Is Breast Augmentation Right For You?
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For many women, breast size and shape are an important part of their image and self-confidence. If you’re unhappy with the size and shape of your breasts, you may feel less confident than you want to, but there is a solution.
- FDA-approved for those over the age of 18
- Silicone Exterior with saline solution filling
- Safer if rupture occurs
- Small incisions, but less natural appearance
- FDA-approved for those 22 and older
- Silicone Exterior with silicone gel filling
- More natural feel and look
- Less likely to rupture than saline
- High-strength silicone gel implants
- Implants hold their shape and size better
- Unlikely to fold or rupture
- Feel soft and natural
- Formed out of multiple shells that are filled with saline
- Implant feels and looks more natural
FAT TRANSFER BREAST AUGMENTATION
- No implants or foreign objects are used
- Implantation of your own fat to increase breast size
- Fat is removed from another problem area
- Less scarring and no large incisions
There are many reasons you may choose to have breast augmentation. It may be a way of enhancing your appearance, improving the way your clothes fit, or restoring a more youthful shape. Some specific reasons include:
• Your breasts are asymmetrical in terms of size or shape
• Your breasts are smaller than you would like them to be
• Your breasts have lost volume after nursing or weight loss
• You’d like reconstruction of one or both breasts after a mastectomy
Whatever the reason you choose to have the procedure, you are likely to gain greater self-confidence as a result, which can improve your life in ways beyond your appearance.
Which Option is Best for You?
Types of Breast Augmentation
There are two ways to increase the size of the breasts:
1. Implants (saline, silicone, structured)
2. Fat transfer
Each of these methods has some specific advantages and is appropriate in different situations. For example, the type and placement of implants can affect the shape of the breasts and how they feel to the touch.
Saline Implants
Saline breast implants are “pockets” made of thin, flexible silicone. They are typically inserted into the breasts while empty and are then filled with saline (salt water) once they’re in the right position.
The primary advantage of a saline implant is that if the implant ruptures, the body simply absorbs the salt water, and the patient then pees it out. The other advantage to saline implants is that the incisions to place the implants are often smaller than the incisions for silicone implants because the implants are initially put in deflated and then inflated inside the body. This results in a slightly shorter scar.
MENTOR® makes saline implants in classic moderate, moderate plus, and high profiles up to 800 cc, so you can choose which look works best with your body.
Silicone Implants
Silicone implants differ from saline implants in many respects. They are filled with silicone gel, a very thick gel designed to resemble the feel of human fat. Rather than being filled once inserted into the breasts, silicone implants are pre-filled and are inserted as ready-made units.
Silicone implants tend to cost slightly more than saline implants. Many women prefer silicone breast implants because they look and feel more natural than saline implants. While there were concerns in the 1980s about liquid-filled silicone implants, the thicker, cohesive gel silicone implants that are used today have been shown in numerous studies to have no significant health risks. Not only are they safe, but silicone implants today have been shown to have lower rupture rates than the saline breast implants on the market!
MENTOR manufactures both MemoryGel® and MemoryShape® silicone implants. MemoryGel are round implants available in smooth and textured varieties. MemoryShape are teardrop-shaped implants that come in five different height and profile combinations.
Gummy Bear Silicone Implants
A gummy bear silicone implant is a special kind of implant made from high-strength silicone gel. It’s named after gummy bear candies because the consistency of the silicone resembles the consistency of the candy.
The silicone gel that gummy bear implants are made from is thicker and stronger than that used in earlier versions of silicone implants. This means that the implants hold their shape better than other silicone implants and can create breasts that are both fuller and firmer. These implants are also much less likely to break and leak and are therefore safer than other kinds of silicone implants.
Gummy bear implants also compare favorably to saline implants. They typically feel softer and more natural and are less likely than saline implants to cause the development of visible wrinkles or folds in the skin of the breasts.
Sientra®’s gummy bear implants are filled with high-strength cohesive (HSC) silicone gel, which holds its shape while looking and feeling soft and natural, whether they implants are round or teardrop-shaped.
Structured Implants
The thing that makes structured implants unique is in their name. While they are filled with the same saline as saline implants, they have multiple shells, rather than just one, making them structured. Saline is inserted between each shell. This structure results in an implant that feels and moves more naturally.
Another benefit to structured implants is their added safety. Because of the extra shells within each implant, their chances of deflating or rupturing decrease. While those are relatively rare problems with any type of implant, some women prefer to be cautious.
The IDEAL IMPLANT® is a structured breast implant available in sizes up to 675 cc and built with at least 3 shells.
Breast Augmentation with Fat Transfer
This procedure doesn’t involve the use of implants at all; rather, it uses the transfer of fat from other parts of your body to your breasts to augment their size and in some cases improve their shape.
During the procedure, liposuction is used to harvest fat from other places on your body, such as your thighs, stomach, or buttocks. This fat is then injected into the breasts using a fine needle.
One of the advantages of this method of this procedure is that it allows the breasts to be sculpted and shaped in a way that the use of implants does not allow. There is also very little scarring, as no large incisions are made.
Find the best breast augmentation and plastic surgery options by calling to schedule an appointment at North Texas Plastic Surgery today. Our offices in Dallas, Southlake and Plano serve patients throughout the Dallas/Ft.Worth area.
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