Important Tips About Breast Augmentation

The first thing you need to think about when considering a breast augmentation is to really reason out whether this decision is truly the right step for you. This is a very personal choice and in general a patient seeking breast augmentation should do it for herself because she wants to have larger breasts. They should not do it because they are feeling pressure from a spouse or a significant other or really any other reason. Also you should make sure that you are physically or mentally healthy enough to undergo an elective cosmetic surgery. It is always advisable that people who undergo this procedure have a really good support network to get them through the recovery process and also just to help them adapt to the changes of undergoing a cosmetic surgery.

One important thing about breast augmentation surgery with implants is that you are committing yourself to a lifetime of surgery. In general most implants will eventually have some sort of leak or you may have some scar tissue and you may need revision surgery. If you decide to proceed with the surgery make sure that you spend the time to discuss with your plastic surgeon the size, incision, as well as any other questions you may have about the recovery and what to expect. Overall if you have good communication and support with your plastic surgeon, your surgery should be a positive and safe one.

You can decide to get breast augmentation where you place the implant behind or in front of the pectoral muscle. When an implant is placed above the muscle, it is actually being placed in front of the muscle, immediately behind the breast tissue. The breast tissue usually surrounds the pectoral muscle so when we are talking about breast augmentation where we are placing the implant above the muscle, it is being actually placed behind the breast tissue. Placing the implant in this location provides the best natural look, feel and movement of the breast. There are reasons in the breast augmentation for placing the implant behind the pectoral muscle. That is usually when a woman does not have enough breast tissue in place, where the breast area is so thin that to put an implant directly behind it would make the breast implant stand out and look very obvious. The edges of the breast implant would be seen and the breast augmentation would not look aesthetically pleasing or natural. Putting the implant behind the pectoral muscle would disguise its edges.