Have You Ask Your Surgeon These Questions Before Implant Surgery？

Posted by Matt Jackson on December 31st, 2015

Breast implant surgery, like most plastic and cosmetic surgical procedure, is an elective procedure. Elective procedure means that the patient has to pick the surgeon and the surgical designs to accomplish their expected goals from the surgical procedure.

Patients are encouraged to ask for the surgeon's past patient history or have a substantial proof of the best procedures they have performed. It is not advisable to trust a surgeon without knowing their past patient history. Another thing is to ask for the surgeon's performed breast augmentation before and after images of past patients for candidates to asses a realistic approach towards the surgical procedure.

A seeking patient ought to be prepared to discuss the following queries and get the surgeons view, and understand the realistic expectations before their decision making.

Understand Breast Implants

Prosthetic breast implant devices are was placed underneath the breast tissues or muscles, to increase a better projection of the breasts. The tool is a mimic of the breast made of silicone material; it's a hollow shell and a filler gel. The filler gel can either be cohesive gel made of medical graded silicone, or it can be a gel made of saline solutions.

There's various sizes and builds of breast implants that range from subtle to oversize. It is best for patients to keep a conservative approach towards their expectation from the surgical procedure.

Candidates who have tiny breasts and are aiming to have a giant cup size are advised doing it with breast implant surgical procedure. The breast skin and muscles need to prepare and accustom to adjust to the new giant breast implants. It can take a couple of years for a candidate to have a breast augmentation from A-Cup to D-Cup.

Does Breast Implants Affect Child Birth and Breast Feeding?

It can. But surgeons use clever breast incision techniques such as through the armpit, or the natural breast fold, which keeps the milk ducts undamaged. Hence, issues associated with breast feeding with breast implants can be aborted.

However, pregnancy and child birth as well as giant weight fluctuations can affect in causing tension in the skin and muscles, make them saggy. It can also cause rupture and leak the breast implants. It is a feasible risk.

Breast Implants and Breast Cancers

Candidates who have a relatives history of breast cancer are likely to be turned down to have the surgical procedure. Breast implant rupture and leaking of filler gel is an indispensable risk and complication, and it is suspected by plenty of surgeons and medical specialists to have the potentials of causing breast cancer. But there is not constructive proof to this point despite long running and extensive research projects held by all medical boards. So it is finally concluded that the silicone itself do not raise the risks of breast cancer, however, they might be harmful in unpredictable ways if the patient has a history or chances of having breast cancer.