Health Tips

What is Breast Implant?
A breast implant is a prosthesis used to enlarge the size of a woman’s breasts (known as breast augmentation, breast enlargement, mammoplasty enlargement, augmentation mammoplasty or the common slang term boob job) for cosmetic reasons; to reconstruct the breast (e.g. after a mastectomy; or to correct genetic deformities), or as an aspect of male-to-female sex reassignment surgery. Pectoral implants are a related device used in cosmetic and reconstructive procedures of the male chest wall. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, breast augmentation is the most commonly performed cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States. In 2007, 347,254 breast augmentation procedures were performed in the U.S according to statistics collected by the American Society of Plastic Surgery.

Side effect of breast implant:
The most typical side effect is the breast beginning to harden after the breast augmentation surgery.
Treatment after surgery is about 1 week or so. After taking out stitches, there is no need for other treatments. Additionally, the surgeons of breast implant advice to use bra about two to three months after the surgery.

Related posts:

1. Cosmetic Surgery During a Recession
   A lot of people have read a lot of headlines about the economy. The economic...
2. FDA: Breast Implant Safety Studies Will Continue
   After two days of testimony on what the FDA should do about troubled long-term...
3. FDA: Breast implant problems grow with time (AP)
   AP – Don’t expect breast implants to last for life, the government warned Wednesday: About...
4. What is Breast Cancer? Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of Breast Cancer
   In year 2007 a research by American cancer society found that 178,480 new cases of...
5. Coping With Side Effects of Depression Treatment
   Depression treatment isn’t always easy. Find out about the side effects of antidepressants and...