Sections
- 1. Overview
- 2. THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
- 3. IMPLANT SELECTION
- 3.1.1. Filling Material: Silicone VS Gel Implants
- 3.1.2. SILICONE GEL-FILLED IMPLANTS
- 3.1.3. SALINE IMPLANTS
- 3.2. IMPLANT SIZE
- 3.3. IMPLANT SHAPE: ROUND VS. ANATOMICAL
- 3.3.1. ROUND SHAPED IMPLANTS
- 3.3.2. ANATOMICAL (“TEARDROP”) SHAPED IMPLANTS
- 4. ANESTHESIA
- 4.1. INCISIONS
- Incision options include:
- 4.2. CREATION OF THE IMPLANT POCKET
- 4.2.1. SUBMUSCULAR
- 4.2.2. SUBGLANDULAR
- 4.2.3. DUAL-PLANE
- 4.3. INSERTION OF BREAST IMPLANTS
- i) Intraoperative assessment with implant sizers
- ii) Exchange of implant sizer for permanent silicone breast implants
- i) The empty silicone shell of your saline implants are inserted into the newly created implant pocket
- ii) The implants are then filled with a saline solution (via their attached fill-tube), until the volume (size) chosen preoperatively is attained
- iii) Intraoperative assessment with saline implants in place
- iv) Removal of implant fill-tube
- 4.4. CLOSURE OF IMPLANT POCKET
- 4.5. SKIN CLOSURE WITH ABSORBABLE SUTURES
- 5. PREOPERATIVE CONSULTATION
- 6. RECOVERY
- 7. RISKS AND COMPLICATIONS
- 8. Post-operative scarring