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What You Need to Know About The Operation

Breast augmentation surgery, which is preferred for health problems or aesthetic concerns, has come of age with today's technology as in all other surgical operations. With breast augmentation surgery, shape problems are eliminated and results are obtained in the desired size and solving health problems.

Number of Session :
1 Session
Operation Duration :
4 Hours
Season :
4 Seasons
Hospitalization :
1 Night
Sensitivity Process :
3 Weeks
Return to Work Period :
3 Weeks
Anesthesia :
General Anesthesia
Persistence of Results :
Forever

What is Breast Augmentation Surgery?

Breast augmentation surgery, one of the most common plastic surgery procedures, is an operation that aims to obtain proportional body measurements by enlarging the breasts with implants or fat injection. It has always been a matter of curiosity whether it is possible to enlarge breasts naturally without breast augmentation surgery. Although there are some natural breast augmentation methods such as breast augmentation exercises applied today, non-surgical breast augmentation procedures usually do not give useful results. For this reason, patients resort to breast augmentation surgery to enlarge their breasts. Breast augmentation, which is a surgical operation, is very popular in Istanbul.

How is Breast Augmentation Surgery Performed?

"How is breast augmentation surgery performed?" is one of the most curious questions of patients. After giving information about breast augmentation surgery prices, the patient who is curious about "how breast augmentation is done?" is also informed about this issue. In the general examination of the patient who wants to have breast augmentation surgery, the width and length of the chest cage are examined. It is determined how far the nipple is from the collarbone. It is determined what size and form the patient wants. During breast augmentation surgery, an incision is made approximately 4 cm from the nipple, under the breast or armpit. Generally, it is preferred to enter under the breast so that the operation scar remains under the breast. Before the operation, it is decided where the prosthesis will be placed. These places are under the breast, under the muscle or partial muscle, under the breast. Breast augmentation surgery is performed under general anaesthesia. Breast augmentation surgery takes approximately 1-2 hours.

Before Breast Augmentation Surgery

Like some other surgeries, there are some rules to be considered before breast augmentation surgery. It is necessary not to take blood thinners for 1 week before breast augmentation surgery and not to use vitamin E.

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After Breast Augmentation Surgery

The period after breast augmentation surgery is very important. Although the breast is seen to recover soon after breast augmentation surgery, there are some situations that patients should pay attention to after breast augmentation surgery. Following these rules shortens the healing process and ensures that the patient achieves a happy result.

  • If an operation with a prosthesis is performed, any kind of impact may cause the prosthesis to be displaced.
  • In a person who is used to lying face down, the pressure on the breast can damage the stitches and prostheses inside. In this sense, it is very important for the person who has undergone breast augmentation surgery to adjust the lying position. The patient should lie on her back, especially in the early stages of the operation.
  • Applying cold compresses for the first 1 week after the operation will significantly reduce bleeding and oedema in the chest area.
  • Regular use of antibiotics, painkillers and various medications given after breast augmentation surgery is recommended.
  • In the first 1 month after the operation, you should not enter the sea or pool. In the first 3 months after breast augmentation surgery, attention should be paid to stroking movements and the muscles should not be strained too much.
  • Those who have breast augmentation can start brisk walking, jogging and cardio about 4 weeks after surgery. However, it is necessary to wait 3 months for heavy sports and sports that require arm strength.
  • After breast augmentation surgery, care should be taken not to lift the bands while bathing for the first 3 weeks.
  • Smoking after breast augmentation surgery may impair the circulation and nutrition of the nipple of patients who have undergone breast augmentation surgery, and is also effective in determining the quality of the scar. Therefore, it is beneficial to quit smoking or minimise smoking.
  • After breast augmentation surgery, elastic bras without underwire should be preferred.

Augmentation Surgery Healing Process

After breast augmentation surgery, the patient can be discharged on the same day or the next day. In the first days, there may be pain that increases with movement and decreases over time. If the patient who has undergone breast augmentation surgery uses the necessary painkillers, such situations can be prevented from negatively affecting daily life. It may be necessary to use a supportive bra for a few weeks after breast augmentation surgery. In addition, after breast augmentation surgery, it is important for the patient to avoid heavy physical movements and be careful not to hit the breast area.

Risks and Complications of Breast Augmentation Surgery

As with any surgery, there are some risks for breast augmentation surgery. It is possible to list them as follows:

  • Recurrence of bleeding called haematoma in the early period after breast augmentation surgery,
  • Asymmetric and unnatural breast appearance after breast augmentation surgery,
  • Pain after breast augmentation surgery,
  • Thickening of the capsule reaction during breast augmentation surgery, capsular contracture.

Breast Augmentation Prices

Breast augmentation prices have been one of the most curious topics in 2023.  Unfortunately, it is not possible to give a clear figure for breast augmentation prices. It is possible to list the main factors that determine the prices in augmentation surgeries as follows:

  • The quality of the prosthesis to be used in breast surgery,
  • Type of prosthesis to be used during breast surgery,
  • Selection of the hospital or centre where the breast operation will be performed,
  • The needs of the patient after breast augmentation surgery,
  • Price policy of the surgeon performing breast augmentation surgery.

