Hello, I am Dr. Rhee Sewhan, the Head Doctor
of Grand Plastic Surgery.
Q1. What is ideal implant size (cc) for
natural breast augmentation?
When choosing implant size, you have to
take into consideration your height, body type, location of the
breasts and size of rib cage, not just the size of the implant in cc.
As you can see, there are devices
that can be tried on to see which size implant may be
suitable for you.
It is advisable to get surgery after you
figure out what size implant would achieve which
ideal shape and size.
Q2. What are some types of breast
implants?
Breast implants can be divided into
saline implant and cohesive gel implant.
Nowadays, we rarely use saline implant.
And cohesive gel implant is used most of
the times.
Among Cohesive Gel implants, there are
textured type where the surface of the implant is rough and smooth type where
the surface is smooth.
Among textured-type, there are
round-shaped and teardrop-shaped implant.
Generally, teardrop shaped implant is in
textured type surface.
If you look at each implant’s pros and
cons, as for smooth type, the surface is smooth and it feels softer to touch.
However, capsule surrounding the implant
is more likely to form.
So there is slightly higher chance of
capsular contracture.
Therefore, textured type is more
commonly used than the smooth type nowadays.
As for textured type, it has the pro of
extremely low chance of capsular contracture.
However, it may feel harder to touch.
Therefore, those who have very thin body
type may be better off with smooth type.
Otherwise, texture type implant is more
commonly used.
Q3. Depending on the breast shape, there
are round-shaped and teardrop-shaped implant. How are they different?
Circular or round shaped implant really
have round shape.
Teardrop-shaped implant however,as you see here, has more protrusion on
the lower part. So the teardrop-shaped implant takes on
this shape.
Round type implant is suitable for
sunken upper breast
and commonly used for those who lack on
the upper breast after breast feeding. Also, if the breasts are located
slightly lower than the average, using round type implant would be more
advisable.
On the other hand, if the breasts are
higher up and if the lower breast volume is not sufficient, teardrop-shaped
implant would help to achieve more natural looking breasts.
Q4. When getting breast surgery, which
incision would be suitable for me?
Generally, most common incision method are
armpit incision and under breast crease incision.
As for armpit incision, the scar can be
hidden on the armpit region, leaving no scar on the breasts. This incision method is often more
preferred by young women.
Under breast crease incision method is
preferred by older women because they already have under breast
crease and incision line may be hidden under
the line.
If the areola is too big or the breasts
look too droopy,
large areola can be reduce and surgery
can be performed through areola incision.
Q5. How long should I wear supportive
garment after the breast surgery?
After the surgery, supportive garment is
usually worn until 1 month after the surgery.
Depending on how much space is made and
the implant is settled into place,
the garment may be worn until 3 months
after the surgery.
For revision surgery cases, since we
have to close up existing inner space, the supportive garment may be worn
longer than the above.
Generally, for the primary breast
surgery, the supportive garment is worn
up until 1 month after the surgery.
Q6. What are some things to be careful of
after breast surgery?
Bleeding inside after the surgery
increases the chance of capsular contracture.
Therefore, first 1 week is critical for
recovery.
Initially after the surgery, it is important
to get bandaged on the breast
and minimize arm movement to prevent
blood forming inside.
Light exercise or jogging may be done 3
~ 4 weeks after the surgery. As for any exercise that uses arms should be
avoided until 3 months after the surgery.
Q7. Last Comment?
Today, we briefly touched upon breast
surgery. We will see you again next time with new topics and questions. Thank
you.
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