Breast augmentation (also known as Augmentation mammoplasty) is one of the most popular plastic surgery in the world. If you are unhappy with the size or shape of your breasts, this surgery can help you. According to studies, every year it takes hundreds of thousands of women.

Someone unhappy naturally small size of their breasts, someone implants needed after pregnancy or significant weight loss. Hormonal changes, such as during menopause are also often lead to the fact that the breasts lose fatty tissue. Finally, the techniques used during breast augmentation, also used for breast reconstruction in women who have had breast cancer Breast cancer: what every woman needs to know .

Breast augmentation surgery carried out for cosmetic reasons, are not paid by insurance.

Despite the fact that this operation is considered to be very safe, it should be taken seriously, as it may significantly alter your appearance and, as a result, your relationship with yourself. While most women are happy with the results of breast augmentation, it is important to make sure that this operation is right for you.

It is particularly important that breast augmentation surgery is the name of your desire, and you did not go on it under the pressure of her husband, friends, stereotypical notions of beauty, and so on. If not, surgery may be for you to negative psychological consequences.

Selecting the clinic and specialist

Do your research: find online clinic offering services for breast augmentation, and carefully read the information on the sites. Check the state licenses of clinics (information on this necessarily have to be on the site). Compare the experience of different surgeons, photos taken before and after the operations, the price of services.

During the consultation the doctor will tell you what to expect from the surgery (doctor is very important to make sure that patients realistic expectations about the results of the operation). All patients who are going to do a breast augmentation, it is necessary to donate blood for tests and a mammogram Mammography - protection against breast cancer . In addition, the doctor will carefully examine your medical history to make sure that you are a suitable candidate for the operation. Based on the results of a survey taken a decision about what kind of breast enhancement techniques, to choose what to put implants, and so on. In rare cases, the doctor may decide that breast augmentation surgery does not suit you.

Breast augmentation: choose the right size

The right choice of implants is one of the conditions for good results of breast augmentation surgery.

Too small implants do not give noticeable results, but also about the principle of "the more, the better" should be forgotten. Overly large implants look unnatural, and sometimes cause significant discomfort and pain.

Tall women with broad shoulders can choose implants larger than the diminutive woman. The surgeon will always help to understand what breast size Breast size - does it matter?   optimal for a woman with a particular body structure.

Also of great importance are particularly breast tissue and skin. For example, if the breast is small by nature (and, accordingly, there is not a lot of fabric) and / or if the skin is not very flexible, larger implants will look ugly and lead to the appearance of stretch marks. Postoperative recovery period is increased.

After the surgery is usually recommended for some time to take painkillers. There are also medicines that help make the scars less visible. If after the operation on the chest or near her appear larger hematomas, as well as signs of infection (such as rash, inflammation, nausea, vomiting and fever), you should immediately contact the surgeon who did the operation. Usually, the infection can be successfully treated with antibiotics Antibiotics - whether they will help you in the foreseeable future? .

Typically, patients return to work no more than one week after surgery. Complete recovery usually takes about two months.

Cryosurgery - the original medical procedure involving the use of liquid nitrogen. The essence of cryoablation is local, the local effects of liquid nitrogen is very low temperature, which is due to the action of cold destroys certain parts of the tissue. Cryosurgery has been widely used in modern medicine and in particular in dermatology - This method is used to remove borodovok, corrections of scars and other problems with the skin The most common skin problems and their solutions .

What is cryosurgery

The principle on which the action is based cryoablation, is very simple: a certain area of ​​the skin (for example, the area around the wart or mole) is treated with liquid nitrogen, which instantly cools the upper layer of abnormal tissue to very low temperatures, destroying it. This tissue destruction remains in place, and formed the wound heals quickly, without requiring processing of antiseptic agents. In place of treatment with liquid nitrogen dry crust is formed, and under it gradually formed the healthy tissue, not scar from the connective tissue. Thus, cryosurgery to avoid such unpleasant consequences of surgery, postoperative scarring education.

In some cases, the method of cryoablation

Especially widely used method of cryoablation found in dermatology - using cryoablation effectively removed, for example, almost all the formations on the skin, whether pigment spots, moles, warts, keratomas. Suffice cryoablation method useful in the treatment of acne. However, the method of local influence on pathological tissue, and they can not break without scarring is extremely useful in other branches of medicine. Cryosurgery can be used in the following areas of medicine:

• In proctology: cryoablation method may be useful for the treatment of hemorrhoids, polyps in the colon, anal fissures, rectal fistula.
• In gynecology: cryosurgery can be used for the treatment of cervical erosion Treatment of cervical erosion - an approach must be an individual   and polyps of the uterus or cervix Cervical canal - the path traversed by every person As well as in the treatment of leukoplakias, papillomas, cervical dysplasia, chronic cervicitis Cervicitis - can cause infertility .
• In Urology: cryosurgery can be used to remove genital warts.
• In otolaryngology: freezing with liquid nitrogen can be used for inflammation of the tonsils.

However, we have several contraindications cryoablation not recommended the use of liquid nitrogen in infectious diseases and acute inflammatory diseases of the internal organs. Furthermore, in the case of some pathological conditions of the cervix cryoablation also not recommended.

Advantages and disadvantages

One of the major drawbacks of the method cryoablation is its lack of precision: in contrast to, for example, laser correction of scars, moles or warts cryotherapy does not imply the ability to adjust the depth of the impact of cold on the fabric, and so is the case with cryodestruction risk of tissue damage in the area around tumors much higher than in the case with the same laser correction. A damage to the surrounding tissue, particularly deep in the outer, upper layer of the skin, increasing the risk of scar formation at the injury site. In addition, cryosurgery - not the most efficient method of removal of tumors: for complete removal of tumors may require several procedures for handling liquid nitrogen.

Meanwhile, one can not deny certain advantages cryoablation, which in some cases make this method of influence on pathological tissue optimally. First, the impact of liquid nitrogen by freezing of nerve endings to avoid pain and accordingly, the need for local anesthesia. In addition, the method cryodestruction malotravmatichen, the risk of scarring after the procedure is minimal and is associated mainly with the error in determining the depth of the impact of nitrogen on the fabric. Finally, cryoablation procedure is not accompanied by bleeding.