Breast augmentation surgery is purely elective surgery. The goal of the surgery varies with each individual's interest. It can be used to enlarge the breast of patients with small size breasts. It can be used to correct asymmetry of the breast. In addition, it can reestablish the loss of volume and contour after pregnancy or weight loss.
Candidates for Breast Augmentation
A patient must understand that every individual is unique and that there is no ideal shape of a breast. Normal breasts are never completely round or completely symmetrical. Thus, the best candidate for breast augmentation is a healthy patient with realistic expectations who desires improvement in the shape of her breasts, not unrealistic perfection.
Risk and Complications Associated with Breast Augmentation
As with any surgery, breast augmentation has its associated risks and complications. Even though the risks and complications listed below occur infrequently, they are the ones associated with breast augmentation and of the greatest concern. Other complications and risks can occur but are even more uncommon.
Bleeding/ Blood Collections (Hematoma) / Fluid Collections (Seroma) Infection Sensory Changes (Discomfort/Numbness) Asymmetry / Unfavorable Scars Thinning of overlying skin Wrinkling/Irregularity/Folds Capsular Contracture (Tightening of scar around the implant) Inability to breast feed Stretch marks Calcification in the scar tissue Implant Failure/ Need for Replacement Immune Response (May occur in an extremely small and peculiarly susceptible group of patients) Lymph Node Enlargement Implant Extrusion
