Breast Implants - Choice in Size and Incision

This article will help simplify a lot of those big decisions and assist you in making informed choices that you can be confident in.

Sizing

Most patients have a general idea of what size she would like the end result to be. However, steps must be taken to ensure the final look is created with the breast implant that is chosen. For instance, it’s important to note that an augmented woman may not appear as large as her same bra size counterpart who hasn’t been enhanced. For this reason, a larger breast implant may be required to achieve your desired result.

Additionally, profiles can vary the end look. Higher profile breast implants create a larger look by way of protruding further than lower profile types. Also, saline implants that are placed subglandularly, or over the muscle, results in more cleavage, which also tends toward a larger look.

Consulting with your cosmetic surgeon on your expectations can ensure you make the right decision regarding size. He or she can also let you try on prosthetics to give you a better concept of which type produces what end result.

Incision

The biggest concern to most augmentation patients is scarring. This is where the type of breast implant you choose allows you control of location and amount of scarring. It is possible to have a scarless enhanced bust, but only if you choose a saline filled variety. Saline breast implants can be filled after they are placed, so they can be used with any of the four incision methods. TUBA, or the naval incision site and the transaxillary, or underarm site are the two methods of placement that results in a scarless chest. The other two incision sites that are available to both saline and silicone are the areola location and the inframammary fold, or crease method.

Though the latter mentioned sites create scarring in the area, the areola incision is the most commonly used and results in very minimal obvious scars. The darker pigmented tissue of the areola camouflages the healing incision quite efficiently. The inframammary fold location in found underneath the breast, so it is also easily masked.

For more information on which type and size of breast implants is right for you, as well as how to decide on incision points, be sure that you trust your cosmetic surgeon.