Dr. Alexander Aslani is director and head of the department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive surgery of Hospital Quiron Malaga, Spain.
The department is the only one of its kind offering reconstructive microsurgery within the private healthcare sector in Andalucia, and apart from its offices in Hospital Quiron, also offers consultations in private practice in Cirumed Clinic Marbella.
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Choosing implant size in breast augmentation
Posted on July 19th, 2009 7 commentsChoice of size is a difficult, but important factor in breast/breast enlargement surgery.
To my experience, it can go two ways, but from a practitioners point of view it is much more frequent to see patients asking for bigger implants than having it the other way round.
I think a contributing factor is especially that many patients orientate on “celebrity”-examples of patients who have had more than one breast augmentation and in that case tend to look “over”operated indeed.
It is impossible to try a breast implant on like a shirt. You dont get this opportunity in breast augmentation. Several factors need to be considered.
1. Dissatisfaction with breast size is the number one cause for re-operation in breast augmentation surgery. Nevertheless, it is not a revision for a surgical complication because everything may have gone very well.
2. You cannot plan a cup size,a cup size is just a letter. It is more important to gather together photographs of your likes and dislikes when it comes to breast size, shape and form. Different brands of manufacturers will have different cup sizes for the same breast.
3. Sizing implants slipped into your bra can give you a relative estimate of breast implant volume.The tend to look a bit “stuck-on”. Most surgeons, who frequently perform this operation will have a set of sizing implants available for you to examine and place in a bra.
Go for the feeling in size and not for the look.
4.Remember that in breast augmentation there are factors that cannot be changed, like for instance the width of your sternum. Breast enlargement gives you a bigger breast and a certain
Change in shape. However, you cannot buy a breast “of the shelf”
5.The choice of projection and implant shape, be it teardrop or round, will depend on the shape of your breast before the operation and position on the implant. I frequently observe that patients translate a solution from a friend they might know and who has had a breast augmentation to themselves.This does not work this way. Every body is different and everybody is individual.Read more about breast augmentation here.
Dr.Alexander Amir Aslani, MD, EBOPRAS
Hospital:
Director and Chief Surgeon
Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Hospital Quiron Malaga
Avda.Imperio Argentina, 1
E-29004 Malaga
Spain
www.quiron.esPrivate practice:
Cirumed Clinic
Avda.Ramon y Cajal 7-4°
E-29601 Marbella/Malaga
Spain
Phone:+34 607 307 515
info@cirumed.es
www.cirumed.esAesthetic Surgery, Breast Enlargement Breast augmentation Malaga, breast augmentation Marbella, breast augmentation Spain, Breast enlargement Marbella, breast enlargement Spain, breast enlargment Spain7 responses to “Choosing implant size in breast augmentation”
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Inquiries July 21st, 2009 at 02:03
is it true to say the bigger the better ? Sounds shocking to em but I have heard that from various surgeons
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admin July 21st, 2009 at 12:55
No I do not not generally say that. All that I normally tell patients is that to my experience there are more patients who request larger implants after breast augmentation surgery than the other way round. Whether it is them getting used to there larger breast size or not , I am unable to say, but naturlaly everything has to be in proportion.
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Inquiries July 27th, 2009 at 00:02
Do you recommend FDA approved implants ?
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admin July 28th, 2009 at 16:33
The FDA is responsable for the USA, not for Europe. The regulate the approval of medical products.
An FDA approved brand of breast implant, and there are quite a few, is definitely thoroughly screened.
However, if an implant is not FDA approved that does not necessarily mean that it is inferior, but it may also not have been presented to FDA and designed for teh European market. -
Inquiries October 29th, 2009 at 23:34
Iam not so worried about the size but rather about the type of implant. I sit true that the Inspira implant is the best ?
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Dr.Aslani October 31st, 2009 at 12:13
It is true that Inspira is a very good implant, but there are otehr very good ones as well.
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Inquiries November 6th, 2009 at 15:31
Do you use inflatable saline implants for breast augmentation ?
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