5 myths about mammoplasty

Implants do not affect future breastfeeding in any way. Modern technologies used by leading manufacturers, such as, for example, market leaders Mentor, make it possible to place implants under the muscle, and they do not come into contact with the mammary gland, which makes feeding completely safe for mother and child.

I don’t know a single girl who managed to increase the shape through cosmetics. The situation is similar with the myth that cabbage helps to achieve positive results. You cannot completely trust cosmetics in the fight against stretch marks on the chest – all lotions, gels and cold showers are effective only when you have good genetics.

Thanks to modern technology, today there is an atraumatic suture and some suture materials, when using which the skin connection is so good that the scar remains almost invisible. However, surgeons who claim that the operation can be performed completely without a scar are being tricky. Over the history of plastic surgery (and it’s been over two hundred years), plastic surgeons have learned where to make incisions so that the seams are barely noticeable or sometimes even completely invisible.

In mammaplasty, incisions are made in three places: under the breast, across the areola, and across the armpit. Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages. Many people think that an incision through the armpit is best because there will be no visible scarring in the chest area. But I, for example, do not use such incisions, because when accessing through the armpit, only round implants can be installed, and they give an unnatural shape to the breast, and it does not have looks as teardrop shaped as we’d like.

As for the incision through the areola, it can be done when the diameter of the areola allows the placement of the implant. If the areola has a diameter of 1 to 2 cm, the implant cannot be installed through it. This option is interesting because thanks to the pigment, when the scar heals, the incision is almost invisible. However, if such a patient plans to give birth in the next two years, there is a risk of mastitis. All patients should be notified in advance.

Capsular contracture is the most common and “difficult” of the possible complications that can occur during breast augmentation. After the operation, a fibrous membrane gradually forms around the implant, the excessive thickening of which leads to unpleasant consequences for the shape of the mammary gland and is called capsular contracture. A capsule forms around the implants, which can squeeze it and become hard. Scientists have come to the conclusion that to eliminate this complication, it is necessary to create a textured implant. Contracture with such materials can form only in 1-2% of cases.

It is very important that after the implant is placed there is no fluid, blood or plasma around it. To do this, after the operation, a drainage tube is installed. Unfortunately, some colleagues have stopped doing this. But it has been clearly proven that if even one milliliter of liquid remains near the implant, the probability of capsule formation increases by 50%. And that’s a very large percentage. Therefore, one must be very careful when choosing the implants and the clinic where the operation will take place.

Breast augmentation or remodeling surgery can be performed 6 months after a woman has stopped breastfeeding. It is during this period that a woman’s breasts shrink after breastfeeding and take on their final shape.