Breast augmentation is a cosmetic procedure that allows a woman to achieve the desired size of her breasts. You can achieve an increase of a non-working size - with exercises, creams, wearing corrective underwear, etc. But these methods do not help everyone, and not all women have enough patience (the results of folk methods appear no earlier than six months later). For a quick effect and for a significant increase in the glands, you will need to go under the knife of a plastic surgeon.
Breast augmentation surgery
Mammoplasty is the name of an operation related to the field of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. The bust increase is carried out according to the indications:
- Aesthetics - when there are no deviations in the proportions and shape of the breast, but the woman feels psychological discomfort due to her bust.
- Medical - when the breast is completely or partially absent (after surgery or injury), malformed (for example, there is a disproportion).
Breast augmentation is performed by placing implants or introducing fat cells. The second method is new (it was first performed in 2004 in Tokyo) and is only used in a few clinics around the world. The first type of surgery is ubiquitous - in every major city there are dozens of establishments offering breast replacements. The procedure can be performed with a simultaneous breast lift to shape the breast.
The tactics of the operation are compiled individually for each patient. The type of incision (under the breast or through the armpit), the possibility of placing the biomaterial (under the muscle, glandular tissue, joint), as well as the shape of the implant are determined by the characteristics:
- development of large pectoral muscles;
- the presence or absence of mastoptosis (acquired lowering of the mammary glands);
- thickness and elasticity of the skin and subcutaneous tissue;
- the presence of deformation of the sternum and ribs.
Women undergoing mammoplasty should be prepared for temporary breast augmentation. After a few years, the implants wear out (become less elastic), the size of the mammary glands decreases again, and the shape is lost. The reoperation is performed approximately every 7-10 years (the exact expiration date depends on the material).
Choice of implants
Implants differ in the type of filling. The following materials are used in mammoplasty:
Silicone fluid
Its consistency is similar to that of vegetable oil. Allows to obtain a significant increase (up to 4 sizes and more), but poorly corrects the shape, additional tightening is necessary. The main disadvantage is that the contents easily change position in the bust, which makes the mammary glands different. Silicone breasts seem the most artificial.
Cohesive gel
This material is harder than silicone and looks like jelly. Breasts with such an implant look more natural, there is less risk of losing their shape. Cases of hull rupture and content leakage are excluded. Minus - in a short service life (it will have to be changed every 5-7 years) and relative severity (that is why it is not recommended to increase by more than 2 sizes).
Highly cohesive gel
Material with the consistency of marmalade. It is considered the safest for breast implants. Provides a natural breast shape. Less - with high "shape memory" - with prolonged exposure to the mammary gland (for example, with constant falling asleep with the stomach down), a persistent deformity forms that cannot be corrected.
Saline water solution
The most obsolete and least reliable material. The risk of complications is very high. Already 8 months after the operation, the salts crystallize and can pierce the shell of the implant. Saline solution continues to be used in cosmetic surgery due to its low cost.
Round or drop-shaped implants will be offered to women. They differ in form. The second variety is considered anatomically correct.
Round implants are recommended for a small correction (for 1 increase in size), more suitable for shape correction (for example, after childbirth or after breastfeeding). If used to create a large bust, it will eventually look artificial (mammary glands will protrude too much).
Teardrop-shaped implants are asymmetrically shaped - the upper edge is thinner, thickens towards the bottom. Their appearance is as close as possible to the natural female breast. A relative disadvantage is their dense texture (necessary to maintain the shape), because of this, when you feel, you can guess that the bust is artificial.
Preparation and execution of the operation
Mammoplasty is reserved for women in perfect health. For 5-10 days, the patient should undergo a comprehensive medical examination to exclude contraindications. Mandatory are:
- laboratory tests (blood for coagulation, general and biochemical tests for infections and inflammation);
- ECG;
- fluorography;
- Breast ultrasound;
- examination by a therapist, mammologist, gynecologist.
The operation to increase the size of the breast is canceled in case of mastopathy and other diseases of the mammary glands, infectious diseases of any genesis, possible untreated neoplasms, blood clotting disorders. The age limit is 18 - mammoplasty cannot be performed earlier due to incomplete body training. Another contraindication is incomplete lactation.
In addition to health checks, preparation for breast augmentation includes not taking hormones and medications containing salicylates (14 days before surgery). Do not smoke or drink alcohol 10 days before surgery.
The operation is performed under general anesthesia. During mammoplasty, the entire surface of the breast and the site of the future tissue dissection are treated with an antiseptic to prevent entering the wound and spreading the infection. The duration of the procedure is 60-130 minutes.
The cost
Breast augmentation can only be done for a fee. Prices are determined by the costs of:
- preliminary examination of specialists and analyzes;
- direct work of the surgical team;
- anesthetic drug;
- stents (the price of implants depends on the material and size);
- hospital stay and postoperative care (you must be in the clinic for 1-3 days).
The price is also influenced by the qualifications of the doctors. The more experienced specialists perform the operation, the higher the cost of suturing or suturing breast augmentation.
