Perk Up Your Bosom with Breast Augmentation
Breast augmentation is a type of cosmetic surgery to either reduce or increase breast size, as well as balance out uneven breasts. This procedure is performed by a qualified plastic surgeon who is experienced in augmentation and often in reconstruction surgery also. Before the surgery is scheduled, the surgeon will speak with you about how much of a cup size you would like to increase to. For example, if you are presently a 34 B, increasing to a 34 D will result in significantly fuller, more rounded breasts. Once the size is agreed upon, your cosmetic plastic surgeon will draw with a black marker on the area of your breasts where he will make the incisions for inserting the saline implants. If one of your breasts is smaller than the other, he will even them out with different sized implants.
Expect your surgery for breast augmentation to take approximately two hours. Most cosmetic surgeries can be performed on an outpatient basis, but in many cases the patient will spend the night in the hospital. Some surgeries require only local anesthesia, but a more involved surgery will warrant general anesthesia, meaning you will be knocked out completely and won’t remember a thing. To begin the surgery, the doctor will make an incision in the armpit, an area outside the areola, and in the fold of skin beneath the breasts. After making the incisions, he will pull the skin back, and either place the implant in front of the muscle wall or behind it. He may or may not insert a drainage tube. He will however put stitches in. You will wear a support bra and in about a week, the stitches will be removed. Your breasts will feel bruised and they will be swollen, but should subside within a few days. The fine scarring that occurs in breast surgery will appear red at first, but with time, it will fade and no longer be noticeable.
The risks involved with any cosmetic surgery can be mild to severe and with a procedure like breast augmentation, some of the after effects to watch for are, bleeding, fever, infection, and a numbness or high sensitivity to the nipple. Another rare but correctable problem is when the scar around the implant hardens causing lumpy looking breasts. Surgery will correct this by replacing the implant. Other side effects are leakage. This may cause joint pain, fever and fatigue. In this case, the only thing to do is remove the implants.
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