Knowing the merits as well as the limits of any cosmetic surgery like breast enlargement will better prepare you and allow you a more realistic base for your expectations.
Understand that this surgery, also referred to as breast augmentation, will not change your whole body, but it will definitely enhance it a great deal.
Being informed is the first step in becoming a good candidate for the procedure.
Additionally, normal functioning, healthy, active women with no other history of surgery-related complications may be good candidates as well.
Emotional stability is a crucial prerequisite for this surgery, as you will better cope with processing your own realistic expectations and reasons for undergoing such a procedure, along with the changes to your body that will occur as a result.
Finally, a thorough and open discussion with your plastic surgeon will go a long way in helping him or her determine if this surgery is right for you.
Types of Procedures: Throughout the years of this most popular form of bodily enhancement, numerous methods and types of this procedure have come onto the market.
What this means to you is more options available to better achieve the results you desire.
Understanding each method along with the risks, benefits, and recovery time of each will be of great value to you in deciding which is best for you.
Periareolar: This method uses an incision around the nipple to insert the implants.
While this method is the most effective in terms of obscuring the scar, younger patients need to be warned that chances of having the ability to breastfeed afterwards are slim.
Inframammary: This incision is underneath the fold at the bottom of the breast and offers better results in breastfeeding post-operation.
This scar is not as well hidden as the above option.
Axillary: This method offers the least complications with future breastfeeding but results in the least concealed scar.
Additionally, implant placement is another topic altogether.
There are two methods: Submuscular: By placing them underneath your muscle, the implants are less obvious (though sizing will still increase) and the look is thought to be more natural.
However, recovery is longer and more painful.
Subglandular: Implants placed under the skin yields a shorter recovery time, yet implants are more palpable and obvious.
Now that you have researched more on the possibility of breast enlargement for yourself, you will be better prepared to discuss the methods available, your own personal expectations, and how the two relate, with your surgeon.
Before long, you'll be enjoying the new you, just how you had envisioned!