Breast Augmentation
Breast augmentation with implants is one of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures available, and it can do wonders for enhancing your body contours. Patients who would like to add volume and definition to the breasts can see remarkable results that look natural and beautiful with breast augmentation.
Breast augmentation with implants, or breast enlargement, can give your breasts additional volume and contour while making them appear more proportionate to the rest of your body. The procedure often helps women who are:
• Dissatisfied with their current breast size.
• Suffer from asymmetrical breasts.
• Looking to restore volume in breasts that have reduced in size after pregnancy.
• Looking to reconstruct the breast after mastectomy or injury.
Why Breast Augmentation ?
Breast implants come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and types. Depending on your preferences and what is best for your needs, Dr. Tawk will recommend one or more implant types as well as placement and incision options. During your initial consultation, he will discuss all aspects of the breast augmentation procedure with you, including risks and benefits, and address any questions or concerns you may have.
Breast hypoplasia or breast hypotrophy is a defect in the development of breast volume, relative to the morphology of a woman.
It may be due to a lack of development of the mammary gland during puberty or following a loss of glandular volume secondary to pregnancy, slimming or hormonal fluctuation.
Some women experience this hypotrophy as an attack on their femininity, associated with a malaise and a loss of self-confidence, which can sometimes become truly complex.
What Are the Benefits of Breast Augmentation?
Breast augmentation at has an extremely high satisfaction rate, offering significant advantages for the right candidates. Those who undergo breast augmentation can typically achieve many benefits following their recovery like Increasing the size and fullness of the breasts, Restoring the lost breast volume, Enhancing breast shape and Correct abnormal breast symmetry.
What are the different Breast Implants options?
They are different in their:
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- Shape: Round, Anatomic.
- Outer shell: Smooth, micro-textured, textured, macro-textured, polyurethane.
- Content: filled with silicone gel, saline, hydrogel
- Projection and Volume: low profile, intermediate, high, extra high.
- Consistency: cohesive, supple, firm, double-gel.
- Brand: Nagor, Mentor, Sebbin, Eurosilicone, Arion …
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Ultimately, the type, shape, and feel of your breast implants will be decided based on your individual needs and goals, in addition to your unique body type. Dr. Tawk will go over all of your options with you and show you various types of implants, providing you with a comprehensive understanding of how they may benefit you. While there are many varieties to choose from, Dr. Tawk will make sure you are fully educated on the ideal options for your needs so you can make the best choice possible.
All implants used by Dr. Tawk meet stringent standards: CE marking (European Community), FDA approval and authorisation of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of anatomical prostheses compared to round prostheses?
Round breast implants are some of the most popular, and they can be the ideal choice for patients with certain breast and body types. Round-shaped implants can typically move with more freedom while inside the breast pocket, leading to more natural movement of the breasts. These implants can also produce a very natural and full breast appearance with beautiful results.
Anatomically-shaped implants (in the shape of a teardrop) offer a number of advantages. For the right patient, the teardrop shape of anatomical implants can create results that look very natural, producing a fullness at the bottom of the breast that gradually tapers off toward the top. Anatomically-shaped implants can also be ideal options for women with significantly low breast volume, offering results that yield a fuller, more sculpted look.There is always a risk of rotation of this implants during the first 3-6 month after surgery.
How is Breast augmentation surgery is performed?
The placement location for the breast implants is another important decision that can affect the final result of your Breast Augmentation. Implants can be placed :
- Above the muscle or pre-muscular, the prostheses are placed directly under the gland, in front of the Pectoral muscle.
- Below the muscle or retro-musculare, the prostheses are placed directly under the Pectoral muscle.
- In Dual Plan, where the protheses are placed below the muscle in his superior part and under the gland in his inferior part.
The most common techniques to place the implants are:
- Transaxillary: Through an incision in the underarm.
- Periareolar: Through an incision around the areola.
- Inframammary: Through an incision created in the mammary crease, on the underside of the breast where the skin meets the body.
