Breast Augmentation/Implant Surgery

Yes, it is normal to have more pain in one breast after breast augmentation. The surgical pain may last for two or three weeks. This also depends on the size of your implant and the position of the implant. However, those who have attained motherhood feel less pain than those who have not bored a child yet. Your breast implant surgeon will discuss this before doing breast augmentation.

Your cosmetic surgeon will tell you about pain management after breast augmentation. It is not advisable to take do-it-yourself methods. These can be alternative medicines or simple home remedies. They will worsen your pain condition. Your mammoplasty surgeon may recommend painkillers, a pain pump, a surgical bra, and a few stretching exercises. He or she may even prescribe a Botox injection for immediate pain relief. In this way, you can recover soon from pain after breast augmentation surgery.

It depends upon how a woman takes care of herself after breast augmentation. She must follow what her breast implant surgeon says for after-surgery care. In such a case, she can recover within one or two weeks. A diabetic woman may take six weeks if she does not control her blood sugar level. Once again, it depends on the size too.

The present-day breast implant methods are safe. Saline and Silicon are the latest breast implant techniques. Yet, you must do this surgery with an experienced plastic surgeon. A modern clinic will have all the necessary medical equipment and an emergency support system too. In such a case, it is safe to do this surgery.

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No, it is not advisable to sleep on your side after undergoing this surgery. Your breast augmentation surgeon will brief you about how to sleep or in which position to sleep to recover soon. It will be better to follow the doctor’s advice and sleep accordingly. This is because; sleeping on the side position may not bring the desired breast enhancement result.

If you have or feel the below-mentioned signs or symptoms, you must immediately approach your breast augmentation surgeon and consult.

• Breast Pain
• Discharge of pus from the incision site
• High Fever
• Redness
• Swelling
• Tenderness
• Toxic shock syndrome

Your doctor will check and say whether it is due to infection or not. However, if any such case is found, they will prescribe you antibiotics and other medications.

A woman who is going to undergo breast augmentation surgery cannot wear her existing bras. Your surgeon will recommend after-surgery care garments to wear. This can be as follows.

• Compression Bra
• Supportive Sports Bra
• Surgical Bra
• Wire-free Bra

It is advisable to wear a bra, which is recommended by your surgeon to recover the desired shape and size of your bosom.

Sleeping on your back is the right position for a woman who has undergone breast augmentation surgery. You must maintain this position as far as recommended by your doctor. This can heal and bring better bosom shape and size.

The cubic centimeters (CC) is the standard measurement scale followed in measuring the implants. The most common breast implant size ranges from 200 CC to 850 CC. These are dependent on the font size, chest wall, and bosom shape of a woman. However, silicone implants are available from 80 CC to 850 CC.

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) was a rare case in recent times. However, breast cancer related to this is very less in developed nations and developing countries. Yet, saline or silicone implants are safe and proven ones so far with no threat to life after surgery. Nevertheless, very few cases are reported all over the world. This can be due to non-professional practice and un-sophisticated clinics.

As per the present-day best practice in mastectomy, the below-mentioned materials are used for breast augmentation.

• Composite Breast Implants
• Dual Plane Implant
• Incision
• Saline Implants
• Silicone Implants

The breast implant removal cost may range from $2000 and above. This depends on the clinic type, the surgeon’s experience, and the location too. The best part is not to compromise on price with a modern cosmetic plastic surgery clinic. This type of clinic is safe and trusted to do the best practice in cosmetic surgeries.

Capsular contracture is possible after breast augmentation. Your surgeon will suggest you do various bosom massages. This is to achieve the desired shape and size. The patient must do it daily at the appropriate time. This will continue for a few months. Apart from massage, you will be asked to wear an elastic bra or a compression garment. This can also achieve a massaging result. However, you have to self-examine your bosom and do the bosom massage by yourself. If it is painful, you have to consult with your surgeon.

If you are fitness minded woman, you must avoid doing physical exercises for a month or so. Your mammoplasty doctor will tell you this after augmentation surgery. However, you cannot do any strenuous chest exercises within two or three weeks. Your doctor will suggest doing stretch exercises only to bring your bosom to the desired shape and size. You can do any physical exercises after complete recovery from the surgery-related pain. This can take more than a month too.

The below-mentioned signs are common with breast implant rupture.

• Burning Sensation
• Causing Tingling Sensation
• Changes in sensation
• Feeling of Numbness
• Feeling Tenderness
• Hard Knots
• Pain in the front area
• Swelling
• Uneven appearance of the bosom

You have to consult with your cosmetic surgeon for implant rupture if any. A tear or hole in the implant can happen while performing surgery. It can also happen after some period. This is not a life-threatening health issue. They will stay across your breast tissue and your bosom shape will become uneven.

There will be some changes in your bosom shape and size when an implant leaks from inside. Some breast implant patients do not feel any pain or swelling of their bosom. If you see swelling with pain and a change in shape for a longer time, you have to consult with your breast implant surgeon immediately.

