What Is Breast Augmentation Surgery All About

It is no mystery why bigger breasts are an ideal that appeal to women everywhere. Models and actresses used in magazines, films and advertisements usually have the perfect bodies with beautiful round, perky breasts. Breast augmentation surgery Melbourne Australia can create the natural looking and feeling breast that every woman wants.

Breast augmentation surgery Melbourne Australia enlarges the breasts with breast implants. An incision is made at the breast fold under the breast or in the armpit. A silicon bag filled either with silicone gel or later with saline, is inserted into the cut to expand the breast area and give a fuller breast or bigger cup size. The patient will have more cleavage and a better body contour.

All implants are made out of a solid silicone cover. The difference lies in what the silicone cover are filled with – silicone or sterile salt water called saline. The far less expensive saline implants are filled after the silicone shell is inserted. This makes for a much smaller incision and a less noticeable scar. If a patient has one breast that’s slightly smaller than the other, the mistake can be corrected by injecting different amounts of saline into the implants. Because it is more adjustable during the surgery, it allows for better sizing. Saline implants are the firmer choice and has more rippling than silicone.

This is one of the reasons saline is recommended for the larger patient with more implant coverage. Any woman above the age of 18 can make use of saline implants. There is always a risk of your implant, saline or silicone, rupturing. If this occurs, the salt water is safely absorbed into the breast and the breast will return to its original size. As this is visibly noticeable, no further testing is needed.

Silicone implants are the more expensive option. Any woman above the age of 22 can get silicone implants inserted. Because the come pre filled with a “jelly like” silicone gel, they require a larger cut to be made for insertion. Silicone looks and feels more natural than saline implants, especially in thinner patients with little or no breast tissue, because they tend to ripple less. As there are no visible signs when a silicone implant breaks, it is known as a silent rupture. The gel gets released into the breast, leaving it looking and feeling the same as when the implant was still intact. It is recommended that patients with silicone implants go for an MRI every two years to look out for any irregularities.

Both saline and silicone implants has its own good and bad qualities. Before having breast augmentation surgery Melbourne Australia, discuss both options with your surgeon in detail.