The decision for a woman to seek augmentation of the breast is a very personal one. Most women seeking breast augmentation have a positive body image yet believe that their breast size is not consistent or in harmony with their overall body physique.
Reasons for seeking breast enlargement include failure of the breast to develop fully, breast volume, shape, asymmetry, and for breast fullness lost following pregnancy or breast feeding.
The goal of an aesthetic breast augmentation is to achieve a proportional and natural appearance. While some patients specifically ask for an "exaggerated" look, most want to look as natural as possible.
Breast tissue is not altered by a breast enlarging procedure. This operation is performed by placing an implant behind your own breast tissue, simply pushing it forwards and enlarging the appearance of the breast. Most patients have been exceedingly pleased with this operative procedure.
The increase in breast size will be limited by the tightness of your skin but significant improvement is usually achieved. The final decision regarding implant size must be made by the surgeon during the operation, but size will be discussed with you before the procedure and every effort will be made to create an optimal breast for you.
It is important that you understand that no person is perfectly symmetrical from one side to the other even before a surgical procedure.
Every attempt will be made during surgery to minimize your side to side dissimilarities, but such differences always persist to some degree even after the most successful operation.
There is no evidence that breast surgery alters the possibility of developing breast cancer. Mammography techniques have improved on compromised detection of early breast cancer following an augmentation mammoplasty.
If a cancer were to develop, its detection by mammography could be made more difficult, depending on the location of the cancer within the breast, the position and size of the implant and the type of implant employed.
Regardless of your decision to have an augmentation mammoplasty or not, it will still be necessary for you to examine yourself monthly for breast lumps and undergo mammography as suggested by your personal physician.
All women, whether or not they are contemplating breast surgery are encouraged to obtain a baseline mammogram at age 35 (or even sooner if you have a family history of breast cancer) and a yearly mammogram after the age of 40.
Normal breast function should not be altered by an augmentation procedure in which the implant is positioned behind the pectoral muscle. Although not all women are able to breast feed even without a breast operation, this procedure should not alter the ability to breast feed should this become desirable later.
Author Resource:-
Dave Stringham, the President of LookingYourBest.com writes about plastic surgery in Newport Beach, California and cosmetic surgery procedures such as newport beach breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, tummy tuck, facelift, liposuction, and arm lift.
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