The Benefits and Risks of Breast Augmentation
Every day women are bombarded with images of beautiful models with thin figures and huge round breast. In striving to achieve the ?ideal? body type women are altering their bodies; cosmetic surgery has increased enormously in the past few years. Breast augmentation alone has increased 500% since 1992. What are the benefits of having big voluptuous breasts? Do the benefits overweigh the risks?
There are two main types of breast implants. One is filled with silicone gel and the other is filled with saline (sterile salt water); both of these implants have an outer silicone shell. Prior to 1991 both types of implants were approved by the FDA, but in April of 1992 silicone filled implants were restricted by the FDA to patients with needs of reconstruction, replacement of deformities, and replacement of ruptured silicone-gel filled implants that were used for augmentation. Saline filled implants are currently approved by the FDA for women 18 years old or older desiring breast augmentation and for reconstruction in women of all ages.
The restriction on silicone filled implants was provoked by the concern that the leaking of silicone gel could be detrimental to the body in the case that an implant ruptured. By contrast, a saline filled implant would only release salt water in to the body. However saline filled implants are not completely risk free.
An implant is a foreign object in your body thus the body can and typically does form scar tissue around it. This scar tissue can squeeze and harden the implant causing it to rupture. The tightening and squeezing is called capsular contracture and may cause hardening of the breast, rippling of the skin, and changes in breast shape...
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...not scientifically proven, many health risks may arise from breast implants. Such risks include rupture of implants, loss of sensation, inability to breast feed, hardening of breast tissue, rippling of the skin, and interference in the detection of breast cancer. There are other ways to enhance a woman?s breast but in the end it is her decision as to what route she wants to take.
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Major changes occur in a women's body especially to the breasts with age, significant weight reduction, childbirth, and breast feeding. Apart from affecting the self-confidence, large breast cause other physical discomforts in the form of neck and back pain. This procedure is useful in reconstituting the breast configuration in women who have undergone Mastectomy to remove breast, mostly due to cancer. The breast formation may either involve implants or tissues from other parts of the body such as back or lower abdomen. Reconstruction of nipple and areola may be done to regain the natural appearance and confidence. The firmness and round contour of the breast can be restored by breast reduction surgery. Often, some women feel the size of their breast is too small. Some people desire for augmentation surgery after breast changes due to pregnancy, while others wish to correct the asymmetry in the size of the breast. In all these cases, it is possible to peerform breast enhancement surgery.
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After learning of the negative consequences that may, and probably will arise from breast implants, it is surprising that so many women are still getting them. It is major surgery and the benefits of having larger breast is not worth the unnecessary chance of death or serious pain for life. More work needs to be done on the study of breast implants because women need to know what they are putting in their bodies. Breast implant manufacturers need to be held responsible, and plastic surgeon should be required to make sure every woman is fully aware of all the possible side effects before she has any type of surgery done.
[Implants are used to give a strong foundation to the new teeth/tooth. It requires a long procedure to get fixed. They require same care as of the natural tooth.]
Not feeling comfortable in your own skin can have a negative effect in every aspect of your life. Preoccupation with parts of your body that you do not feel one hundred percent confident with can consume your thoughts, especially at inopportune times. Your body should not hinder you from living a full-quality life. As a part of wanting to achieve your best body, have you ever desire a fuller chest? Do you ever wish your breasts were evenly proportioned and round? Breast augmentation, or commonly known as breast implants, improves the shape of your breasts so you can have a symmetrical, rounder, and fuller bust. Allow yourself the opportunity to be happy, confident, and to show off your amazing body.
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Extremely large breasts can cause a range of health problems that may affect a woman's ability to perform basic daily tasks. Overly large and disproportionate breasts make activities like standing, sitting or even sleeping difficult. Large breasts create constant weight on the shoulders; that weight causes pain and alters posture. The medical term for the condition is macromastia and there are both surgical and nonsurgical ways to treat it.
Dr. Thomassen makes the incisions he uses to place an implant in inconspicuous areas so as to minimize the occurrence of visible scarring. The type of incision necessary depends on the implants’ size, the type of implant being used, the patient’s particular anatomy as well as the patient’s/surgeon’s preference.
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A Sinus Augmentation - The quality of the bone where the implant is to be placed determines the success of the implant. The back of the jaw can present difficulties for an implant due to the bone difficulties there and since it's near the sinus area. To correct these, a sinus augmentation may be done. In this procedure the sinus floor is raised and then the bone is developed so the implant can go there.
A multitude of people would like to change something about their physical appearance and some actually do through cosmetic surgery whether it’s a rhytidectomy, abdominoplasty, or breast argumentation. However, these surgical procedures are not necessary to the patient health but instead, they are performed purely for the patients need to change how they are viewed. One of the most common procedures here in the US is breast argumentation for example, “between 2000 and 2006, a record number of women flocked to get implants; procedures rose by 55 percent” ("Why Thousands of Women Are Having Their Breast Implants Removed"). Many women have gone through the breast argumentation procedure to enlarge their breast size in which they choose between
In the 1980s, women with implants started reporting patterns of illnesses. There were breast implants that were rupturing or leaking in the women’s body. There were accusation of the implants causing autoimmune disorders.
Different Options for Breast Enlargement – Which One Is Right for You? Summary: Breasts define beauty of women! It’s important for women to embrace their beauty and stop being shy about discussing size, shape and volume of their breasts. Breast enlargement surgery can increase the size and volumes, and improve the shape of breasts significantly.