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- Medical Video: Breast Augmentation and Enlargement | Nuffield Health
- Two types of breast implants
- What is the cost of surgery to enlarge the breast?
- What is the minimum age for breast augmentation surgery?
- What are the conditions that must be met before breast augmentation surgery?
- How to choose the right plastic surgeon?
- How long does the operation process enlarge the breast?
- What kind of surgery procedure enlarges the breast?
- Recovery after surgery enlarges the breast
- Complications that can occur due to surgery to enlarge the breast
Medical Video: Breast Augmentation and Enlargement | Nuffield Health
Enlarge breast surgery is included in the group of beauty operations. Through this operation, women can get breast implants to make their breasts bigger and fuller.
Othis can be done for reconstructive or repair reasons, such as after a mastectomy (breast removal surgery) for breast cancer, but it can also be done for beauty reasons.
Two types of breast implants
The breast implants used for breast augmentation surgery are of two types, namely saline and silicone. Usually, implants that are planted can only be left in the body for 10-15 years. When it reaches the end of that age, the implant must be replaced.
- Saline implants is a implant use silicone bags andcontains sterile salt water (saline).
- Silicone implant is a implant use silicone bags andcontains thick plastic gel (silicone).
Generally, many women use silicone implants, because it feels more like a real breast than saline implants. However, silicone implants are more at risk for health if the implant breaks.
In 1992, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) arrested the sale of silicone implants for security reasons. However, in 2006, after doing a lot of research, the FDA began approving certain silicone implants to be re-sold on the market.
What is the cost of surgery to enlarge the breast?
To do surgery to enlarge the breasts, the cost is certainly not small. How much does it cost to implant a breast implant depending on where it is located, the doctor, and also the type of implant used.
Because it is included in the procedure of beauty or cosmetic care, breast enlargement surgery and also its treatment, including the risk of diseases that can arise, generally not included in the list of health insurance, so the cost becomes expensive.
In Indonesia alone, the average breast enlargement surgery costs start from Rp. 20 million and above, as stated by Dr. Irena Sakura Rini and quoted by Metrotvnews.com.
What is the minimum age for breast augmentation surgery?
Breasts will continue to grow and grow until a woman reaches the early 20s. Many doctors issue a rule that to perform breast augmentation surgery with saline implants, the age of a woman must have reached a minimum of 18 years. As for using silicone implants, a woman's age is at least 22 years.
What are the conditions that must be met before breast augmentation surgery?
Breast enlargement surgery is a very personal procedure and you have to do it because of yourself, not because of someone else. If you meet the conditions below, then you can be a candidate for breast enlargement surgery patients.
- You are physically fit.
- You have realistic expectations.
- Your breasts have finished growing.
- You are disturbed by the feeling that your breasts are too small.
- You are not happy with your breasts that lose their shape and volume after pregnancy, weight loss, or because of age.
- You are not happy with the upper part of your breast that is not prominent.
- Your breasts are not symmetrical.
- One or both of your breasts fail to develop normally or have an elongated shape.
How to choose the right plastic surgeon?
When you choose a surgeon for breast enlargement surgery, choose those with long experience. If you choose a surgeon who has 6 years of experience in surgical training and at least 3 years of experience in plastic surgery, your risk of developing complications will be small.
Before the surgery begins, you will meet with your surgeon for a medical evaluation. You can say what you want and you will also get feedback from your doctor. This discussion also includes which parts of the breast you want to deal with. So you will know where the scar will be produced.
Your surgeon may ask you to stop using certain drugs for several days or weeks before the surgery begins.
How long does the operation process enlarge the breast?
Usually surgery to enlarge the breast with this implant uses general anesthesia, so you will fall asleep and not feel pain. The duration of this operation is around 1-2 hours.
What kind of surgery procedure enlarges the breast?
Your surgeon will cut the skin of your breast at the location or part you want to treat. But generally the surgeon will slice the bottom of the breast, the lower part of the arm, or around your nipple. All depends on your body, the type of implant used, and how much enlargement will be done.
After the skin is cut, the implant will be placed between the breast tissue and chest muscle, or behind your chest muscles. After the implant is placed, the slice will be sewn and closed.
Usually patients can go straight home or can choose to stay overnight in the hospital. When you go home, you need to limit your activities and avoid doing heavy or tiring activities first. You can return to your normal activities in the next 4-6 weeks.
After surgery, women usually worry about seeing the shape of their breasts that are not natural at first. However, it is normal and often happens. Your breasts will usually look and feel better in a few months.
Recovery after surgery enlarges the breast
Your breasts will be covered with gauze after surgery. The drain tube paired with you will be released in a few days. You will also be asked to use a special bra until you recover.
You will be asked not to do activities that burden you for several days. All activities that make you have to lift heavy items are not allowed until 6 weeks after your surgery.
You can use painkillers such as acetaminophen to reduce your discomfort. Your doctor can also give you several prescription drugs. Swelling can also occur in the area of the former surgery, but it will disappear along with the scars of the operation, as time goes by.
Complications that can occur due to surgery to enlarge the breast
If you decide to have a breast enlargement surgery using an implant, you should know from the outset the risks that have the potential to arise due to this operation.
- Infection or bleeding after surgery
- There will be a scar
- Shrinking the wound tissue around the implant
- The implant is split
- The implant becomes tangled or folded
- Temporary or permanent sensation changes in the nipple
In some cases, further surgery is needed to overcome other developing problems.
