If you have been considering breast augmentation, you probably already know that there are four different incision options for placing the breast implants: around the areola (periareolar), under the breast (inframammary), in the armpit (transaxillary), and in the navel (TUBA). Two of these options (periareolar and inframammary) are traditional surgical methods, and two of them are endoscopic surgeries (transaxillary and TUBA), which involve incisions far from the breast. Doctors who perform endoscopic surgeries promote them as being both more discreet and less invasive, but are they good options?
How Endoscopic Surgery Works
Endoscopic surgery uses a tool such as an endoscope, a long narrow tube, the tiny surgical instruments are used in a point very far from the actual site of surgery, can also. The doctor can look at the operation of a video camera on the endoscope, and he can manipulate the instruments remotely. It allows a very small incisions and can work very precisely, without damaging or moving too close to allow tissue. To insert the breast implant through the navel or the armpit, the implant needs to be drained off and rolled down. This allows the implant from the incision on the chest went through tiny traces are produced under the skin.
Endoscopic surgery is possible if a very small incision, can be far from the breast. In some cases, to enable very quick recovery and then it's probably for the placement of breast implants (subglandular place) and muscle (submuscular placement) does not allow the bottom of both.
Options
Because breast implants must be deflated when placed via endoscopic surgery, and silicone breast implants come pre-filled from the manufacturer, endoscopic breast surgery cannot be performed for silicone breast implants. If you want silicone breast implants, you cannot get endoscopic breast surgery.
Results
One of the main problems with endoscopic breast surgery is that it can be very hard for doctors to achieve symmetrical pockets for the breast implants. Endoscopic breast augmentation surgeries tend more often to have asymmetric results, with one breast sitting visibly higher than the other. If you are considering endoscopic breast augmentation, make sure you look at all a doctor’s before and after picks, not just the few cherry-picked ones online or in a small book, to get a better idea of how likely you are to see results that are off-kilter.
Revision
It is very rare that revision surgery for endoscopic breast augmentation can be done endoscopically. Normally, it requires an inframmamary incision be used, although sometimes a periareolar incision may work as well. Since about one-third of women need a revision surgery in the first three years after getting breast augmentation, you may end up with an inframammary incision even if you elect endoscopic surgery the first time.
Discreet?
The main argument for endoscopic surgery of the breast is that it