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What to know about Breast Reduction & Augmentation Surgery?
Plastic Surgery Thursday 3rd of March 2022

What is breast augmentation surgery? breast reduction surgery cost

Mammoplasty, which means breast aesthetics; It is a branch of plastic surgery that covers every application related to the breast, such as breast reduction and augmentation, correcting the difference in shape between the breasts, and replacing the breast or breasts lost after breast cancer with a prosthesis.

With Mammoplasty:

  • The symmetry of the breasts is ensured
  • The deteriorated volume loss of the breast after birth is regulated
  • It is brought into the desired form in line with the wishes of those who find their breasts large or small
  • Breast prostheses are arranged
  • And the breast is rebuilt

Mammoplasty surgery, people get the aesthetic they dream of and get rid of the appearance they complain about. In addition to aesthetic purposes of mammoplasty, cancer, obesity, etc. It also aims to correct the damage of diseases on the breasts.

Mammoplasty surgery, people who are afraid of the surgery and are hesitant about whether there are any harms should know that the surgery has no harm and on the contrary, it provides very positive gains.

How is Mammoplasty Surgery Performed?

Mammoplasty, which is a breast surgery, is called augmentation-reduction. Breast surgeries are suitable for people who are over the age of 18 and have completed their physical development.

Silicone prostheses are used in breast augmentation and general anesthesia is given to the patient before the operation. The operation is started by making an incision on the side and bottom of the breast or only on one side. After the placement of silicone prostheses on the incision area, the area is sutured and bandaged and the process is terminated.

The operation takes 1 or 2 hours and the stitches placed in the operation area are removed within a week if they are not spontaneously removed.

What İs Prosthetic Silicone?

Breast implants; Mastectomy, that is in breast cancer, are prostheses made of silicone placed inside the breast after mastectomy, and these prostheses are also used in breast augmentation surgeries.

The outer layers of these prostheses are covered with a hard silicone.

Most preferred of the many types of implants (prosthesis) is the silicone one. The reason is that silicone prostheses are closest to the breast tissue compared to other implants. Prostheses are placed under the muscle or on the muscle, according to the patient's breast structure, in a way that does not damage and leaves no traces. Since the surgical scars remain in the folds, this scar disappears over time and a vague image remains.

How is the Shape Decided?

The shape of the breast prosthesis is decided in line with the patient's preferences, as well as its physical structure, rib cage shape and skin structure characteristics play a determining role. Today, there are many prostheses in different shapes and sizes but in the same volume. The shape of the prosthesis to be used is decided together with the doctor's advice as well as the patient's preference. The most popular types of prostheses are round and drop-shaped.

Recovery After Mammoplasty

Recovery After Mammoplasty

Recovery time after breast surgery takes an average of 2 or 3 weeks. The healing process varies from person to person. Recovery of patients after surgery; Although it depends on the technique used by the doctor in the surgery (placement of the prosthesis under or above the breast tissue and from which side the incision is made) and how experienced the doctor is in the field, how careful the patients are in the postoperative period also affects this process.

Postoperative; Exaggerated actions such as lifting heavy things, playing tennis or any athletic game, jumping on the trampoline, making sudden movements should be strictly avoided.

  • shea butter on your breasts will speed up the healing process. Because the skin is stretched after breast surgery, the breasts may appear red and shiny. You can alleviate the scars and pain that may occur by using creams and natural extracts that will relieve therapy and tension.

Mammoplasty Complications

Although it is an unusual situation, it is possible to encounter bleeding during or after surgery. In cases where postoperative bleeding occurs (repeat surgical procedure may be required in unexpected heavy bleeding during and after the surgery), the accumulated blood must be supplemented urgently. This unexpected bleeding is an important issue that affects the course of the surgery and the healing process.

About 2 weeks or 10 days before the surgery, painkillers, aspirin, etc. The drug should not be used because these drugs increase the risk of bleeding.

