PLASTIC AND COSMETIC SURGERY > Breast Surgery

BREAST ENLARGEMENT (AUGMENTATION MAMMOPLASTY)

Breast surgery is one of the areas of cosmetic surgery that has progressed most.

Although with time, there may be an increase in height and weight, in some women the bust does not change significantly, therefore creating a disproportionate relation with the rest of the body.

As the bust is an important part of the female identity, serious variations from the norm, aggravated by social pressure, can produce depression in women. In some cases a marked asymmetry can be produced in the breasts due to the unequal growth of one of them. When this happens the psychological effect can be further aggravated, because this asymmetry is associated with physical deformity.

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The surgeon will evaluate the situation and recommend the best course of action. In some situations, if the position of the nipple is 1 cm. or more below the sub-mammary fold, it is possible that the surgeon will recommend a mammary-pexia, Mastopexia or lifting of the breast, as otherwise the increase in the size of the breasts would only accentuate the drooping (ptosis).

MASTOPEXY

With the years, and other circumstances, such as pregnancy, breastfeeding and the force of gravity, the breasts tend to fall. Also as the skin loses its elasticity the mamma loses its shape and falls, a phenomenon known as mammary ptosis.

What is a mastopexy? Mastopexy is a surgical procedure for lifting and improving the shape of fallen breasts. When the mammas, as well as falling, have little volume or have lost some of it, during the same operation, mammary prosthesis are placed under the breast, to produce an increase in their size.

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BREAST REDUCTION (Reduction mammoplasty)

The reduction of the breasts, or reduction mammoplasty, is a surgical procedure to decrease the size of the breasts by the removal of fat, mammary tissue and skin, making the mammas smaller, lighter and firmer. It can also reduce the size of the areola. Women with large breasts can present several problems due to the excess weight of the breasts, such as back and neck ache, irritations under the skin of the breasts and respiratory problems. The purpose of the reduction mammoplasty is to provide the woman with smaller breasts and a shape more proportional to their bodies.

The purpose of the surgery is the reduction and remodelling of the breasts, placing also the areola-nipple in its correct position.


MAMMARY RECONSTRUTION

This is the reconstruction of the breast following its removal for cancer or any other illness (mastectomy) and it is one of the procedures in modern plastic surgery most gratifying to the patient. The development of new materials and surgical techniques makes it possible for the plastic surgeon to create a breast similar in shape, texture and characteristics to the non- operated breast.

Because of his specialised training in Plastic, Cosmetic and Repair Surgery, the plastic surgeon has the technical and aesthetic expertise for the rebuilding of a breast with a natural appearance. After evaluating the general state of the patient, the surgeon will inform her of the options most appropriate to her age, health, physical and anatomical characteristics and expectations for the future.