Under Breast Incision

Under breast incisions are also known as inframammary folds or crease incisions. We are basically talking about one of the most popular incisions utilized in breast augmentation surgery. It is similar to nipple incision because the site of the incision will allow the doctor to put in implants completely under, under, partially or over the breast muscle. The under breast incision can also help in removing the implants that were put in your breasts in the past. Another advantage that needs to be mentioned is the fact that your doctor can easily work next to the breast and there is a lot more control visible when thinking about the implant placement. Under breast incisions also mean that the chosen implants will not go through breast ducts. This might be a problem because you do find bacteria here. Thanks to this type of incision the bacteria harboring area is avoided.

Under breast incisions are done in your inframmamary folds. If your doctor will perform it correctly then the scar will not be seen unless you are staying in a position that is horizontal. In most cases the surgeon will try to put the under breast incision in a position that will make it appear above your inframammary fold. As you might imagine, the reason for doing this is exactly the hiding of the scars. Thinking about the location of the incision we are faced with one small problem. The doctor needs to estimate the incision’s location in a relation to your new crease. Failure to do this will lead towards scars running to high or low on your breasts. This would make them highly visible and it is one situation that really needs to be avoided. We do recommend that you only deal with surgeons that are specialized in breast augmentation procedures and that have a lot of experience when using under breast incision.

Under breast incisions come to the table with one important advantage. We are talking about the fact that all revisions that might be done in the future will be done through this incision. Examples of revisions can be given in bottoming out, symmastia or capsular contracture. The same thing can not be said about transax incisions. If you had breast augmentation done through transax incision then you will be faced with the need of another incision to be done if there is a need to have a revision. This basically translates in more scars and you would surely not appreciate this. By choosing under breast incision you will only have to bear with 2 scars (the same two that appeared when breast augmentation was performed) instead of another 1 or 2.
The biggest disadvantage with using under breast incisions comes from the fact that your surgeon needs to guess the location of the incision. The good news is that most doctors out there do have the needed experience to make the crease incision where it should be. You should also remember that under breast incisions means that you will not really be able to do size modifications in the future. Because of the position of the incision, if you change the size of the implant you will be faced with visible scars. The same thing goes in the event that you want to completely remove your breast implants.

As you probably realized for yourself, under breast incisions can be very beneficial but will also be a problem if not performed properly. This is why we need to put an emphasis on the fact that you have to choose a doctor with experience. All the details linked to the breast augmentation procedure need to be discussed in advanced, including under breast incisions.