BREAST AUGMENTATION DUBAI GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Breast Augmentation Dubai | 8 December 2018
WHAT WORDS SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT BREAST AUGMENTATION?
AUGMENTATION MAMMAPLASTY
Breast enlargement or breast enhancement by surgery.
BREAST AUGMENTATION
Also known as augmentation mammaplasty; breast enlargement or breast enhancement by surgery.
BREAST IMPLANTS
Medical devices placed in your body to enhance an existing breast size or to reconstruct your breast. Breast implants fall into two categories: saline breast implants and silicone breast implants.
CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE
A complication of breast implant surgery which occurs when scar tissue that normally forms around the implant tightens and squeezes the implant and becomes firm.
GENERAL ANESTHESIA
Drugs and/or gasses used during an operation to relieve pain and alter consciousness.
INFRAMAMMARY INCISION
An incision made in the fold under the breast.
INTRAVENOUS SEDATION
Sedatives administered by injection into a vein to help you relax.
LOCAL ANESTHESIA
A drug injected directly to the site of an incision during an operation to relieve pain.
PERIAREOLAR INCISION
An incision made at the edge of the areola.
SALINE IMPLANTS
Breast implants filled with sterile salt water.
SILICONE IMPLANTS
Breast implants filled with an elastic gel.
SUBMAMMARY OR SUBGLANDULAR OR SUBFASCIAL PLACEMENT
Breast implants placed directly behind the breast tissue, over the pectoral muscle.
SUBMUSCULAR OR SUBPECTORAL PLACEMENT
Breast implants placed under the pectoral muscle, which is located between the breast tissue and chest wall.
SUTURES
Stitches used to hold skin and tissue together.
TRANSAXILLARY INCISION
An incision made in the underarm area.
ULTRASOUND
A diagnostic procedure that projects high-frequency sound waves into the body and records the echoes as pictures.