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The breast implants are available in the below-mentioned shapes.

• Pear Shape
• Round Shape
• Spherical Shape
• Tear Drop Shape

However, your breast implant surgeon will discuss this before surgery. This will match your right bosom shape and size according to your body.

Presently there are two types of breast implants. These are as follows.

• Silicone Gel Implants
• Saline-filled Implants

These two types of implants are popular due to their natural looks after surgery.

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Your barest implant surgeon will tell you the right implant size after examining your front area condition. This depends on your bosom shape and the right breast enhancement you may desire. However, the implant size is available from 350 CC to 500 CC. These are once again classified as small, medium, and large cups.

The latest Silicone implants are the best ones to feel the most natural bosom looks. This is a gel-type and does feel like natural flesh. The patient can also get the exact breast reconstruction after implanting a silicone-filled implant.

This is a perspective nature for those who wish to enhance their bosom. However, the silicone implant is the best to look natural. They are gel, which compresses and come back to shape after a touch. The feel of touch varies with the patient as it matters on the size of the implant.

If you are researching or contemplating having Breast implant surgery there are many other decisions that you need to consider when you choose to have Breast Augmentation surgery. The question of whether to place the implant under the muscle partially or over is the subject of consultation.

Until recently we knew of only two techniques of breast augmentation.

• The sub-glandular
• Submuscular implant placement techniques

Now the latest treatment is there; Dual Implant placement. This is a combination of sub-glandular and sub-muscular.

Now combining the advantages of both sub-glandular and sub-muscular placement, dual-plane breast augmentation provides a slight breast lift and a natural breast appearance.

Dual Plane Breast Implant Placement for Augmentation client presents a technique that allows two pocket planes (dual plane) to be developed in a single patient, adjusting the implant and tissue relationships to ensure adequate soft-tissue coverage while optimizing implant–soft-tissue dynamics, to offer increased benefits and fewer tradeoffs compared with a single pocket location in a wide range of breast types.

It is best if you look at the image at the top. Here you will see the above part of the breast implant is covered by the pectoralis major muscle and the lower part of the muscle fascia (a thin tissue that covers the muscle)

During a dual-plane breast augmentation, the pectoralis major muscle is released onto two planes.

• First, the bottom of the muscle is released from the chest wall.
• Second, the overlying breast tissue is partially released from the muscle.

This allows the top portion of the implant to be covered by both breast tissue and pectoral muscle. The rest of the implant is covered by breast tissue only.

The exact degree to which the muscle is released from the breast tissue is determined on a

• Case-by-case basis
• Depending on the patient’s anatomy
• Esthetic goals

The fact that the dual plane technique can be adjusted to achieve optimal implant placement for each individual makes it a superior choice for most breast augmentation patients.

• Fewer complications, such as the formation of capsular contracture. A complication that concerns 1-20% of women who have been submitted to breast augmentation surgery. By placing the implant below the muscle and the fascia you can cut the implant’s contact with the mammary gland. This is a maneuver that can possibly cut the formation of capsular contracture.
• A natural result particularly for thin patients with very small breasts. This can be achieved as the upper part of the implant is then covered by the muscle.
• The possibility of implant dropping is reduced. The muscle and fascia secure the implant and keep it in the right position.
• You will avoid malformations to the implant due to the strength exercised by the pectoralis major (as is the case in the submuscular technique). The so-called “open breast” abnormality.
• The possibility of palpating the implant’s borders is reduced.
• No wrinkles are formed on the upper part of the body.

The surgeon will do the implantation either above or below the chest muscle which is common. Implantation is done above the muscle; the time of recovery is less i.e. it heels up faster and is less painful. These surgeries can cause a bit of pain and swell up the implanted area for a few weeks.

These surgeries take a recovery time of about a month. Now, the implantation which is done below the muscle can cause severe pain. And, for these surgeries medication is required at least for two weeks.

Below the muscle importations, take a healing period of a minimum of six months. This is with complete precautions and needs complete care. Visiting the doctor in both cases is mandatory. Prescribed medication should be taken from time to time.

There is no major side effect of breast implantation or argumentation. Few effects such as pain, swellings, bruising, stiffness in the chest muscle with recovery, and sensitivity of the nipples may matter as regards effect in this case. These effects are very minimal and eradicated within a few weeks causing no other side effects.

But there is only the risk of getting infected for which the surgeon prescribes regular antibiotics to the patient. If any other side effect is been recognized by the patient, she should immediately visit the doctor and get the prescription.

Few Considerations

Implantation of the breasts can be done in many surgical ways which include a few varieties. It may include surgeries around the belly button, armpits, and around nipples.

Few scarring may take place depending upon where the surgery is been made on the body of the patient. Armpit incisions are merely visible until the arm is been raised high. In the belly area, the scarring caused is minimal where incisions are made.

Comparatively to both the incisions made on the nipple cause the greatest amount of scarring of all three. This should be taken care of through the medication prescribed by the doctor.