Interesting Facts About Breast Augmentation

Many years ago, when a woman was displeased with the shape of her breasts there was very little they could do about it. There may have been some old wives tales about doing some exercises that helped keep breasts firm, but these have been seen as being of no real worth. The old adage of ‘I must I must, I must increase my bust’ would refer in modern days to breast augmentation rather than arm exercises.

The reasons for having breast augmentation are varied, ranging from the purely cosmetic to rebuilding the breast after a mastectomy or to correct congenital chest wall deformities. In Britain, when it comes to the question of whether the state funded health care system (National Health Service) will fund such breast augmentation operations – it is likely that only in the case of mastectomy of congenital wall deformities that the state would foot the bill.

In many cases it is a procedure used to firm up the breasts after they have begun to sag a little; and breast augmentation holds an answer to it. People who are considering this form of surgery would turn to private clinics that specialise in it.

It is very important to fully understand the procedure before you go ahead with it, and all good breast augmentation specialists will no doubt go into great detail with you about the pre-surgical activities, the procedure itself – and the healing process afterwards.

In the UK, there are a great deal of private clinics that specialise in these procedures.

There are two commonly used implant types used to fill the breasts where previously there was less structural integrity in the breasts. The first kind is the saline implant, which is a silicone shell filled with a saline solution. The second breast implant commonly used is the silicone shell filled with a viscous silicone gel.

Before the introduction of these saline and silicone based implants, surgeons had been trying different ways to fill the breast in order to regain firmness. For well over 100 years, surgeons had been trying various ways, ranging from the very first breast implant carried out by Vincenz Czerny, who used a benign lipoma from the patient in question’s back, and placed it in their breast, following the removal of a breast tumour.

Ground rubber, polyethylene chips, terylene wool, poly vinyl – all these materials have been used in attempts to fill breasts and improve the look of the breast.

Breast augmentation remains an increasingly popular procedure for many women, and looks like it will continue to be so.