Breast Plastic Surgery Review

The fashion is changing constantly and, with the developing of plastic surgery, women are permitted to change not only their dresses, but also their faces and bodies according to the latest standards of beauty. Thus in 2006 the most popular cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in the U.S. were liposuction (403,684) and breast augmentation (383,886). Actually breast plastic surgery is rather widespread among women of different ages. Young girls, dreaming of a brilliant stage career, are prepared to be operated in order to make their breast more luring, while their mothers, or even grandmas, use plastic surgery for breast lift and reconstruction.

Breast augmentation is performed by means of silicone or saline filled implants which represent a silicone shell filled either with a viscous silicone gel or with saline liquid. This plastic surgery procedure is considered rather simple and takes one to two hours. In about a week after the operation a patient can be back home, however, scars last at the minimum six weeks. Besides that women who underwent breast augmentation are likely to have additional operations in future.

Breast lift or mastopexy is dedicated to diminish the degree of breast ptosis. Mastopexy changes the shape of a breast by affecting the tissue structure or by reshaping the “bra” of the skin. In some cases this procedure is accompanied by breast implantation. There are full breast lift and modified breast lift which requires less incisions. However, the new shape is not kept up by aging breast tissues, that is why the surgeon has to choose the design corresponding the breast shape. The result can last one to two month after the plastic surgery procedure.

Breast reconstruction is a plastic surgery procedure which is assigned to restore breast appearance and involves using implants or relocated flaps of natural tissue. It usually takes many operations and can last over weeks and months. The methods of breast reconstruction include flap reconstruction, abdominal flaps and tissue expansion.

As too large breast may cause breathing and circulation problems, some women resort to breast reduction. During the procedure the excess skin, fat and glandular tissue are excised, and sometimes it involves breast lift. This plastic surgery operation is performed under general anesthesia, and the recovery usually takes from six months to one year. The risks include altered nipple sensation, asymetry, fluid retention in the breast and drooping.

Despite the use of plastic surgery developments and modern techniques, the result of the operation is unpredictable and there are enough examples of awful plastic surgery, even among celebrities.