Breast

Breast enlargement as an elective, cosmetic surgery, changes the aesthetics of size, shape, and texture of breasts. Attractive, full and shapely breasts are possible with breast enhancement procedures. Breast enhancement procedure can inspires confidence and improve sense of well being. Breast enhancement surgical treatment is done by placing silicon implants within the breasts area or using natural fillers e.g. own fat. Breast implants are available in a variety of sizes and shapes. Silicone Implants give shape and natural feel to the breasts. The breast enhancement process requires around an hour or two to do and it is carried out as a day procedure. Breast augmentation with fat transfer is an another option for women who desire larger breasts without the use of implant. In this method liposuction is used to remove fat from unwanted areas of the body. The fat is then inserted into the breast creating larger breast that look full and natural. Asymmetrical breast can also be corrected with this procedure.

Breast reduction surgery is a surgical treatment concerning reduction of big breasts through excising skin as well as excess glandular tissues to acquire a normal sized, symmetrical breasts along with repositioned breast as well as areola. Women with pendulous and large breasts can experience neck and back discomfort and pain, dermatitis, shoulder straps indentations as well as difficulty in breathing. Breasts reduction surgical treatment may also help to improve your own self-image as well as self-confidence.

Breast lift (Mastopexy) is the plastic surgery mammoplasty procedure for raising sagging breasts upon the chest of the woman; by correcting and modifying the size, contour, and elevation of the breasts. In a breast-lift surgery to re-establish an aesthetically proportionate bust for the woman, the critical corrective consideration is the tissue viability of the nipple-areola complex (NAC), to ensure the functional sensitivity of the breasts for lactation and breast-feeding. The breast-lift correction of a sagging bust is a surgical operation that cuts and removes excess tissues (glandular, adipose, skin), overstretched suspensory ligaments, excess skin from the skin-envelope, and transposes the nipple-areola complex higher upon the breast hemisphere. In surgical practice, mastopexy can be performed as a discrete breast-lift procedure, and as a subordinate surgery within a combined mastopexy–breast augmentation procedure. Moreover, mastopexy surgery techniques also are applied to reduction mammoplasty, which is the correction of oversized breasts. Psychologically, a mastopexy procedure to correct breast ptosis is not indicated by medical cause or physical reason, but by the self-image of the woman; that is, the combination of physical, aesthetic, and mental health requirements of her Self.

This procedure is designated for women after breast removal due to cancer or other conditions. The reconstruction can be performed during breast removal procedure, or after several months, even a year or afterwards. There are techniques to reconstruct a breast which is very similar to the natural one. – Breasts can be reconstructed with implants, expander and implant and with body tissues. After removal of breast, an expander is inserted under the skin and the chest muscles. It has a special valve which can be filled from the outside. The implant is being filled gradually with a solution, until the skin has sufficiently expanded for the insertion of the implant. The breast can also be reconstructed with body tissue from areas with extra skin and fat, such as lower abdomen or back (latissimus dorsi muscle). It takes another 3-6 months until the breast has acquired its final shape, then the nipple can be reconstructed as well. Reconstruction results in significant improvement in social life and self esteem of women.

Enlargement of male breast is known as gynecomastia. Reason of enlargement of male breast is uncertain or it may occur due to hormonal imbalance. It is corrected by liposuction of fat and excision of fibrous gland. Skin excision is not required as it redrapes and gives normal flat appearance of breast area.