Possible complications
Before the operation, it is necessary to carefully weigh the pros and cons, since mammoplasty has one major drawback - this is a high risk of negative consequences of breast augmentation. If the operation was performed on a patient with contraindications, the safety rules were violated during the operation or during the recovery period, complications may arise:
- hematomas;
- lymphorrhea (accumulation of tissue fluid in the subcutaneous tissue of a sutured wound);
- Keloid scars (as a result, a scar protruding above the skin is formed);
- infectious infection;
- rupture or displacement of the stent;
- fibrous formations.
Even with the observance of the rules, the risk of such a consequence of a breast augmentation as the rejection of the implant installed by the body is not excluded. The only way out of this situation is the complete removal of the stent and the long-term elimination of the resulting consequences.
Rehabilitation
Any surgical breast correction requires long-term recovery. Thorough rehabilitation protects against complications. During the first week, it is recommended to stay in bed (1-3 days in the hospital, the rest of the time - at home). The pain in the first days after mammoplasty is normal due to skin tension and postoperative edema, but gradually it weakens and goes away (by the end of the 10th day, the symptoms should definitely go away).
Immediately after the operation, the woman should take antibiotics to prevent infection (the course lasts 5-10 days, depending on the drug prescribed). A month or a month and a half after the mammoplasty, you need to wear special compression underwear, which will fix the correct shape of the renewed breast and accelerate the healing of the surgical wound.
An important recommendation concerns physical activity. For 2-3 months, you should not lift weight more than 3 kg, you should not do sports (including stretching and running). You can have sex after 7-10 days (depending on how you feel), but for the first 8 weeks, only use the classic missionary position - on your back.
Photo: before and after
According to statistics, about 65% of requests for mammoplasty services are associated with loss of breast shape after childbirth and breastfeeding. In addition to a facelift, women also order an increase in volume (from 1 to 2 sizes).
Without medical indications, women more often turn to surgeons to eliminate such a lack of figure as breasts that are too small (including those of zero size). Even without a photo before and after the operation, it is clear that these women need mammoplasty to get rid of self-doubt. The natural bust sizes 2 and 3 are the least frequently treated.
According to statistics, in 2017, more than 2. 5 million breast augmentation surgeries were performed worldwide. Of these, only in 11% of cases were huge implants installed to increase the bust up to size 5 (over "six" orders only 5%). The most common is medium size 3 (over 71%).
The most common breast augmentation method is silicone-free (using helium implants) through the armpit. While five years ago the preference was given to round stents (around 85%), now women prefer the natural and opt for teardrop-shaped implants.
Non-surgical augmentation methods
Significant gland growth cannot be achieved without surgery. You can only strengthen the pectoral muscles, correct the posture, add a little fatty tissue, improve the elasticity of the skin - at best it will give an increase of one size, but more often it will simply correct the shape. The main method of breast augmentation is sports exercises and creams. Wearing corrective underwear allows you to achieve visual tightening: push-up bras lift the bust up, making it appear a size larger.
Exercises
Regular exercise will strengthen the muscles - they will tone and "lift" the mammary glands. Suddenly, the bust tightens and adds a little volume. The main disadvantage is that this process is very long and laborious. To achieve a pronounced effect, you will need at least 6-10 months of daily chest exercise (20-40 minutes each).
The five easiest exercises you can do at home are rotating with your arms outstretched, closing your palms in front of your chest, pulling your arms backwards, lifting anything in front of you and behind your head. , lifting your chest from a lying position. Add dumbbell swings to this workout.
Food
Scientists have shown that increased consumption of legumes and grains, as well as any food rich in protein, contributes to the growth of the mammary glands. But such a diet will be useful only for girls during puberty. With a formed figure, it will not be possible to induce breast growth with nutrition (with diet you can only reduce the amount of fatty tissue, that is, reduce the breast).
Folk methods
There is a lot of information on the Internet about non-traditional methods of breast enlargement. Be careful with home experiments, as many of them are dangerous. For example, many forums discuss the traditional method of bust enlargement using toothpaste. Allegedly, if it is mixed with a cream and applied every day, then due to tissue irritation in 1-2 months, the mammary glands will grow to one size or even more. It's a myth, nothing but a burn from this method can be obtained.
An even more dangerous trick is to inject saline solution into the chest with a syringe. Such injections give a slight increase in the bust for 1-2 days. But the cost of temporary beauty will be serious problems like the rapid development of tumors.
Of all the ridiculous advice at first glance, the most innocuous is an increase in the bust with the power of thought. Of course, there will be no real increase in volume through self-training. But self-hypnosis makes a woman more confident in herself - the lady straightens her shoulders, straightens her back, which makes her breasts appear larger visually.
Results (photo)
Of all the non-medical ways to change the appearance of the bust, sports are the most effective. But the result will be noticeable no earlier than six months later (subject to regular training).
Second, self-training and posture correction. As you can see in the picture, the size of the chest has not formally changed, but due to the straight back, the pull in the abdomen and the straightened shoulders, the bust looks more attractive.
If it is not enough for a girl to shape the bust and the visual effect of a tightened breast, then she cannot do without an operation. Only implants can add multiple sizes. But before going to the operating table, it is necessary to weigh the pros and cons - to assess whether the desired beauty is worth the possible postoperative complications, and whether a woman is ready to change stent every 5-7years.