The Art of Breast Augmentation

The Art of Breast Augmentation Breast augmentation can be linked from one hundred years ago to today’s technique in surgery and through the expression of art. The beauty of augmenting breasts continues to be a solution in sculpting a woman’s body. As cosmetic surgery has evolved throughout the years, it has intensified in the art and science of shaping the human form. The surgical procedure is similar to an artist creating a beautiful masterpiece but like any other man made products, cosmetic surgery itself has its beautiful artistic views and controversial views. The first known breast implants were attempted by the Austrian-German surgeon named Vincenz Czerny in 1985. Vincenz Czerny used a woman 's own adipose tissue from a benign growth, on her back (Marcus). It would quickly send waves across the surgical field to give surgeons the opportunity to prefect the start of a very popular procedure. As decades followed with the rise of breast implants so did the risk that in some cases outweigh the aesthetic beauty. “MORE THAN ONE million Americans have some kind of cosmetic surgery each year” (Bardach). Few realize that any surgery can bring some sort of complications. What effects of breast augmentation might bring to one’s body? After the placement of breast implants there are several possibilities of side effects of this type of procedure. Especially, the first three years it is very common for some sort of complications, including loss of sensation, hematomas, capsular contracture, saline leakage and suicides. Loss of sensation after surgery is commonly temporary causing either numbness or sensitivity. It’s caused when the breasts or nipple had some sort of damage to nerve endings. The nerves usually recover within six months to a year and if a woman is breast-feeding it could be quite devastating. The results can post pone breastfeeding with the uncertainly of not knowing how much a baby is putting pressure if he/she is

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