Breast augmentation

Breast augmentation
The pre-operative aspects (left), and the post-operative aspects (right) of a bilateral, sub-muscular emplacement of 350 cc saline implants through an infra-mammary fold (IMF) incision
SpecialtyPlastic surgeon

Breast augmentation and augmentation mammoplasty is a cosmetic surgery procedure, which uses breast-implants and/ or fat-graft mammoplasty technique to increase the size, change the shape, and alter the texture of the breasts. Although in some cases augmentation mammoplasty is applied to correct congenital defects of the breasts and the chest wall[1] in other cases it is performed purely for cosmetic reasons.

The surgical implantation approach creates a spherical augmentation of the breast hemisphere, using a breast implant filled with either saline solution or silicone gel; the fat-graft transfer approach augments the size and corrects contour defects of the breast hemisphere with grafts of the adipocyte fat tissue, drawn from the person's body.

In a breast reconstruction procedure, a tissue expander (a temporary breast implant device) is sometimes put in place and inflated with saline to prepare (shape and enlarge) the recipient site (implant pocket) to receive and accommodate the breast implant prosthesis.

In most instances of fat-graft breast augmentation, the increase is of modest volume, usually only one bra cup size or less,[2] which is thought to be the physiological limit allowed by the metabolism of the human body.[3]

  1. ^ Ors, Safvet (2017-12-01). "Incidence and Classification of Chest Wall Deformities in Breast Augmentation Patients". Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 41 (6): 1280–1290. doi:10.1007/s00266-017-0953-5. ISSN 1432-5241.
  2. ^ "Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation: Procedure, Results & Risks". Cleveland Clinic. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  3. ^ Cell-assisted Lipotransfer for Cosmetic Breast Augmentation: Supportive Use of Adipose-Derived Stem/Stromal Cells (2007) Yoshimura, K.; Sato, K.; Aoi, N.; Kurita, M.; Hirohi, T.; Harii, K. (2007). "Cell-Assisted Lipotransfer for Cosmetic Breast Augmentation: Supportive Use of Adipose-Derived Stem/Stromal Cells". Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 32 (1): 48–55, discussion 56–7. doi:10.1007/s00266-007-9019-4. PMC 2175019. PMID 17763894.