel that leaks outside of the shell after rupture cannot. Saline breast implant ruptures are quite obvious and noticeable as the implant flattens. But this is not the consequence when using silicone breast implants.

Breast Implant Placement

Breast implants can be placed behind the chest tissues in three primary areas. These are the subglandular implant placement, the partial submuscular implant placement, and the complete submuscular implant placement. Of course, the optimum implant placement will be based on the size of your implants and your individual anatomical features. The subglandular implant placement has the breast implant put under the breast issue, just above the muscles in the chest. The partial submuscular implant placement imports the implant under the breast tissue and partially under the pectoral and other chest muscles. Lastly, the complete submuscular implant placement places the breast implant under the pectoral and chest muscles.

Implant Incisions

Breast implants are inserted under the breast tissue via strategically placed but inconspicuous incisions. As this surgical procedure is usually performed for cosmetic and vanity reasons, the incision location will usually be well hidden. There are four main types of incisions. They are the inframammary incision, the periareolar incision, the transaxillary incision and the TUBA incision.

Certainly skilled, experienced surgeons can lessen risks of complications tremendously but it is important, on your part, to observe strict adherence to the advice and instructions of your surgeon. But no matter how skilled or experienced your surgeon is, risks of complications are very real threats.

Infection

After a few days or week of surgery, it is likely that infection of the wound may occur. There is also a possibility, though very rare, that infection arises years after breast surgery when the cuts and incisions have completely healed.

Usually, your surgeon will give you the necessary medications so that the infection will quickly subside. But sometimes, the implant has to be removed until the infection subsides. The implant can then be replaced at a later time.

Bottoming Out

This is a complication involving the slipping of the implant such that it rides too low in the chest tissue. This may result in the nipple to point upwards in an artificial manner.

Re-entering the wound and re-creating the original pocket can fix the problem of bottoming out.

Symmastia

Symmastia is the result whereby the two breasts appear to be situated unusually close to each other. This complication can only be corrected by a separate surgical procedure. As the common cause of this complication is the wrong size of implants, once larger implants are replaced with smaller ones, the problem will be solved.

After this separate surgery, known as the revision breast augmentation surgery, is completed, a special support bra and other propping bandages will be required to provide the cleavage the necessary support until after the tissues heal.

Capsular Contraction

Not unlike how the body acts with any other foreign object, the body will have to create a capsule around the breast implant to start the healing process. This formation of a capsule is a normal effect of other invasive surgeries. The problem arises when the capsule closes or contracts around the foreign implant itself. Such a closure is known as a capsular contraction. This contraction usually happens a few months after surgery. The result of capsular contraction is that because of the compression of the implant, the implant is caused to look distorted. In more serious cases, the implant can feel hard and out-of shape.

The severity of the capsular contraction can usually be ranked in a number of ways:

Grade 1: The breast is normally soft and natural

Grade 2: The breast feels a little firm but looks natural

Grade 3: The breast feels firm and may appear distorted

Grade 4: The breast feels hard, sometimes painful and may appear distorted

The way to treat capsular contraction is to remove the implant or replace it at a later date. Breast Augmentation Surgery do have its risks and complications but the results are almost instant. Alternatives will include breast creams, breast enhancement creams, breast enlargement pills or natural breast augmentation.