What is Breast Augmentation Surgery Like? Possible Risks of Breast Augmentation
When it comes to enhancing your self beauty or even battling years of low self esteem as a result of undersized breast, many women are turning to a plastic surgeon every year to undergo a breast augmentation procedure. It is important that once you have decided to undergo a breast augmentation that you make sure that the surgeon you are choosing is not only qualified to perform the breast augmentation, but also has significant experience. Often the easiest way to make this selection is by ensuring that the surgeon is certified by the local board of plastic surgeons.
The breast augmentation procedure itself comes in many varieties, from the type, size and shape of the implant to the type of incision you want. Some implants can only be used with certain incisions so that is one thing to keep in mind when making you decision. Of the breast implant incisions to choose from, you have the inframammary incision, transaxillary incision, periareolar incision as well as the navel incision. Regardless of the incision type though, the surgeon will have to make a pocket by separating the tissue masses for which to place the implant in. Furthermore, these pockets can be in a variety of locations such as behind the muscle groups, in between them or right behind the mammary glands all of which is just another decision you will need to make regarding your breast augmentation procedure.
From this point you will have to know and understand the possible risks and complications which are associated with undergoing a breast augmentation procedure and these risks can include things like unsightly scars, hematoma, seroma, infections, slow wound healing, loss or change in the sensations of the nipples, an inability to breast feed any future children, capsular contracture as well as the possibility of an implant rupture. This of course is not the limit of the possible complications associated with a breast augmentation procedure but merely the most common complications reported. There is also the possibility that you can suffer from wrinkling of the skin, rotated implant, anesthetic allergies, blood clots as well as the possibility of developing deep vein thrombosis as well as other cardiac related complications.
Once these risks and complications are understood and you have decided to still go ahead with the procedure, you will then need to look into ways of paying for it since the insurance companies will only cover a breast augmentation procedure if it is for reconstructive purposes. The average cost of a breast augmentation will set you back anywhere from $5,000 and up to $10,000 depending on the implant, incision, locale of the procedure as well as the surgeon who will be performing it.
