Mammoplasty - Breast Augmentation

Mammoplasty - Breast Augmentation

Also known as augmentation mammoplasty, breast augmentation involves using implants to create fuller breasts or to restore breasts that may have lost volume due to weight loss or from pregnancy. If you are unhappy with the size or shape of your breasts, augmentation surgery is a choice to consider. Breast augmentation can increase the fullness and projection of your breasts, improve the balance and proportions of your figure and improve your self-image and self-confidence.

Breast augmentation alone does not correct severely drooping breasts. If you want your breasts to look fuller and to be lifted due to sagging, a breast lift may be required in combination with breast augmentation. Breast lifting can often be done at the same time as your augmentation.

Is breast augmentation right for you?

Breast augmentation is a highly individualized procedure and you should do it for yourself, not to fulfill someone else's desires or to try to fit any sort of ideal image.

Breast augmentation may be a good option for you if:

You are physically healthy You have realistic expectations Your breasts are fully developed You are bothered by the feeling that your breasts are too small

You are dissatisfied with your breasts losing shape and volume after pregnancy, weight loss, or with aging Your breasts vary in size or shape One or both breasts failed to develop normal

Risks of Breast Augmentation (continued)

Implant leakage or rupture Wrinkling of the skin over the implant Anesthesia risks Fluid accumulation Blood clots

Pain, which may persist Deep vein thrombosis, cardiac and pulmonary complications Possibility of asymmetry of the breasts Possibility of revisional surgery

Breast implants do not impair breast health. Careful review of scientific research conducted by independent groups such as the Institute of Medicine has found no proven link between breast implants and autoimmune or other systemic diseases.

Other important considerations:

Breast implants are not guaranteed to last a lifetime and future surgery may be required to replace one or both implants. Pregnancy, weight loss and menopause may influence the appearance of augmented breasts over the course of your lifetime.