Breast augmentation plastic surgery breast from a health perspective - Possible complications

Breast Augmentation: Complications

Last year, the number of breast augmentation has reached 150,000; is a leader among cosmetic surgery Cosmetic surgery: radical transformation . At the same time, over the last two years the number of young girls, insert breast implants, more than doubled.

Meanwhile, the public does not cease debate about the safety of breast augmentation. As often happens when covering health issues in the media, every point of view, to protect skilled experts, but so convincing that a simple woman at a loss as to whom to believe.

Breast implants and the concept of their own "I"

According to plastic surgeons, breast implants is very positive impact on the representation of women about themselves. This statement can be easily proved or disproved - we need only to conduct an objective study to compare self-esteem of women before and after breast augmentation, and a few years after the operation. However, such a study has never been conducted.

From a psychological point of view, any improvement in the appearance through plastic surgery or any other means, substantially improves self-esteem .  On the other hand, there is a certain category of people who consider themselves to be unattractive because of certain physical defects, fix it, and then find another disadvantage, and so on to infinity .  In addition, the implants associated with a number of specific problems: after breast augmentation, many women become the object of attention and claims of men, causing some discomfort, because women just can not get used to this change .  If implants are visible to the naked eye (for example, produces a whistling sound of saline filled implants which, hardness caused by capsular contracture, or just the feeling of a foreign body), instead of the confident woman can get a couple of extra facilities .

Breast Augmentation: Possible complications

Installing implants invariably associated with some risk, whether implants with saline or silicone gel. Pay special attention to the following aspects:

• Any surgery breast augmentation using silicone or saline implants is associated with risk. Do not rule out the possibility of infection, hematoma (accumulation of blood or tissue fluid around the implant), the risk of an unsuccessful surgery and removal of one or both implants (which would require additional surgery), as well as the potential value of several operations to replace the implants.
• Any surgery breast augmentation with implants can disrupt a woman's ability to breastfeed. Women with implants less likely sewn properly nourish a child than women who do not resort to the help of a plastic surgeon.
• Any breast implants eventually fail, but it is unknown how many years will serve modern implants. As the results of the study, the majority of implants are "working" seven - twelve years old, but some can not withstand the first few years or even months. However, others serve their mistresses faithfully for 15 years.
• The most common complaint - capsular contracture, when the woman's body reacts to the "foreign body" form a capsule of scar tissue around the implant, which may be too tight. In this case, breast harden, lose their shape, and any contact with them causes painful sensations. Sometimes the only way out of this situation is the surgical removal or implants. Capsular contracture is common among regular clients of Plastic Surgeons - actresses and models, which are reminiscent of the charm of two solid ball, not natural breast. The result is particularly repulsive if one breast capsular contracture formed, and in the other - no, or in the case where the hardening and contraction causes a change in shape of the breast.
• Although epidermiologicheskie studies have not proven a link between systemic disease and breast implants, some European studies show that plastic surgery on the chest (the installation of implants or reduce the size of the breast) may increase the risk of connective tissue disease or rheumatic fever. If these diseases, which include as scleroderma and fibromyalgia (a syndrome characterized by chronic fatigue Chronic fatigue - if life is not a pleasant experience   and pain in various parts of the body) is effectively connected with the breast plastic surgery, all women at risk from breast implants, regardless of their content. Since women are rarely confined to one plastic surgery on the breast, the risk of systemic disease increases with each new intervention.
• All the implants affect mammography result, because they can cover the tumor. Thus, implants complicate timely diagnosis of breast cancer Diagnosis of breast cancer - the most important task of modern medicine . Although trained professionals can perform a mammogram so as to reduce interference to a minimum of implants, not all women can use the services of such experts. Unfortunately, even with the help of experienced experts, about 30% of cancers remain hidden behind the implants. Experts estimate that about 20 000 - 40 000 women with breast implants can not be promptly set a terrible diagnosis and time to begin treatment, which significantly reduces its effectiveness.

Breast Augmentation: What do I lose?

Many cosmetic changes are easily reversible, which is not about breast augmentation. After stretching the skin and natural fabric implants your breasts never will find old form. Most plastic surgeons are trying to convince their patients to replace the implant problem, warning that without changing the appearance of the breast can cause depression Depression - a little more than a bad mood . It should pay particular attention to parents who are thinking about how to solve the plastic surgery of his daughter. If seventeen she dyed her hair, she knows she will always be able to return to their natural color or grow hair. However, the decision to increase breast changes her body forever. If a girl is unhappy breast size before the operation, imagine her feelings when the implant is "deny" and her breasts will be as small as before, and also sagging.