Q. What is the name of the surgery that I am getting? Is it called breast augmentation or breast cosmetic surgery? In truth, this is one question that I hope to be asked by my patients. I think that this question carries the most important message for a breast surgery. In medical terms, we call the breast surgery, ‘Augmentation mammoplasty’. This means breast...
Q. Why is the capsular contracture formed? The doctors do not know the reason as well. We think that the body reacts to outer substance and therefore causes the capsular contracture, but the incidence rate varies a lot from a doctor to another so we cannot simply say that the outer substance causes the capsular contracture. The patient’s body is important, however, I...
Q. When do you need to have a breast revision surgery? There are few reasons for the breast revision surgery First, when the breasts become hard due to the capsular contracture. Second, when the breasts look awkward because the location or the position of the implant changes. Third, when there is a damage on the implant (this is common on the saline type)...
Ultrasound imaging for breast surgery Today I would like to share about the Ultrasonography after the breast augmentatioin surgery. Although there aren’t any problems after the breast augmentation, one might be curious about if the implant is at the appropriate position and think about if there is no problem inside the breast where one cannot see. Breast augmentation Korea KIES-U Or, the breasts...
What is water-drop breast surgery? Breast augmentation Korea Things to consider before breast augmentation surgery What is a water-drop breast surgery? This might seem like a very simple question to answer but there are many who do not know exactly about it. Today I would like to share about the difference between the water drop breast surgery and one that is not. 1)...
