What You Need to Know Beforehand
Which Implant Brand Is Right For Me ?
Your preferences and anatomical proportions are key in finding the implant shape/ brand best suited to you. All the brands we use are of highest quality, certified, approved and in their latest generation. They all provide you with a life-long guarantee for the implant and, in some cases, even a reimbursement for re-operation in case of late-onset complications. In our opinion, the chief advantages of each brand are:
Motiva: Novel, available in ergonomic form, extremely low risk of capsular fibrosis in 6 years of survey, natural and pleasant feel.ergonomic form.
B-lite: Offering you a desired size and shape with approx. 30% less weight to carry.
Nagor: Very good value for money, highest possible projection (i.e. breast fullness distance from the chest wall) amongst all anatomic shape implants.
What Are The Implants Made Of ?
All our implants are made of silicon. We do not use anything else. The silicon molecules are three-dimensionally linked, which guarantees that the silicon cohesive gel cannot exit the silicon shell – and this even in the extremely unlikely case of an implant rupture. The silicon shell ranges from no texture (smooth) to various amounts of texture (feels like very fine sandpaper), depending upon brand and model. In case of B-lite implants, the standard silicon gel features additional microsphere enhancement, resulting in its lightness.
Which Implant Shape Is Right For Me
There are three different type of implant shapes:
Round: Offering more fullness to the upper part of the breast (upper pole).
Anatomic: Form of a teardrop, which does not change if you hold it upside down.
Ergonomic: Round when you are lying down and anatomic when you are standing up, just like a natural breast.
For every shape, there are four degrees of projection available – from low to extra high profile/height/width/fullness.
Please do not be misguided by the misbelief that anatomic implants under the large breast muscle produce the most feminine and natural results. The degree of hormonally induced breast tissue growth should be evaluated and synchronised with the size and shape of the implant. In order to obtain your desired final appearance, a competent examination and a surgeon’s advice is essential.
Where Will The Scar Be ?
There are three different type of implant shapes:
Round: Offering more fullness to the upper part of the breast (upper pole).
Anatomic: Form of a teardrop, which does not change if you hold it upside down.
Ergonomic: Round when you are lying down and anatomic when you are standing up, just like a natural breast.
For every shape, there are four degrees of projection available – from low to extra high profile/height/width/fullness.
Please do not be misguided by the misbelief that anatomic implants under the large breast muscle produce the most feminine and natural results. The degree of hormonally induced breast tissue growth should be evaluated and synchronised with the size and shape of the implant. In order to obtain your desired final appearance, a competent examination and a surgeon’s advice is essential.
Where Is The Implant Placed ?
Depending on model and size of the implant, incisions are 3 to 4.5cm long and their placement varies according to your preference,and the surgical possibilities.
Inframammary fold: In the breast fold itself, only slightly visible scars.
Periareolar: Placed within the pigmented areola, barely visible.
Trans-axillary: Performed through the armpit, no visible scars, visible only if lying with elevated arms behind your head.
After Surgery and Beyond
Aftercare
Ocean Clinic is dedicated to avoiding any unnecessary discomfort. We routinely perform a temporary local anaesthesia of relevant sensory nerves, thus considerably lowering the pain in the early post-operative period. With an additional combination of one or two painkillers, you should be free of pain. At worst, you may feel a strain reminiscent of excessive gym training. Our suturing is resorbable; there is no need to remove stitches.
We will provide you with a special bra to be worn for about 4 to 6 weeks. Do not lift any objects beyond 5kg and avoid sports involving weights during this period.
Related Risks
Capsule is a natural sequel to any implanted foreign body (breast implant, pace maker, port etc). It is the formation of a surrounding connective tissue envelope, protecting the body from foreign objects. In about 10% of cases, this capsule might begin to contract, eventually becoming smaller than the breast implant itself, resulting in a change of form and/or size of the breast and provoking pressure and pain. If this is the case, it occurs on average 10 to 12 years after the augmentation mammoplasty. The treatment is exchange or removal of the implant.
There is no connection between breast implants and breast cancer. Breast implants further have no impact on the detection or the timely diagnosis of breast cancer. Extremely rare cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) associated with breast implants have been described throughout literature. The therapy is removal of the implant including its surrounding capsule.
Overall, augmentation mammoplasty is the third most common procedure in the field of plastic surgery. In experienced hands, it is a safe and straightforward operation with highly rewarding results.
Do I Have To Change My Implants ?
If you do not have any problems and are still satisfied with the appearance, there is no reason why you should change your implants. The belief that there is a standardised necessary implant exchange every 10 years grew from a much higher incidence rate of capsular fibrosis in the past. With the latest-generation implants we use, these numbers diminish to very low levels. All our implants have a life-long guarantee. In case you have any symptoms or uncertainties, come and see us.
Alternatives
Fat grafting is a possible alternative technique if you have enough fat reserves. Multiple sessions are often necessary, as the body absorbs a certain amount of transplanted fat. Enhancement with silicon implants remains however the most effective procedure in trans women.
Our Experience
In the past 10 years, we have performed over 1000 breast augmentations. Each year, we perform over 60 breast augmentations exclusively in trans women. We are the authors of a milestone scientific publication about long-term outcome and our experience in breast augmentation in trans women. Authors of the first algorithm world-wide for breast augmentation in trans women. Over the last 2 years, we performed over 60 such procedures in the same surgical session as sex reassignment surgery. We believe in maximum enhancement of results by simultaneous fat transfer, in particular to upper and central part of the breast.
