Tips Before You Go to Your Breast Augmentation Consultation
A great number of women have considered breast augmentation to enhance their appearance. Modern technology has come up of a safe way to perform the operation, and widespread popularity has made it more accessible to ordinary women. If you are considering the surgery but have not yet read up on it, you need to know what your options are.
The first and most important step to take is to have a consultation appointment with a surgeon with a good track record of breast surgery. When you have found a doctor, you think you could trust you are on your way to a new you. Here are some helpful tips for your consultation with your doctor:
* Before the appointment, be sure to write down all the questions that you think you need answers to. Keep in mind that there are no rules here; you can ask whatever you like relating to the procedure. A good doctor should not be bothered with too much questioning from his patients and should make his or her patient be comfortable with him. Your doctor should explain to you at this point the procedure and you should not be afraid to ask details at this time.
* Be sure to ask your doctor what happens in case you encounter emergencies, the care that he/she will provide. Make sure that your doctor will be available at least a week after the procedure, in case an emergency happen like questionable bleeding. In case he will not be available, be sure to ask how you can contact him in case of an emergency, or what you need to do. Of course you have the option to go directly to the hospital nearest you, but there may be some information the hospital may need from your surgeon. Check if the plastic surgeon you will choose is accessible, and at what days and times.
* Request that your doctor show you a before and after pictures of his/previous patients and cosmetic work. A cosmetic surgeon's portfolio is a way to show you his/her talent. You would not only see how good he is as a surgeon, but it will also give you an idea on what size of implant you want to have. Take your time in reviewing the photos and see if you can find someone who has the same body type as you. If it looks good on her, it very likely will look good on you. If you will be impressed by the surgeon's portfolio, then he is a strong candidate for the job.
Once the consultation is over, a good result is when you and your doctor are comfortable with each other and your forthcoming surgery.
To get the best results out of the procedure, you should take time reflecting on the consultation you had with your doctor and make a lot of research about cosmetic breast surgery.
Choosing Saline vs Silicone: Which is Safer?
You are a woman and you got tired of using padded bra to enhance the small breasts you have or to push up the big breasts you have that are now sagging. After all, how many women want to have an flat breasts, right? One solution to this nagging problem is to get breast implants. There is another important question after this, though - What type of breast implants do you get, saline or silicone?
There are a variety of shapes and sizes to choose from with breast implants and they are usually measured by cubic centimeters. The one you will choose will be added to your current cup size to get the cup size that you wish. You can determine this with the help of your doctor.
Once the size is out of the way, you need to choose whether to go with saline breast implants or silicone gel implants. Silicone gel implants are made up of a silicone gel that is placed within a silicone shell. This type feels more like real breasts because the gel that inside the implant is like human tissues.
Saline implants, on the other hand, are composed of sterile saline solution enclosed in a silicone elastomer shell. This type is much cheaper than silicone but feels less natural because they are a little bit firmer.
Health is a big issue in getting breast implants. Aside from having a body that is healthy enough to take the stress of surgery, you need to consider which type of implant is safer to put inside your body. Before you get breast implants, you should know that it is a fact that these prosthetics are not made to last forever and will eventually require replacement. Ruptures are either caused by normal wear and tear, or by excessive force, like an accident or playing sports.
Saline implants are no more likely to leak and rupture than silicone implants but much safer than silicone if they do. This is because saline implants are made up of saline solution which is neutral fluid, while silicone is made up of a gel like substance. Studies show that saline implants demonstrated rupture rate of 3 to 5 % at 3 years duration and 7 to 10 % at 5 year duration for patients who have undergone breast augmentation.
Silicone implants do have a slightly stronger capacity to withstand excessive force over saline implants. Do not decide just based on that information, though. Silicone is not necessarily the safer choice. Both types are both a potential risk of rupture at some point, but what happens once they rupture is the true health question.
Saline have always been at the health front, because it is definitely safer than silicone implants. Once saline implants rupture, the deflation time is fast and you will easily notice that your breast implants have ruptured. This means less incidence of infection, because you can go right away to the doctor to have the problem fixed.
Furthermore, the sterile saline solution inside the implant is like human bodily fluids and can be just absorbed by the body. In contrast, since silicone gel is not fluid, once it ruptures you would not notice it easily because it does not leak like saline liquid does. This means the gel will remain in the tissue around the breasts until the time it's detected (can be a long time), and can cause infection. It is important to remove the gel before it reaches your vital organs like the heart and the lungs.