Infection is not an expected situation after mammoplasty surgery, it can be observed immediately after surgery. Infections such as chronic and subacute carry serious risks but can be difficult to diagnose. Such infections, which change the course of the surgery and require removal of the implant, may even require an additional surgical intervention; If the infection does not respond to antibiotics, the implant is removed but reinserted after treatment.

Bacterial infection at a different point from the breast area may surround the implant or may reach more serious dimensions in the future.

Capsule Contracture: It is a type of complication that can develop in the late period, so it should be well known. A protective capsule is formed around all foreign objects that enter the body. This capsule is membranous, transparent and soft. Even though the surgery was very meticulous and successful, the body overreacts to this substance because the implant is a foreign substance. With this reaction, the membrane around the implant may become thicker.

This capsule, which gradually thickens in the advanced stage, hardens like scar tissue and can cause chest deformity, a feeling of solid stiffness and intense pain. If the capsule is limited in the early period, you will encounter a breast that has reached a hard form and is far from natural. However, if the capsule has reached advanced stages, the naturalness of the breast is completely deteriorated, it gains a squeezed orange appearance and its movements are limited. This may occur immediately after surgery, or it may occur years later.

In advanced cases of capsular contracture: The capsule around the implant is removed and cleaned, the pocket in which the implant is placed is expanded, and the prosthesis is replaced (must be replaced). There is no clear information about who and under what circumstances the capsule appeared.

Changes in Nipple and Skin Sensation: After the operation, temporary loss of sensation in the nipple may develop. Within a few months the sense of sensation returns permanently. Permanent loss of skin sensation and loss of nipple sensation is a rare condition.

Scarring on the Skin: Excessive scarring is an abnormal condition and in rare cases, unexpected scars may occur. The scars can be extremely ugly and different in color from healthy skin. In this case , additional surgery may be required for excessive scarring after surgery.

Prostheses (Implants): Breast prostheses can fail like other surgical devices. Tearing and leakage are possible consequences. A tear can occur during intense activity or as a result of an accident. Tear may occur during the surgical operation, in such cases the damaged implant cannot be repaired, but must be removed and replaced.

Breast prostheses lose their form over the years and break off from the face by breaking into small pieces. This situation is extremely possible and its importance should be known.

Implant: As a result of insufficient thickness of the tissue on the implant or due to infection, the top of the implant can be opened by thinning even more. It is known that skin thinning may develop after steroid and radiotherapy treatment. If the deformation in the tissue is high and the skin becomes thinner, the prosthesis begins to become evident, and in this case, the prosthesis must be removed.

Smoking and alcohol use negatively affect the healing process.

Does Breast Aesthetics Damage Milk Ducts?

One of the most common questions in breast surgery is about breastfeeding.

Since some of the mammary glands are removed during the surgery, there may be a risk for breastfeeding afterwards. But contrary to what is known in the society, it is not a very big risk. Rumors and rumors are on such a scale that breast surgery means not being able to breastfeed again. Yes, there is a risk, but it is not at the level that is thought. The general experience of doctors is that the risk is not very high.

In women who have never given birth, techniques that will cause the least damage to the milk glands are applied when breast reduction or augmentation. With this method, the breast tissue is less damaged and reduces it less, but the possibility of sagging of the breast in the future is higher.

In women who have given birth, more regular techniques are used so that especially large breasts do not bother the patient again. This surgery is more advantageous and saves the patient from life-long heavy breasts and puts an end to back and neck pain.

Does Breast Aesthetics Damage Milk Ducts?

Breast Reduction

Being larger than normal breasts can affect people's social lives, as well as restrict their physical behavior and cause physiological disorders. One of the most important physiological disorders is the deformations it creates in the skeletal system. Besides these; bending forward, neck pain, bending in the neck, pressure and crushing of the bra straps on the shoulders, tingling in the arms and back pain are the most common complaints. Breast size also causes sweating and rash under the breasts.

Ongoing weight gain, genetic hormonal disorders, tumors, advancing age and some medications may also cause breast enlargement. In breast reduction surgery applied to solve all these problems; A lighter, smaller and more aesthetic breast is obtained by removing excess breast, adipose tissue and finally the skin.

