Cosmetic Surgery - Breast Implant Surgery India

Breast augmentation or breast implant surgery is a very popular cosmetic breast surgery procedure.
Breast enlargement or breast enhancement is achieved through placement of breast implant thereby bringing about a change in the figure. This will drastically improve the appearance and self image.

Skin Incision
Breast implants for augmentation may be placed via various types of incisions:

• Inframammary - an incision is placed below the breast in the infra mammary fold(IMF).
• Periareolar - an incision is placed along the areolar border.
• Transaxillary - an incision is placed in the armpit and the dissection tunnels medially. This approach allows implants to be placed with no visible scars on the breast.

Breast Implant Placement

• Subglandular- implant between the breast tissue and the pectoralis muscle. This position closely resembles the plane of normal breast tissue and is felt by many to achieve the most aesthetic results.
• Subpectoral (dual plane) - the implant is placed underneath the pectoralis major muscle after releasing the inferior muscular attachments. As a result, the implant is partially beneath the pectoralis in the upper pole, while the lower half of the implant is in the subglandular plane.

Breast Implant Selection
Size and type of the implant is dependent upon the frame of the body and to the degree of enhancement the individual desires.

Anesthesia and Aftercare
Breast reduction is nearly always performed under general anesthesia.
The procedure is done as a day case and few follow up visits are required.

Breast ptosis or breast droop is the condition when the nipple have drooped to the level of the crease beneath your breast . The severity of the ptosis increases as with nipple drooping below this level. You can have your own assessment by looking in the mirror and carefully inspecting the breast.

In such situation, breast implant surgery does not work (you might wrongly feel that implant insertion may take care of the problem).

Procedure
Mastopexy procedure will reposition the breast along with the nipple and areola to the desired position thus correcting the breast ptosis and resulting in a aesthetically pleasing appearance of the breast. There will be a scar around the areola (hardly noticeable with passage of time) or may extend from the areola to the crease.

Anaesthesia and Aftercare
Operation is performed under general anesthesia and generally completed in two to three hours time.
Overnight hospital stay is required.

Gynaecomastia is a condition in males when the mammary glands are abnormally developed resulting in breast enlargement.

It can result in embarrassment, cruel teasing, and social trauma. Affected men try to hide it with thick shirts, avoiding bare chested activities such as swimming or work outs, and withdraw from public exposure.

Underlying cause of gynecomastia is unknown in majority of the cases.

Type of anaesthesia

The operation can be carried out either under local anesthesia or general anesthesia.

Procedure

Treatment consists of sculpturing of chest wall with tumescent liposuction and surgical excision of residual breast gland.

After the surgery

Compression garment is applied after the surgery which is to be worn for a period of 6-8 weeks. There can be minimal bruising which generally subsides within 7 days. Stich removal is done in a week time.