Breast Augmentation

Also known as Augmentation Mammoplasty, Breast Augmentation involves using implants to create fuller breasts or to restore breast volume lost after weight reduction or pregnancy.
A breast implant is a medical prosthesis used to augment, reconstruct, or create the physical form of breasts.

Ques: What are the indications of Breast Augmentation?

Ans: Common Indications:

  • To enhance Breast size for Aesthetic purpose
  • To increase breast volume and fullness that is lost after pregnancy, weight loss or due to age.
  • When one of the breasts is not as well developed as the other,
  • As a part of sex-change surgery for males or after a mastectomy or breast removal surgery

Ques: How Breast Augmentation is done?

Ans: Breast Augmentation is done by placing an implant below the breast by small skin incision. The incision for Cosmetic insertion most commonly is made along the lower edge of the areola, in the axilla or in the infra mammary fold.

Ques: How safe are implants?

Ans: In 2006, the FDA approved the sale of silicone breast implants. Numerous studies conducted during the 14-year moratorium found no real connection between silicone implants and disease. The implants were deemed safe and effective..

Ques: Any other Method of Enhancement?

Ans: Yes, by Fat taken from the patients own body.

Ques: Does it have any adverse effect on Lactation / Baby Feeding?

Ans: No, there is no evidence to prove that it has any adverse effect on lactation.

Ques: What are the complications of Breast Augmentation?

Ans: Common Complications: Reoperation, capsular contracture, asymmetry, breast pain, implant removal, wrinkling and implant rupture and deflation.

Important Safety Information:

Silicone filled Breast Implants and Saline-filled Breast Implants are indicated for breast augmentation in women (at least 22 years old for Silicone Implants and 18 years old for Saline Implants) or for breast reconstruction. Breast implant surgery should not be performed in women with active infection anywhere in their body, with existing cancer or precancer of their breast(s) who have not received adequate treatment for those conditions or are pregnant or nursing.