Summer time means outdoors and delightfully scanty clothing. It?s a time to kick free of winter restrictions, and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine, the beach parties, barbecues, volley ball games, picnics.
Are you pleased with your silhouette in summer clothing? Do you wonder if you have a good figure in a bathing suit? Perhaps you?d like to have a better proportioned figure and fill out your shirt more? Breast implants are a possibility you might want to consider.
You have choices
There are choices as to where the incisions are made and it partly depends on you and your surgeon?s preferences. The type of implant, location of incision and size are all decisions that your surgeon will help you with. Most people now have saline implants though the FDA has recently re-approved the use of silicone gel implants.
One of the great features of saline breast implants is that they can be inserted empty. This means the incision can be quite small, since the implant is rolled up into a small tube and then filled after it?s in position.
Breast enlargement incision sites
There are four possibilities for where your plastic surgeon can place the breast enlargement incisions. They are:
? In the armpit (axillary incision) ? this is about an inch long and only visible when you raise your arms.
? In the breast crease (inframammary crease incision) ? this one is about 1.5 inches long, running along underneath the breast. It is usually only be visible upon close inspection.
? At the areola (peri-areola incision) ? this incision is a small semi-circle, around the lower edge of the areola (the darkened area surrounding the nipple). It can be scarcely visible since the changes in skin here will camouflage it well. Future breastfeeding will be unlikely with this choice of location.
? At the belly button (transumbilical incision) ? this one is a small semi-circle around the lower inside edge of the belly button and will be barely visible. With this choice of location, only the one incision is needed for both implants.
So with all these choices, scars for your breast implants will be small and discreet.
Match your lifestyle
Saline breast implants come in many sizes and your breast surgeon will discuss with you how best to match the implants to your overall size and proportion. Breast implants can also be:
? Round or contoured like a teardrop
? Smooth-surfaced or textured
Regardless of which incision site you choose, or which type of implant, you?ll still be able to wear bathing suits and low necklines and participate in any kind of summer activity, no matter how active. You?ll be able to sport your new silhouette all summer long with no worries.
Finding a good cosmetic surgeon
Since cosmetic surgery has become so popular in the last 10 years or so, some doctors have taken short cut training to take advantage of this at a disservice to the general public. You want a properly trained and experienced surgeon, not one who might gain his basic experience on you! Choose a plastic surgeon who?s certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS), and one who?s a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).
While you should by all means listen to your friends and acquaintances who may have had cosmetic surgery and want to recommend their doctor to you you should do your homework too, and check the doctor?s credentials.
Some questions to ask when interviewing plastic surgeons
? Do you have hospital privileges, and if so, which hospitals?
? Can you do the procedure in the hospital if I want to?
? If you do surgery in other facilities, are they accredited?
? How many breast reductions have you done?
? Can I speak to some of your previous patients about their experience with it?
