Getting prepared for Breast Implant

Introduction

Breast Implant or Breast Augmentation is most common surgical procedure to enhancement in shape and size of breasts. It is also known as Augmentation Mammaplasty. Females prefer breast implant surgery mainly for two purposes:

(I)       Breast Reconstruction – to reconstruction of breast

(II)    Breast Cosmetic Surgery – to enhance the shape and size of breast

In the world of today where we live in, appearance matter a lot and females can go to any heights to feel good and sexy. Females go for the breast implant procedure to achieve following goals:

• ·         Reconstruction of breast after a mastectomy
• ·         To make the breast firmer
• ·         To make the breast larger
• ·         Even out unequally sized or irregular breasts

Getting Prepared for It

When you plan for Breast Implants surgery, choose an expert surgeon who is certified by American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) and has experience in reconstructive and cosmetic breast surgery. American Broad of Plastic Surgery certification indicates that your cosmetic surgeon has graduated from an accredited medical school and completed surgical training.

Before going directly with a surgeon, first you should clear about your requirements for this surgery and what type of shape and size you want after this surgery. This procedure begins with a consultation with your plastic surgeon. Discuss openly and honestly about your desires form breast implant surgery with your plastic surgeon to ensure that your expectations are attainable after this cosmetic procedure. The plastic surgeon will examine your breasts and may take detailed measurements of shape, size, nipple placement and skin quality.

After several days your dressings will be removed, and you may be instructed to wear a proper size bra to support your breast after surgery. Stitches will be removed in about a week. Some discoloration and swelling will occur initially, but this will disappear quickly.

Risks Involved

Breast surgery is not something to be taken lightly. You should be aware about the potential risks and side effects of this surgery procedure. Many risks are associated with this surgery like infection, discomfort, wound break down, hypertrophic scar, hematoma, asymmetry, deflation, distortion with muscular contraction, rupture, capsular contracture, interference with mammography, interference with nipple sensation with nursing and aging. Women having breast implants may have very small risk of rare type of cancer, which may occur due to implant.

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Summary

It’s highly advisable to read the FDA guidelines properly before undergoing surgery and educate oneself properly on the breast augmentation. Lots of complications may occur during and after implant surgery, if you take this complex procedure very lightly.

Thinking of a perfect time to get breast augmentation? How about the fall

It’s that time of the year and all that your mind can think of is the best tan that you can get out there at the beach or how much you will crunch so that you can have the best abs at the beach as you walk around so all you can think of is how you will pack your bikini your flip flops and how you will get out. You need to move your mind out of all this because as soon as you blink your eye the sweater season will be at hand and maybe it is the best time to have a breast augmentation so that you can look even more flawless in the days to come maybe you will be able to rock a bigger cup of bikini.

Most people’s worry would be that in the fall there are many holidays and that is the time that one has to spend time with their family and friends and get away from the hustles of work and what may be worrying them is that they will lose time as they will not be able to recover. Well you need not worry as breast augmentation has one of the shortest recovery times. For very many people who undergo any plastic surgery it takes a max of 24 to 48 hours for the healing process to be complete plus a few more days for complete healing that are less strenuous, this is a statistic from the American Society of plastic surgeons. The recovery time is very minimal and on a patient or doctor basis you will be able to know just how much time you will take to recover.
Although they said time for recovery is short, the time after the post-surgical swelling may take a while to go down but with minimal pain and with time the swelling and incisions lines will fade away with time.  Before the swelling can go down you can put ice on the area and try applying cold compresses and if you feel any discomfort it is advisable if you can take a painkiller just to soothe yourself. In addition, there are topical creams that reduce the redness of scars.

One has to be very careful after the surgery and this is the most important thing to keep in mind. Breast augmentation is a very strenuous thing to put your body through no matter what you are getting is it lifts of implants. If you will have to run around it would be best if you put that on hold till later as you may be in excruciating pain.

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