Breast Augmentation Surgery Techniques

The techniques used during breast augmentation surgery are determined according to the area where the prosthesis will be placed and the location of the incision where the prosthesis will be placed.

Things to Consider After Breast Augmentation

Patients should pay attention to some rules in order to have both a fast and healthy recovery period after breast augmentation surgery. The rules to be followed after breast augmentation procedures can be listed as follows:

  • A rest period of about 1 week is recommended after breast augmentation surgery.
  • After breast augmentation surgery, movements such as heavy lifting, driving, hugging children should be avoided for a while.
  • The correct lying position should be determined after breast augmentation surgery. The appropriate lying position for healthy breast healing after surgery is supine.
  • Smoking should be reduced after breast augmentation surgery due to its negative effects on wound healing.

For Whom is Breast Augmentation Surgery Suitable?

Breast augmentation surgery is generally suitable for patients of all ages from 16-17 years of age. Patients with insufficient or underdeveloped breasts can undergo this surgery for breast aesthetics. Having asymmetrical breasts due to congenital causes or as a result of excessive weight loss, having to have some or even all of the breast removed as a result of previous operations or breast cancer can be counted among the reasons that lead women to have breast augmentation surgery.

What is Breast Implant?

Breast implant; It is a breast augmentation method with silicone content, which is used to fill the breast by taking into account the desired breast size in women whose breasts are not overdeveloped from birth or who have sagging breasts with weight gain and loss after birth over time, who want their breasts to be enlarged with recovery or whose breasts are removed due to breast cancer.

What are the Types of Breast Implants?

There are various breast augmentation methods according to the content or structure of breast implants. Although the type of implants varies, their outer parts are the same, including the silicone membrane layer. They contain silicone gel or medical water inside. There are round, bomb and drop types of breast implants. Drop prosthesis is a breast augmentation method that provides a more natural appearance. Bomb prosthesis is a type of implant that shows the décolleté prominently. In round implants, there are normal filled gel and full filled gel types. In addition, aquafilling breast augmentation can be performed for individuals who want to enlarge their breasts without silicone or surgery. Aquafilling is a method of breast augmentation with filling.

Who Can Receive Breast Implants?

Breast implant can be applied to all patients who have completed breast development after the age of 18 and complain of small breasts.

Sexual Activity After Breast Augmentation Surgery

There may be tenderness in the breasts for about 2-3 weeks after breast augmentation. Sexual intercourse should be avoided during this period

Frequently Asked Questions

We have answered the frequently encountered questions about breast augmentation for you.

Is There A Risk of Breast Surgery?

As with any surgical procedure, there are some risks to be considered for breast augmentation surgery.

Types of Implants Used in Breast Augmentation

The breast implant used during breast augmentation surgery has round, bomb, drop types. At the same time, the surfaces of breast implants may vary according to whether they are rough or smooth.

Age Limitation of Breast Augmentation Surgery

There is no age restriction for breast augmentation surgery. Generally, all individuals who are over 16 years of age and have completed breast development can undergo breast augmentation surgery.

What are the Risks in Breast Augmentation Surgery?

As with all surgical operations, there are some risks for breast augmentation surgery that should be known by patients. It is possible to list the risks that patients who will have a breast operation should know as follows:

  • Bleeding during breast augmentation surgery,
  • The patient feels pain after breast augmentation surgery,
  • Asymmetric and unnatural breast appearance,
  • Sensory changes in the nipple and breast sensation,
  • Risks of anaesthesia, such as allergic reactions,
  • Swelling and bruising in the breast after breast augmentation surgery,
  • Bad scarring after breast augmentation surgery.

Will the breasts become erect after the operation?

Deformations may occur in the breasts during pregnancy, weight gain and loss, breastfeeding and childbirth. With breast augmentation surgery, if the sagging breast tissue is gathered up and the excess skin is removed, the breasts are recovered and lifted.

Does Smoking Affect the Healing Process?

Smoking can prolong the healing process after breast augmentation surgery and affect it negatively. For this reason, those who have breast augmentation surgery should not smoke, and if they cannot quit, they should minimise their use.

When Can Breast Silicone Breast Implants Be Done After Breastfeeding?

Since there will be a recovery period after breast augmentation surgery, it is recommended that patients have breast silicone implants after the breastfeeding process is over. There is no harm in breastfeeding again at any time after breast augmentation surgery and silicone implantation.

Will I Be Able to Have Breast Scans After Breast Implants?

There is no harm in patients continuing to have routine breast scans regularly after breast augmentation surgery and breast implants. It is sufficient for individuals who have undergone breast augmentation surgery to indicate that they have implants in their breasts before mammography is performed.

How Long Does Breast Augmentation Surgery Take?

