Breast Implant Surgery: What You Can Expect

All around the world, women are choosing to enhance their bodies with breast implant surgery. Once the exclusive province of the very rich or women who needed to depend on how their bodies looked to continue their livelihood, it has now become one of the most popular and ubiquitous procedures in the world. Its popularity can be ascribed to the increase in surgeon skill around the world, making it difficult to determine an easy answer to the question, "real or fake" in many instances. Of course, even that question doesn't have the stigma it used to, as women are less reluctant than ever before to admit they had work done. If you're thinking of going under the knife yourself, here are some things to expect.

In most cases, breast implant surgery will last around two hours. Most clinics will insist the patient have someone drive them to and from the clinic, as well as stay there the entire time. This is for the patient's safety. In some cases, the procedure may include a short hospital stay, but for the most part it is done as an outpatient surgery. It may be done with either local or general anesthesia. This is mostly dependent on the doctor and the patient's wishes. With local anesthetic, the area surround the chest will be numb, but the patient will remain awake through the procedure. With general anesthesia, you will be put to sleep and won't wake up until the procedure is finished.

How the breast implant surgery itself is performed will depend a great deal on the surgeon. There are a few different techniques, and each of them has their benefits and drawbacks. The surgeon can place the implant below the muscle or above it. They may go in through the bellybutton, the armpit, or directly into the breast. It all depends on how comfortable the surgeon is with more advanced techniques and what the patient wants in terms of the look of the final product.

Recovery times will vary, depending on the patient and depending on the technique used in surgery. Generally, a patient should expect at least a couple of weeks of recovery before they are back to normal. This may include a few days of complete downtime while you rest and recover from the worst of the soreness. Stay in consultation with your doctor during this time and follow his explicit instructions in order to have the most successful recovery you can have.