BREAST AUGMENTATION
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Breast augmentation or enlargement, is one of the most popular cosmetic surgery operations.
Indications: This operation is done to enhance or enlarge the breast. Many materials have been used to enlarge the breast. Most have fallen into disuse and implants remain the method of choice.
There are two types of patient who need this operation. First, those who have never developed breast tissue and second, those who had breast tissue before pregnancy and lost it after they had children.
This operation does not tighten the breast or raise the nipple, it is to make the breast larger. If you have loose skin or the nipple is low you may need a mastopexy or breast tightening.
Method: There are many ways to perform breast enlargement. The method must be tailored to the individual patient needs. The principal is to create a pocket under the breast tissue and place an implant into that pocket.
In some patients the surgeon places the implant under the pectoral muscle and in others under the gland of the breast. The operation is done under either local anesthetic (you are awake) or general anesthetic (you are asleep). Most of the time this is an outpatient operation, and a stay in the hospital is not needed.
Problems: All operations have some risk. The risks of surgery are divided into two groups.
First those that are seen in all operations and second those that are unique or special for this operation. In the first group, the main risks are swelling, bruising, bleeding, infection, a scar and numbness or change in feeling. There is no good evidence that implants may hurt any future child.
The main problems which are special for this operation are hardening of the capsule around the breast, leakage of the implant and changes in mammography.
Postoperative care: The recovery takes one to two weeks. Most people are back to work within a week or two.
There are many different ways to do this operation and your best advice comes from your own plastic surgeon.
Alternative names for this operation: augmentation mammoplasty, augmentation mammaplasty, breast enhancement, breast enlargement, breast augmentation, BAM.
- General Information about Breast Augmentation
- Feel the Difference Campaign from Mentor
- Photographs of breast augmentation
- Six Decisions to Make Before Breast Augmentation Surgery
- Gummy Bear Implant Video
- Recovery After Breast Augmentation
- How is a breast augmentation done?
- Risks and Complications of Breast Augmentation
- Deciding about the best incision to use for breast augmentation
- Position of breast implants, above or below the pectoral muscle?
- What Size Of Implant To Use
- Recommended Bra SPORTEZE® Minimal Bounce Bra
- Materials Used for Breast Enlargement
- Concerns about PIP gel silicone implants
- Silicone Gel Breast Implants
- Breast Implants & Lymphoma
- Textured Implants For Breast Augmentation
- How much of a breast implant is covered by the pectoral muscle?
- Sample breast augmentation permit
- Breast implant shape: the round and teardrop implant
- FDA news release 2011
- Silicone Gel Implant Rupture
- FAQs about breast augmentation
- Breast Implants and Suicide Risk
- Capsular Contracture After Breast Augmentation
- Infection After Breast Augmentation
- Breast milk in women who have breast implants
- Health risk to the children of women with breast implants
- Mondor's Disease After Breast Augmentation
- Breast Implant Key Events Timeline
For more information call Dr. Hudson's office at 505-242-0070.