Breast Augmentation: For a While, Anyhow!
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Facial injectables and dermal fillers like Restylane and Juvederm have proven so popular, they seem to be traveling down the body.
In the United States, virtually all injectables are used somewhere on the face, with a few cases being used to plump up and make aged hands look more youthful.
But a new trend taking place in England and the rest of Europe just may make it to American shores.
The product is Macrolane Gel, a long-lasting filler made of hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring substance and also found in Juvederm and Restylane. (Read our past post on likely new plastic surgery procedures coming to America.)
The procedure? Breast augmentation!
Nick-named, the “boob jab” in England, Macrolane can be injected to increase breast size in an hour to 90 minute procedure. The surgeon uses only a topical anesthetic while the patient is awake. Plus, there is no recovery period from Macrolane breast enlargement, no scars and no foreign objects in the body.
But there are downsides. And how!
Start with the cost of the breast augmentation: plastic surgery is a bit more pricey in England so a typical injected enlargement costs about $5000.
A Surgicare report on the breast enlargement procedure lets the big cat out of the bag: the enlargement only lasts 12 to 24 months.
(Surgicare bills itself as a United Kingdom specialist in cosmetic surgery and non-surgical treatments.)
The enlargement lasts so shortly because the human body absorbs hyaluronic acid. So you are soon back to where you started. After that, you must go back for another treatment if you want to keep the look.
Another British cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Rita Rakus (“The London Lip Queen”) says on her website she extends the use of Macrolane to:
- Buttocks augmentation
- Calf augmentation
- Male chest shaping
- Post liposuction concavities
(Concavities? A few liposuction procedures take out too much fat, allowing the skin to shrink into a small depression in the treated area.)
But plastic surgeon Steven H. Williams, M.D. blogs that 1000ccs of Macrolane in a breast could block the X-rays used to check for cancer.
Once the economy recovers, do you think U.S. women will go for Macrolane?
admin @ January 26, 2009
