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Breast Augmentation
USD 2,500
Breast implant is to enlarge small or underdeveloped breasts, or to reshape breasts that that are out of shape and fullness due to pregnancy, nursing or weight loss. It is also to balance breasts of different sizes and shapes as well as to improve personal satisfaction.
Surgical Procedure
The method of inserting and positioning your implant depends on individual anatomy. The incision can be made either in the crease where the breast meets the chest, around the areola (the dark skin surrounding the nipple), or in the armpit. Every attempt will be made to assure that the resulting of scars will be almost invisible.
Type of Implants
All breast implants utilize a silicone shell but contain different kinds of filler, silicone gel or saline. The outer silicone shell may be smooth shiny and polished, or a slightly rough texture. Breasts implanted with the textured implants are less likely to develop contracting capsules than those with the smooth implants.
Placement of Implants
There are two techniques for placing implants.
1. The implant is placed under the breast tissue and over the chest muscle. That is, your breast tissue and skin will be lifted to create a pocket, either directly behind it or underneath the chest wall muscle. The implants will be placed in the center beneath your nipples.
2. The implant is placed under the chest muscle and breast tissue. Some case the implant is needed to be placed behind your chest muscle to reduce the potential capsular contracture. It produces less interference with breast examination by mammogram than the direct placement of the implant behind the breast tissue. However, this method can be more painful than the method of direct placement under the breast tissue.
These two options will be thoroughly discussed between the patient and the surgeon before surgery.
Possible Risks
Capsular contracture will occur if the capsules around the implants begin to tighten and thicken. As a result, the breasts feel hard and appear unnatural. Hard breasts can be treated in several ways. Sometimes a removal of the capsule is needed, or perhaps the implant needs to be replaced. Bleeding is usually minimal during the operation. In an unusual case, bleeding after surgery may cause a large blood clot that needs to be removed. Sometimes nipples can become oversensitive, under sensitive, or even numb. These symptoms usually disappear within time.
Infection is an uncommon risk. In case it is infected, the implant must be removed immediately. You need to wait for several months before repeating the operation. There might be a chance of an occasional break or leak of implants, if a saline implant breaks, the implant will deflate in a few hours and the salt water will be harmlessly absorbed by the body. If a break occurs in a gel implant, however, one of two things may happen; one, If the shell breaks but the scar capsule around the implant does not, there is no detect any change. Two, if the scar breaks or tears, especially following severe pressure, silicone gel may move into surrounding tissue. The gel may collect in the breast and cause a new scar to form around it. This may require a second operation and replacement of the leaking implant. In some cases, it may not be possible to remove all of the silicone gel in the breast tissue if a rupture should occur but the new type of gel so call Cohesive silicone gel will not cause this problem very often.
Side Effects
The severity and duration of side effects may vary, particularly when another cosmetic procedure was performed at the same time.
After Care
All dressings and bandages are removed on the third day following the operation. Afterwards, you are able to bath as usual. However, you need to gently massage the implants upward, downward, and inward in order to decrease the chances of capsule contracture. An aggressive manipulation of the implant or strong squeezing can possibly cause an inflammation, producing an adverse effect on the capsules.
During the first month following surgery, you should exercise your implants three to four times per for fifteen to twenty minutes. After that, if breast contour improve satisfactorily, you will need to exercise only once or twice daily.
Routine mammograms should be continued after breast augmentation for those who are in the appropriate age group, when request a routine mammogram, be sure to go to a radiology center where technicians are experienced in the x-ray of a breast with an implant. Additional views will be required. Ultrasound examinations may be of benefit in some cases with implants to detect breast lumps or to evaluate the implant.
Recovery Period
You need to stay 7 days in Bangkok for post operative care.
Post Operative Care
You should keep your arm from wide extension as much as possible for at least 3-5 days after surgery. After removing the gauze dressing, you may be required to wear a support bra to help your breasts form and maintain a balancing shape. You may do some exercises and return to normal physical activities within a month or two when soreness has subsided.
The price includes Doctor's fee
Surgical Consultation
General Anesthesia
Hospitalization: 2 pre and post surgery nights in VIP private room
Medical treatments and supplies
Post operative care and check up at the hospital
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