After breast augmentation surgery, patients recover in 2-3 weeks if they follow the recovery process rules.

Can Breast Asymmetry be Corrected with Breast Silicone?

Breast asymmetry, which is one of the most common problems, makes the patient very unhappy. In patients with asymmetrical breasts whose breasts are not the same size, breast augmentation surgery eliminates asymmetry by enlarging both breasts with different prostheses.

Does Breast Augmentation Cause Breast Sagging?

Sagging of the breast is a condition related to the structure of the breast itself. If the correct silicone is not selected during breast augmentation surgery and large silicones that will create more weight than necessary are used, the potential for the tissue to sag downward increases. Due to the decrease in the strength of the tissues due to aging, there is a downward descent with the weight of the silicone. However, if this descent is tolerable, breast sagging does not occur.

Breastfeeding After Breast Augmentation Surgery

Patients wonder whether they can continue breastfeeding after breast implants. Implants used during breast augmentation surgery do not prevent breastfeeding. Because these implants used during breast augmentation surgery are placed under the milk ducts and milk-forming breast muscles. Therefore, there is no direct connection between these structures and the implants and it does not constitute a problem that prevents breastfeeding.

Will There Be A Loss Of Sensation After Breast Augmentation?

During breast augmentation surgery, no loss of sensation is seen in the nipple and breast with the protection of the nerves coming from the side and centre that provide the nipple sensation in the procedures performed under the armpit or under the breast.

Will There Be Scars After Breast Augmentation Surgery?

When placing breast prostheses during breast augmentation surgery, the incision under the breast is usually kept as small as possible so that no scars are visible.

Is It Necessary to Replace Breast Silicone?

Today, new generation breast implants used during breast augmentation surgery do not need to be replaced. While Aquafilling breast augmentation surgery shows its effect for only 5 years in patients, as a result of various tests carried out by companies, it has been confirmed that it is possible to use silicones for many years.

Is There Allergy to Breast Silicone?

Studies have shown that the silicones used during breast augmentation surgery do not cause any allergy-related conditions.

Does Breast Silicone Shrink?

Today, new generation silicones used during breast augmentation surgery do not shrink. The silicone implanted with breast augmentation surgery can be used by the patient for years without any problems.

How Long After The Operation Can I Fly On A Plane?

Each surgeon has his own rules after the operation. However, since possible complications that may occur after breast augmentation surgery usually occur in the first week, it is recommended not to travel by plane in the first 1 week after breast surgery.

Who Cannot Have Breast Augmentation and Silicone?

It is not correct to perform breast surgery in patients younger than 16 years of age. Patients who will undergo breast augmentation surgery must have a developed mammary gland. Patients who are breastfeeding are expected to finish the lactation period. If breast cancer is suspected, the treatment process should be completed in order to clarify the situation and to perform breast augmentation aesthetics.

Does Silicone Prosthesis Cause Cancer?

"Do silicone prostheses cause cancer?" is one of the most discussed questions. In fact, its use was banned in the USA for a while in the past years. However, as a result of the studies, it has been understood that silicone used during breast augmentation surgery does not cause cancer in any way. Silicone used during breast augmentation surgery is one of the most harmless materials to the body.

Does Breast Augmentation Surgery Leave Scars?

In the process after breast augmentation surgery, patients have almost no complaints about scarring.

When Can I Do Sports After Breast Augmentation Surgery?

Walking can be started within 3-4 days after breast surgery. It is useful not to do sports that require hand arm movements before 1 month.

Do Silicone Prostheses Burst?

The silicone envelopes of the previous generation silicone prostheses were more flimsy and the silicone gel structures inside them were more fluid. For this reason, problems such as tearing and leaking could be seen in patients after breast augmentation surgery. However, today, such problems are not experienced in the new generation silicone prostheses used during breast augmentation surgery.

How Long Does The Operation Take?

A breast augmentation surgery takes around 1-2 hours on average. The aim of breast augmentation surgery is not to perform the operation quickly, but to end the breast augmentation surgery procedure in the safest way by meeting the patient's aesthetic expectations in the best way.

Bra Use After Breast Augmentation Surgery

The form given to the breast should be maintained for about the first 3 months. It is recommended to use elastic bras that will keep the breast form created by breast augmentation surgery stable, do not have underwire, do not push the breasts towards the midline, and only grasp them.

Sleep After Breast Augmentation Surgery

Determining the appropriate lying position after breast augmentation is of great importance. Especially patients who like to sleep face down should sleep on their backs for a while to avoid any pressure on the breasts. In addition, sleeping pills are not recommended during the recovery period after breast augmentation surgery, as it may cause deeper sleep and thus not realise the sleeping position.

Shower After Breast Augmentation Surgery

On the second day after breast augmentation surgery, the patient is called for control. In this control after breast augmentation surgery, the patient's dressings are changed and the stitches are checked. If there is no problem in the control, patients can take a shower from the second day.

Last Update : 28.08.2023