Celebrity Breast Augmentation

Cosmetic breast surgery, or breast augmentation, is a modern and generally successful way to enhance the breasts, producing a larger and fuller bust. The goal is to augment the breasts for natural-looking, enhanced results. Either saline or silicone gel implants can be used for enhancement.

Breast augmentation is a surgery designed to enhance the size, shape, and symmetry of the breasts. Breast enlargement surgery is frequently sought by women who are unhappy with the appearance of their breasts and are seeking a better-contoured body. If you're considering breast implants, the following information will provide you with a good introduction to the procedure. For more detailed information about how breast augmentation may benefit you, we recommend that you consult a highly-trained plastic surgeon who specializes in this procedure.

Breast implant correction Regardless of the type of implant, it is likely that women with implants will need to have one or more additional surgeries over the course of their lives. Breast implants do not last forever. According to studies conducted by implant companies for the U.S. FDA, they sometimes only last a few years.

Breast implant revision is a surgical procedure designed to replace older silicone implants with new saline-filled implants (or in certain patients, with newer silicone-filled implants).

Breast assymetry  Most women have slightly different-sized-or asymmetrical-breasts. However, in some cases the difference in size is pronounced. In these cases, correction is often desired. The best procedure will depend on several factors, including how you want to balance the breasts. You may want to augment (enlarge) the smaller breast to look like the larger one, or reduce the size of the larger breast to match the smaller one.

Submuscular augmentation  Breast augmentation is a surgery designed to enhance the size, shape, and symmetry of the breasts. Breast enlargement surgery is frequently sought by women who are unhappy with the appearance of their breasts and are seeking a better-contoured body

Male liposuction gynacomastia  Gynecomastia, or excess development of breast tissue, occurs in as many as 40% of men. The cause is not always known, but the incidence increases with certain drugs (digitalis, anabolic steroids, Tagamet, and spironolactone), use of marijuana or alcohol, and obesity.

Incision types

Breast implants for augmentation may be placed via various types of incisions:

• Inframammary - an incision is placed below the breast in the infra-mammary fold. This incision is the most common approach and affords maximum access for precise dissection and placement of an implant. It is often the preferred technique for silicone gel implants due to the longer incisions required. This method can leave slightly more visible or thicker scars.

• Periareolar - an incision is placed along the areolar border. This incision provides an optimal approach when adjustments to the IMF position or mastopexy (breast lift) procedures are planned. The incision is generally placed around the inferior half, or the medial half of the areola's circumference. Silicone gel implants can be difficult to place via this incision due to the length of incision required (~ 5 cm) for access. As the scars from this method occur on the edge of the areola, they are often less visible than scars from inframammary incisions in women with lighter areolar pigment. There is a higher incidence of capsular contracture with this technique, and this incision causes the most problems with breast feeding, due to cutting milk ducts and nerves lead to the nipple.

•Transaxillary - an incision is placed in the armpit and the dissection tunnels medially. This approach allows implants to be placed with no visible scars on the breast, but is more likely to produce asymmetry of the inferior implant position. Subsequent revisions of transaxillary-placed implants usually require inframammary or periareolar incisions. Transaxillary procedures can be performed with or without an endoscope.

•Transumbilical A less common technique where an incision is placed in the navel and dissection tunnels superiorly. This approach enables implants to be placed with no visible scars on the breast, but makes appropriate dissection and implant placement more difficult.[citation needed] Transumbilical procedures are performed bluntly, with or without an endoscope (tiny lighted video camera) to assist dissection. This technique is not appropriate for placing silicone gel implants due to potential damage of the implant shell if attempting insertion through the small 2 cm incision in the navel, and as those implants are pre-filled they cannot be passed through that incision.

•Transabdominoplasty A procedure similar to transumbilical, where the implants are tunneled up from the abdomen into bluntly dissected pockets while a patient is simultaneously undergoing an abdominoplasty procedure.