How is Breast Reduction Surgery Performed?

General anesthesia is applied in breast surgery and the operation takes approximately 3 hours. Since general anesthesia is applied, the patient is discharged after being kept under observation in the hospital for 1 day and the patient's condition is followed up with routine controls.

The main thing in breast reduction and augmentation operations is to obtain an image that is most suitable for the patient's body type and does not disturb the natural anatomy.

Breast surgery, which is physiologically incompatible, may cause more serious problems, both internal and external, in the following processes. In this sense, mammoplasty is an important surgery that requires expertise.

After the operation, the sutures are removed within two weeks, and a non- wired bra should be used throughout the treatment process. With these bras, the healing process will accelerate. With breast surgery, our patients will achieve the physical appearance they want and their self-confidence will increase.

Things to Consider After Breast Reduction Surgery

In cases where the breast size causes excessive fat accumulation and the breasts are up to the back, liposuction is applied as a combined method in surgeries. Thus, a more fit breast is obtained by providing breast folding that reaches the back, breast reduction and removal of the layers under the breast. Since the burden created by the chest is removed in surgeries performed with this method, the quality of life of the patients increases functionally.

With this method, the breasts are put into an ideal form, but a vertical scar will appear on and below the nipple after the operation. With a good treatment and appropriate techniques, these scars will become invisible up to 2 years.

Causes of Asymmetry in the Breast

It is a very important issue for women that the breasts are the same size and normal size. Almost every person's hand and foot differ from each other in millimeters.

This situation creates problems for patients in their clothing choices and private lives; whether one of the breasts is large, small, drooping, etc. may cause aesthetic roughness in the decollete.

While sagging and large breasts are lifted and reduced, breast augmentation surgery should be performed for small breasts. In order to apply aesthetic surgery in breast asymmetry, it is necessary to know the causes of asymmetry in both women and men.

Developmental Reasons:

  • Hypoblastic nipples
  • Tuberous
  • Poland syndrome
  • Gynecomastia - breast enlargement in men

Iartogenic Causes:

  • Asymmetrical breast reduction
  • Incorrect positioning of the prosthesis during breast surgery
  • Capsular problems caused by contracture
  • Breast repair (reconstruction) effects
  • Radiation effects (after breast conservation)

After Breast Asymmetry

The most difficult mammoplasty operation is breast asymmetry. While harmonizing two asymmetrical organs with each other using different techniques, it is difficult to consider possible outcomes in the distant future.

For example; Over the years, there will be a loss of form again between the breast that is enlarged and erected by placing a prosthesis in it, as well as the breast that is shaped by reducing it. Factors such as weight gain or loss, breastfeeding or old age are among the factors that repeat this situation. For this reason, it is necessary to explain to the patients that a correction operation can be performed in the future.

Mammoplasty Prices

It is a very wrong behavior to get information about mammoplasty prices. Every operation related to the breast, such as breast reduction and augmentation, is a very serious operation performed by surgical intervention. In this case, it is important for the patients' own health to get price information by directly talking to the doctors who are experts in their fields.

Otherwise, they may encounter sectors that aim at people's lives and property by doing this illegally, which is called under the stairs.

We are waiting for you on our 24/7 phone lines with Istanbul Vita Mecidiyeköy to inform you in the most detailed way and to offer the most appropriate treatment options.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. How is breast aesthetics done?
  2. Is the breast prosthesis visible from the outside?
  3. Does breast aesthetics damage the milk ducts?
  4. What shape (drop, round) should the breast prosthesis be?
  5. breast implant have a certain durability period?
  6. Who is suitable for breast aesthetics?
  7. Will there be any scars after breast surgery?
  8. Breast Implant Cause Cancer?
  9. How soon after delivery can breast lift surgery be performed?
  10. When can one return to social life after breast surgery?
  11. What are the prices of breast surgery?

Turkish aesthetic doctors perform very successful surgeries with their expert approaches and techniques in breast surgery. As Istanbul Vita, which is in the first place among Istanbul aesthetic centers, we welcome you to our clinics.