Breasts are not only a breastfeeding organ, but also an important part of a woman’s beautiful figure.
Because of hereditary and various acquired factors, many female beauty seekers are troubled by the small size of their breasts. Although there are various means of breast augmentation, some women are still deterred by the fear of surgery and the concern of side effects.
Let me use real cases to give you a more emotional understanding of breast augmentation surgery.
I. Case 1
Miss W is a thin college graduate, not yet married, and her breasts are not small, but she wants to have a “career line” and a “happy cup”.
Surgery Plan
For Miss W’s case, we recommended the breast augmentation method of silicone gel implant to her.
Advantages
Silicone gel breast implants can be placed under the breast gland or pectoralis major muscle. The advantage of this method is that the results are precise and immediate, and it does not affect future lactation or breastfeeding.
The implants are usually placed in hidden areas such as the armpit, the edge of the areola or the inframammary fold, but the incision scar may still be discovered after surgery.
Disadvantages
If the candidate’s own breast is small, silicone gel implant can make the appearance close to natural, but the touch will look a little stiff.
The hematoma caused by the surgical operation injury or bleeding may stimulate the body to produce fibers, wrap the implant and contracture, causing the deformation of the implant and the change of breast shape, then the implant needs to be removed.
Case 2
Miss Z is a slightly fat married woman who has no plans to have children or breastfeed again in the future, and her mammary glands have not sagged significantly despite atrophy.
Surgery Plan
I told her that the two commonly used surgical options for breast augmentation were silicone gel implants and autologous fat injection. After introducing her to both procedures, Ms. Z chose the autologous fat injection for her breast augmentation.
Advantages
The biggest advantage of autologous fat injection is that it can kill two birds with one stone, as it completes the sculpting of body curves and at the same time transplants the extracted fat to increase breast volume. There is a poem: we don’t produce beautiful breasts, we are just fat carriers.
After fat injection breast augmentation, the feel is softer and closer to the natural breast.
Disadvantages
The survival rate of fat grafting varies greatly among individuals and can fluctuate between 30% and 70%, some beauty lovers need multiple injections to achieve the desired results.
Small fibrous inclusions or even calcified spots may form in the unvitalized fat, which may affect the accuracy of future mammogram diagnosis to some extent.
Although the doctor will try to inject the fat into the superficial fat layer as much as possible, it is difficult to avoid accidental injury during the operation, so strictly speaking, the lactation function may still be affected.
III. Case 3
Each candidate’s individual situation and requirements are different, such as Miss F. This 27-year-old unmarried woman has been a young woman since her youth. This 27-year-old unmarried woman had no breast development since puberty, and her boyfriend said she could not tell the difference between “front and back”.
On palpation and ultrasound, the mammary glands were found to be almost as small as those of an undeveloped child. Such a woman with very small mammary glands would definitely feel hard with silicone gel implants, so she wanted fat injection breast augmentation to ensure the feel.
According to our clinical experience and relevant laboratory research, if the mammary glands themselves are small, the local pressure after fat injection is not conducive to the survival of the fat. Besides, Miss F was very thin and did not have enough fat sources.
Surgical plan
We recommended a combined negative pressure suction-fat injection approach.
The first step was to use a negative pressure breast aspirator (BRAVA) for 3 months. At the same time, she increased her weight and fat cell volume by eating more meals and high-calorie foods. After 3 months of suction, the local skin of the breast was loosened a bit.
For the first fat aspiration we obtained nearly 300 mL of fat from both thighs and injected it into both breasts. Post-operatively, we further promoted fat viability with BRAVA suction, and three months post-operative MRI showed almost half of the fat viability.
Three months later, 200 mL of fat was obtained from the lower abdomen, and for the second injection into the breast we corrected the asymmetry in bilateral breast size and continued BRAVA suction. After a 3-month recovery period, Ms. F finally achieved a relatively satisfactory upper circumference.
Benefits
The combined method of negative pressure suction and fat injection increased the survival rate of the fat and ensured the feel of the breast after augmentation.
Since the breasts themselves are relatively larger, they can be further upgraded by implants in the future, while avoiding a hard feel.
Disadvantages
Cannot maintain fat volume if high calorie intake cannot be maintained after implantation. If you lose weight in the future, your breasts may also “lose weight”.
IV. Summary
Everyone has a love for beauty, but there is no hard and fast standard for beauty, more often than not, it is everyone’s own feeling. Some people love “big waves”, while others think micro breasts are more beautiful.
Breast augmentation surgery is neither mysterious nor scary, but it is very important to personalize the breast beauty plan according to your own conditions and subjective wishes, which is also an important step to avoid complications as much as possible and get the ideal results.