Breast Augmentation for Enlargement or Reconstruction

Plastic surgery can offer both cosmetic and restorative assistance. These procedural compliments are also applicable to breast augmentation as well as breast reconstruction surgeries. Although enhancement is typically completed with silicone or saline filled implants, reconstruction can consist of multiple procedures in order to restore recently altered mammary glands or to improve the appearance of scar tissue or to correct the developmental issues a woman encountered but never corrected years ago. These two procedures can complement each other or they can be performed separately, depending upon the condition of a patient's breast at that time.

On one hand, breast augmentation refers to enlargement. A patient can choose to use either silicone or saline filled implants. And dependent upon the positioning, height and possibility of breast feeding in the future, the method of insertion will be compromised with the experience of the surgeon selected. During this same conversation, the patient and the surgeon discuss the way enhancement, lifts, and reconstruction can create the ideal breast for her. A woman knows her body, but this early consultation with her operating physician will allow her to understand what surgical compliments will help to reach the best results. Sometimes this involves aspects of reconstruction for the areola or the overall breast shape due to scar tissue from an accident or previous implant debacle.

On the other hand, breast reconstruction can accompany an implant placement procedure or it can be performed alone. The new breast filler can be the patient's own fat and tissue from elsewhere in the body. This option is used occasionally because some of these women experienced tragic accidents, mastectomy, or lumpectomy procedures suddenly in life so they never put much thought into receiving implants. Some of these women are not candidates for implant use, so fatty tissue from elsewhere in the body such as the abdomen is used to assist the reformation of their mammary glands.

When selecting a plastic surgeon, it is critical to utilize the information that an experienced and board certified specialists is familiar with all of the ways to improve a patients natural tissue, implant the ideal volume for enhancement as well as modify a previous surgery for any patient. They know how to correct inverted areolas, asymmetry, and lift drooping breasts for patients with large and small chests. They have extensive experience with all known conditions that can impact one's breasts. They are constantly learning about new cases as well as new tools and techniques to preserve and improve the chest with breast augmentation or reconstruction as needed.