Duration of Treatmentusually takes 1 to 2 hours.
Days of Stayusually 2 days at the hospital and 10 days outside the hospital.
AnesthesiaGeneral anaesthesia.
Cost
What is Breast Augmentation surgery?
Breast augmentation also called augmentation mammaplasty; breast enlargement or breast enhancement or breast implant, sometimes referred to "boob job" is cosmetic surgical procedures that are used to increase the size, shape, and after mastectomy for breast cancer. Usually, there are two types of breast implants one is saline and the other is silicone gel.
Saline breast implant filled with sterile normal saline water in silicone shells. Silicone gel breast implant filled with silicone gel in silicone shells.
Breast Augmentation surgery symptoms include:
- Breasts are too small
- Reduction in the size after pregnancy
- Body Shape
- Self-confidence
Breast Augmentation surgery risk factors include:
- Scar tissue on breast implant
- Breast pain
- Post-surgery Infection
- Breast sensation
- Implant leakage
- The plastic surgeon examines and measures the breast, including size and shape to discuss breast implant option.
- The patient is required to go for PSC ( Pre-surgery check-up ) to do some blood test, ECG and ECH for Cardiac check-up and urine tests to know he /she is fit for breast implant surgery or not.
- Before the breast implant operation, you’ll be asked to sign a consent form, which gives the surgeon permission to carry out the treatment.
- The doctor should be informed about any medication that the patient may be taking.
- The patient is admitted to the hospital on same days before the procedures and advised to remain empty stomach/Fasting.
- Thinners medicines have to stop before ten days of breast implant surgery.
Before surgery, the surgeon and anaesthesia doctors will guide you about the benefits and risk factor of Breast augmentation surgery.
Step 1 – Anesthesia: Breast augmentation surgery takes one to two hours by giving general anaesthesia to relieve pain.
Step 2 – The incision
The plastic surgeon gives an incision under the breast, under the arm or around the nipple to minimize scare by using a very fine scalpel. The surgeon will lift the breast skin flap to fix the breast implant as per patients demand like Normal Saline implants or Silicone gel implant. In some cases plastic surgeon using fat transfer methods for enlarging the size and shape of the breasts.
Step 3 – Closing the incisions: The surgeon will flap the skin after the breast implant with the help of Sutures, skin adhesives, tapes or clips close the skin incisions.
The doctor will give complete information about post care of surgery, regarding recovery, properly caring of incisions, take medications, and be managing pain and other side effects of the breast implant. The surgeons will advise going for routine investigation (MRI, Mammogram) every two to three years. Usually, patients are able to return to routine activity, including work, after about one week.
Breast implant surgery can immediately change the size and shape of breasts.
- Are you board-certified Plastic Surgery surgeon?
- Does your hospital certify to perform these types of Breast Augmentation surgery?
- Am I a good patient for you to this breast Augmentation procedure?
- Let me know success rates and how long time will take for recovery?
- What are the risk factors of my breast Augmentation procedure?
- What treatment plan do you recommend and Why?
- What are my options if I am not satisfied with the outcome of my treatment surgery?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of breast Augmentation surgery?
- What are the costs involved with this type of surgery?
- What are risk factors for this type of breast Augmentation surgery?
- How long will it take to recover?
- When can I go for normal activities, including exercise?
- Do I have stitches, staples, and/or bandages?
- Do I have a scar or other permanent effects from the surgery?
- Do I need to go another surgery in the future?
- How can I expect my implanted breasts to look over time? After pregnancy? After breastfeeding?
- Do I need any follow-up appointments or tests after my surgery?
