Breast Augmentation – Effects of Weight Loss on the Breast

Jul 21
07:47

2010

Andrea Avery

Andrea Avery

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Because breasts are composed of mostly fat. The effect of significant weight reduction on the breasts, perhaps due to bariatric surgery or pregnancy, poses a concern for some women. Breast augmentation can be a viable solution for women with a lack of confidence despite her rapid weight loss.

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Weight loss enhancement procedures differ from standard cosmetic augmentations,Breast Augmentation – Effects of Weight Loss on the Breast Articles and the emotional devastation of the effects of weight loss on body image is significant.
Breast augmentation is one the most common, if not the most common cosmetic surgery performed today, and it is great way to boost self-confidence. Some women feel disproportionate and struggle with finding clothes that fit, and some feel a lack of femininity, and both are feasible reasons to seek cosmetic enhancement. Another common reason for seeking the procedure relates to the body’s inelasticity following extreme weight loss. Women who have lost significant weight due to bariatric, or weight reduction surgery and even those who had more than average weight gain during pregnancy resulting in a large weight reduction after delivery often find themselves researching the possibilities of implants.

Weight loss enhancement procedures differ from standard cosmetic augmentations in a few ways. Most often the surgery is supplemented with a lift because of the large amount of sagging skin that can accompany weight reduction, and incisions tend to be longer and more plentiful because of all of the skin that needs to be removed. More incisions also mean more healing and a longer recovery period not only due to the more involved surgery but also due to the fact that the patient may still be recovering from an initial weight reduction surgery or perhaps a Caesarian section if the weight reduction was due to pregnancy. Breast augmentation may not be the only procedure needed following weight loss, and the complications of stacked surgeries can be detrimental on a person’s spirit as well.

Contouring options should be discussed as a part of the pre-operative counseling period of bariatric surgery. It is well known among physicians that patients can try to prepare for the body changes that major weight loss will entail, but until the patient is living with the after effects, the real impact cannot be known. Working diligently to lose weight only to be left with unattractive, unmanageable pounds of sagging skin is most likely devastating, even more so than living with obesity. The promise that cosmetic surgeries akin to breast enhancement can give are an important part of the healing process, and the sooner a patient is introduced to the possibilities of body contouring after weight reduction, the better emotionally adjusted a patient is likely to be. This emotional preparation is attainable if the patient is working with a doctor to meet weight reduction goals, however, those who have had spontaneous or self-led weight loss are at an obvious disadvantage because they are likely not prepared for the trauma that looms as the weight disappears.

Implants and lifts are among the most common and most desired among those recovering from weight loss, and even men can be candidates for lifts as a result. Beating obesity is a necessity for health, and the predisposing the possibility of contouring surgeries such as breast enhancement as a part of the healing process will certainly help a patient’s emotional state as he/she works toward a restored body image.