Before you have your breast augmentation procedure, be sure to weigh in all the important points discussed above. How you will look is not always the top priority, but how it will affect your body. Be sure to talk to your doctors about the pros and cons of both types of implants to make sure you get all the benefits you can get from this procedure.
The first and most important step to take is to have a consultation appointment with a surgeon with a good track record of breast surgery. When you have found a doctor, you think you could trust you are on your way to a new you. Here are some helpful tips for your consultation with your doctor:
* Before the appointment, be sure to write down all the questions that you think you need answers to. Keep in mind that there are no rules here; you can ask whatever you like relating to the procedure. A good doctor should not be bothered with too much questioning from his patients and should make his or her patient be comfortable with him. Your doctor should explain to you at this point the procedure and you should not be afraid to ask details at this time.
* Be sure to ask your doctor what happens in case you encounter emergencies, the care that he/she will provide. Make sure that your doctor will be available at least a week after the procedure, in case an emergency happen like questionable bleeding. In case he will not be available, be sure to ask how you can contact him in case of an emergency, or what you need to do. Of course you have the option to go directly to the hospital nearest you, but there may be some information the hospital may need from your surgeon. Check if the plastic surgeon you will choose is accessible, and at what days and times.
* Request that your doctor show you a before and after pictures of his/previous patients and cosmetic work. A cosmetic surgeon's portfolio is a way to show you his/her talent. You would not only see how good he is as a surgeon, but it will also give you an idea on what size of implant you want to have. Take your time in reviewing the photos and see if you can find someone who has the same body type as you. If it looks good on her, it very likely will look good on you. If you will be impressed by the surgeon's portfolio, then he is a strong candidate for the job.
Once the consultation is over, a good result is when you and your doctor are comfortable with each other and your forthcoming surgery.
To get the best results out of the procedure, you should take time reflecting on the consultation you had with your doctor and make a lot of research about cosmetic breast surgery.
Choosing Saline vs Silicone: Which is Safer?
You are a woman and you got tired of using padded bra to enhance the small breasts you have or to push up the big breasts you have that are now sagging. After all, how many women want to have an flat breasts, right? One solution to this nagging problem is to get breast implants. There is another important question after this, though - What type of breast implants do you get, saline or silicone?
There are a variety of shapes and sizes to choose from with breast implants and they are usually measured by cubic centimeters. The one you will choose will be added to your current cup size to get the cup size that you wish. You can determine this with the help of your doctor.
Once the size is out of the way, you need to choose whether to go with saline breast implants or silicone gel implants. Silicone gel implants are made up of a silicone gel that is placed within a silicone shell. This type feels more like real breasts because the gel that inside the implant is like human tissues.
Saline implants, on the other hand, are composed of sterile saline solution enclosed in a silicone elastomer shell. This type is much cheaper than silicone but feels less natural because they are a little bit firmer.
Health is a big issue in getting breast implants. Aside from having a body that is healthy enough to take the stress of surgery, you need to consider which type of implant is safer to put inside your body. Before you get breast implants, you should know that it is a fact that these prosthetics are not made to last forever and will eventually require replacement. Ruptures are either caused by normal wear and tear, or by excessive force, like an accident or playing sports.
Saline implants are no more likely to leak and rupture than silicone implants but much safer than silicone if they do. This is because saline implants are made up of saline solution which is neutral fluid, while silicone is made up of a gel like substance. Studies show that saline implants demonstrated rupture rate of 3 to 5 % at 3 years duration and 7 to 10 % at 5 year duration for patients who have undergone breast augmentation.
Silicone implants do have a slightly stronger capacity to withstand excessive force over saline implants. Do not decide just based on that information, though. Silicone is not necessarily the safer choice. Both types are both a potential risk of rupture at some point, but what happens once they rupture is the true health question.
Saline have always been at the health front, because it is definitely safer than silicone implants. Once saline implants rupture, the deflation time is fast and you will easily notice that your breast implants have ruptured. This means less incidence of infection, because you can go right away to the doctor to have the problem fixed.
Furthermore, the sterile saline solution inside the implant is like human bodily fluids and can be just absorbed by the body. In contrast, since silicone gel is not fluid, once it ruptures you would not notice it easily because it does not leak like saline liquid does. This means the gel will remain in the tissue around the breasts until the time it's detected (can be a long time), and can cause infection. It is important to remove the gel before it reaches your vital organs like the heart and the lungs.
Before you have your breast augmentation procedure, be sure to weigh in all the important points discussed above. How you will look is not always the top priority, but how it will affect your body. Be sure to talk to your doctors about the pros and cons of both types of implants to make sure you get all the benefits you can get from this procedure.
