Breast Augmentation: Implant Placement
Little Rock
Breast augmentation is a cosmetic surgery procedure that thousands of women consider each year. During a breast augmentation procedure, a breast implant is placed behind the natural breast tissue, improving breast placement, size, and appearance.
Dr. Branman has provided many Little Rock, Arkansas women with the breasts they have always wanted and have guided women to the proper choice of breast implant placement. Although there are many different decisions that you must make when considering breast augmentation, the placement of the implant is one of the most important choices a breast augmentation patient must make.
Both of the breast implant placement options have their own advantages and disadvantages that must be appropriately weighed when deciding where your breast implant will be placed.
Over the Muscle
Placing the breast implant over the muscle, but beneath the breast tissue is the most common breast implant placement. During this procedure, the breast implant pocket is made just above the pectoral muscle.
By placing the breast implant above the muscle, a larger implant can be initially implanted because there is no muscle tissue limiting the size of the breast implant pocket. Also, the recovery time for breast augmentation where the breast implant is above the muscle is shorter because the muscle is not cut at all.
However, when breast implants are placed above the muscles, the results are generally less natural-looking, because the transition from the chest to the breast is not as smooth. Also, the appearance of rippling and folding is more visible because there is less tissue covering the breast implant.
Under the Muscle
Placing the breast implant beneath the muscle is becoming more and more popular as women see the results it produces is just as good, or even better, than placing the breast implant over the pectoral muscle.
When the breast implant is placed beneath the pectoral muscle, the muscle is cut and a breast implant pocket is made behind the muscle. It is believed that by placing the breast implant here, the chance of capsular contracture is lessened. Also, the transition from the chest to the breast is more natural-looking and the chance of visible rippling or folding is lessened because the muscle covers the implant.
The downfalls of placing the breast implant behind the muscle is that the recovery time is longer because the muscle tissue must also heal, and patients are unable to receive especially large implants during the first breast implant procedure.
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If you are considering breast augmentation and breast implant placement, contact the Cosmetic Surgery Center in Little Rock, Arkansas and schedule an initial consultation with Dr. Branman. During your free initial consultation, they will evaluate your body size, existing breast tissue, and discuss the results you would like to see to help you determine what breast implant placement is right for you.
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Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery
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