Breast augmentation is a popular type of plastic surgery that aims to increase the size and shape and enhance the appearance of the breast by using either breast implants or fat transfer from another area of the same body to the breasts.
There are several types of breast implants and surgical techniques, in addition, the fat transfer might include fat suctioning from more than one area of the body to improve the contour of more than one area. Whatever the target you dream to achieve you would find a technique that fits this goal.
What is breast augmentation?
Breast augmentation, also known as augmentation mammoplasty, is considered one of the most commonly performed body contouring plastic surgeries that aim to increase the size and shape of the breasts and improve their roundness and contour.
For decades breast implants have been linked in the minds of many with medical replacement purposes for those who underwent breast removal due to breast cancer or any other breast illnesses, but nowadays, breast augmentation is more commonly performed for aesthetic purposes than replacement purposes.
How popular are breast augmentations?
Augmentation mammoplasty has become the most popular class of plastic surgery in the United States with around 300,000 cases per year. In Egypt, aesthetic breast enlargement has been popularly performed in the last few years after it was mainly performed for substitution purposes only.
What are the main breast augmentation categories?
Multiple options for breast augmentation based are available, but all lie under the umbrella of two main categories:
- breast implants.
- fat transfer augmentation.
To fully disclose the pros and cons of each available option you have to talk to your certified plastic surgeon to make the right decision before opting for breast enlargement.
What is the best technique?
Each option has its pros and cons, there is no one best procedure, but on the other hand, there is a procedure that best fits me.
We are in Tagmeel Academy fully assess your case regarding your breast’s current shape and size, your goals, budget, health status, whole body look, and the ideal look from your perspective. Then we customize a strategy that best fits you to obtain your appearance and body proportions.
When should I think about breast augmentation surgery?
Breast augmentation surgery is the only way to enhance your breasts size, you would think about increasing your breast size if you are suffering from the following:
- Your breasts are too small or flat to a level that affects your self-confidence and self-esteem.
- If you have asymmetrical breasts.
- To account for the significant decrease in your breast size after pregnancy, lactation, or weight loss.
- For replacement purposes after breast removal.
Breast Augmentation vs Breast Lifts
Although the two procedures are popular ways to boost your appearance, they offer extremely different benefits.
Breast augmentation boosts the cup size of your breasts, while a breast lift raises drooping breasts with a minimum effect on their size.
The two procedures are often done together to reach your desired breast shape, position, and size.
Types of breast augmentation
As we mentioned before, increasing breast size and weight is achieved only through either breast implants or fat transfer.
We are in Tagmeel Academy customizing a technique that specifically fits your goal you dream to reach, but what are both breast enlargement techniques stand for, and what are the generally different between them?
What are breast implants?
Breast implants are a group of FDA-approved prosthetic tools that are surgically inserted within the breast tissue to enhance the shape, size, weight, and roundness of the breasts.
Breast implants are the most common type of breast enlargement technique in Egypt, since, their predetermined shape and size ensure a predictable outcome, results obtained from breast implants are more dramatic than those obtained from the fat transfer, and their costs are acceptable.
Available breast implant options are:
Saline breast implants
These implants are filled with salt water (sterile saline). The main advantage of this type is that if leakage occurs, which is very rare, your body will naturally absorb and get rid of the saline without any adverse reaction.
Structured saline breast implants
They resemble sterile saline-filled implants but differ in that it has an inner structure that helps the breast look more natural.
Silicone breast implants
This type of breast implant is made of silicone gel. So in case of a break or leakage inside the breast, the gel would stay within its shell.
Implants leakage or break despite being rare, but you should regularly visit your plastic surgeon if you placed a breast implant to make sure that your implants are working properly.
Form-stable breast implants
Unlike traditional implants, these implants are made of a thicker silicone gel to maintain their shape even if the implant shell breaks.
But on the other hand, it requires a longer incision in your skin to be placed.
Round breast implants
These implants are big and round all over which makes your breasts look fuller, typically look.
Smooth breast implants
These implants are the softest of all the different types of implants. Which usually makes breast movement looks more natural than other implants.
Textured breast implants
For ideal adherence to the implant, and to be less likely to move around inside of the breast these implants create surrounding scar tissue within the breast for the most stability.
What is fat transfer breast augmentation?
Unlike breast implants, no foreign body is inserted, however, this technique uses unwanted fats within your body to increase the size of your breast.
During fat transfer breast augmentation, the plastic surgeon will use liposuction techniques to remove unwanted fat from another area of your body and then these fats are purified and reinjected into your breasts.
Possible body areas where liposuction is performed
Liposuction could be performed on whenever body area, but the most common areas are:
- Belly.
- Sides and lower back of the abdomen.
- Back.
- Thighs.
Fat might be obtained from more than one area according to the amount the surgeon needs to achieve the target size.
This type of augmentation is useful for people who want a moderate increase in their breast size and need in addition to contouring another body area as well In most cases.
But outcomes obtained from this type are less predictable and carry higher costs since they simultaneously include more than one procedure.
