Advantages (See Frequently-Asked Questions for details)
The advantages of breast enlargement in general are:
- a breast that never developed sufficiently can be made larger.
- a breast that lost volume with pregnancy can be made larger again.
- a relaxed breast is lifted to some degree.
- the woman is able to wear the clothing she desires.
- relief from having to repeatedly focus on her small breast size.
- often an increase in self-assurance, or a regaining of self-confidence.
- less time under anesthesia than the other incisions.
- generally a faster recovery than with the other incisions.
- very large implants can be used because there is no breast incision that could pull open from breast skin tension.
- no tell-tale scar on the breast, only a tiny one inside the navel.
Further, there are additional advantages specific to doing the breast enlargement through the navel in front of the muscle:
- less postoperative pain than with any other method.
- the recovery is more rapid than with any other method.
- there is no cutting in, on, or behind the breast.
- the chance of any complications is the lowest of any method.
- there is the lowest chance of losing nipple sensitivity.
And there are advantages specific to doing the breast enlargement through the navel behind the muscle:
- less postoperative pain via navel than with other behind-the-muscle incisions.
- the recovery is more rapid via navel than with other behind-the-muscle incisions.
- with the navel method, there is no cutting of, in, on, or behind the breast.
Disadvantages (See Frequently Asked Questions for details)
The disadvantages of breast enlargement in general are:
- there must be a permanent scar someplace.
- mammograms requiring special techniques, and take longer to perform and to read.
- about a 5% possibility of firmness due to internal scar tissue hardening, called capsular contracture.
- the definite certainty of implant failure at some future time, both saline and silicone.
- a possibility of permanent nipple numbness.
- can only use saline-filled implants, not silicone-gel filled.
- can not use pre-filled saline implants.
- can not correct severe breast deformities.
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