New trend in the USA – what’s the deal?
It’s amazing what’s out there – in order to be able to present enlarged breasts for a specific event, young American women undergo breast augmentation that lasts for one night. Actually, the breast enlargement lasts for two days.
For this short-term breast augmentation saline solution is injected into the breasts.
Injecting a special saline solution leads to a significant enlargement of the breast of for example two cup sizes. The injected liquid is absorbed by the body within two days. The breast will return from a C/D cup to its natural size again.
This is nothing new – as doctors working in the field of aesthetic surgery in Europe we occasionally used this type of breast augmentation in the past as a decision aid for women who wanted to get their breasts augmented with silicone or the body’s own fat and did not know exactly how much cleavage fits their wishes.
However, like in many other cases, it was reserved to the U.S. to make a trend and a business out of it! Does this method (apart from the price) have any disadvantages?
Tissue expansion – advantage and disadvantage:
If breast augmentation with saline solution is carried out multiple times in a certain patient, the breast will expand, as it does in breast engorgement, and it will start to sag. This is primarily a disadvantage, which, however, can turn into an advantage: For women who are planning a breast augmentation with autologous fat, such pre-stretching may be advantageous, because the saggy breast can absorb more autologous fat and can thus be made larger.
DDr. Heinrich, MD