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Learn About Breast Augmentation Surgery And Your OptionsBy Lloyd M. Krieger, MD
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No single approach to breast augmentation surgery is the best for every woman. If you are considering enlarging your breasts with breast augmentation, then you need to understand the options for the surgical process because you will need to discuss them with your plastic surgeon.
Women seek to enlarge their breasts with breast augmentation surgery for various reasons. Foremost is the desire for a fuller bustline and a well-proportioned figure, but breast augmentation can also rejuvenate breasts that lost some of their form and volume during pregnancy and nursing, correct a bustline in which the breasts differ in size, or reconstruct breasts after they have undergone a previous other surgery. This procedure is sometimes called breast enlargement and breast enhancement as well as breast implants.
Your Body and Breast Augmentation
Your body type will influence the results of breast augmentation as well as your surgeon's decisions about the surgical approach. This is not a bad thing. It just means that the unique characteristics of your body and your goals for breast augmentation will guide the process. Your plastic surgeon will describe to you what results you can reasonably expect.
As for the surgical approach, your surgeon will seek to limit the visibility of the scars from your surgical incisions. For breast augmentation, the incisions can be made beneath the breast in the crease where it meets your chest, around the areola (nipple region) or at the armpits. You should discuss with your surgeon the pros and cons of these approaches and consider how you feel about where the scars will be.
What Happens During Breast Augmentation Surgery
You may be placed under general anesthesia so that you will sleep painlessly through the entire operation. In some cases, the option of only using a local anesthetic along with sedation might be appropriate for your situation as well. Your preferences along with the surgeon's judgment will guide the decision about your anesthesia.
Once you are anesthetized, your plastic surgeon will make the incisions to access the breasts, insert breast implants (either saline or silicone) and position them behind your nipples. At a minimum, your soft breast tissues will be lifted and the implant placed underneath them. However, there is the option to also lift the pectoral muscles of your chest and put the implants beneath the muscle and breast tissue.
Where the implant is placed in your body, whether beneath only breast tissue or all the way beneath the muscle tissue, is an important option to be discussed with your plastic surgeon. The choice of implant position depends on your anatomy. For example, if you have some drooping of the breasts the final appearance often looks more natural if the implants are placed under the breast tissue itself and over the muscle.
The type of breast implant used is also a very important consideration. Saline or silicone breast implants each have their advantages and disadvantages that your plastic surgeon will help you assess as your surgery is planned.
At the conclusion of the surgery, which may last up to two hours, your incisions will be stitched and taping is often used to further hold the breasts in place while you heal. Sometimes gauze dressings will be applied as well.
As you consider this elective cosmetic surgery procedure, it is important to obtain as much breast augmentation information as possible. The careful choices you make about the location of scars, placement of implants, and what type of implants to use will increase the likelihood of a good outcome as you seek to enhance your body.
About the Author: Dr. Lloyd Krieger is a plastic surgeon and Los Angeles breast augmentation specialist. You can read more breast augmentation information.
Source: www.isnare.com
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