Breast Enhancement

Introduction

Breasts are organs of milk production that are used to feed the offspring of mammals. In humans, female breasts begin to grow at the age of 10 to 11 and reach full-size at around 20 to 24 years of age. Breast development is influenced by sex hormones such as estrogen and progesterone that are produced by the ovaries and regulated by the pituitary gland in the brain. Breasts are composed of skin, a nipple-areola complex, mammary ducts, mammary lobules or glands, connective tissue, ligament, and fatty tissue. Breasts in individual woman are not completely identical in size and shape. Size also varies depending on genetics and nutrition rather than simply weight and height.

Changes in Breast Size and Shape

There are several factors that influence the physical size and shape of a woman’s breasts.

• Breast size varies slightly each month due to hormonal changes occurring during menstrual cycles. The breasts become engorged and full from fluid retention one week before commencement of the menstruation period.
• Breast size also increases with weight gain. This is due to the accumulation of fat in individual fat cells, not in a proliferation of the fat cells.
• Breasts can also be one to two times larger than normal during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The blood vessels within the breast enlarge as surges of estrogen stimulate the growth of ducts and progesterone causes the glandular tissue to expand or sprout. The size of the growing breast does not persist but shrinks to the previous size when a woman stops breastfeeding. The shrinkage may cause the breast to sag and the skin to become striated.
• Breast size can increase again when sex hormones are depleted at menopause. The glands atrophy or shrink and are replaced with fatty tissue. Breast sagging also occurs due to the loss of strength of the fibrous ligament.

Ways to Enhance Breast Size

Women today pay more attention to the overall size of their breasts as well as to their shape and fullness. Though non-surgical means of enhancing breast size do exist, most attempts at breast enhancement are either completely ineffective or only affect breast size and shape by no more than 10 to 20 percent.

• Chest exercises can indirectly enhance the breast by building up chest muscles that make the breasts protrude by pushing them outward, giving them the appearance of being a bit larger.
• Recent claims of enlarging breasts by massage that shifts fatty tissue are inaccurate because fat cannot be manually transferred. However, gentle breast massage with or without moisturizer can preserve skin elasticity, maintain breast fullness and shape, and help prevent breasts from sagging.
• Birth control pills can bring fullness and enhance the breasts, but they alter hormone balance as well as cause breast pain and breast cyst formation.
• Recently, there have been claims of breast enhancement from herbal creams containing phytoestrogen, often from Kwao Krua (Pueraria mirifica) a root found in the jungles of Northern Thailand. Phytoestrogen is claimed to have the same effect on the body as the female hormone estrogen. However, most of the creams are unreliable and have no scientific back up to their claims. The hazard of long-term use is questionable since estrogen is a significant factor in the development of breast cancer.
• In the past, substances like paraffin, silicone and vegetable oil have been used to enlarge the breast by direct injection. This method is no longer used because of the high risk of complications, such as bacterial infection, foreign body granulomas (lumps), loss of skin and excess scar formation, and misshapen breasts. In addition, since paraffin and silicone are radio-opaque materials, their presence in the breast tissue will obscure the early detection of breast cancer using mammograms.
• Injection of one’s own fat, harvested from another area by suction, to the breasts has been done in the past by some surgeons. Since it is a vascularized fat, most of it will not survive and will liquefy, causing scarring and calcium deposits that can mimic cancer change on mammograms. This would lead to unnecessary biopsies in later years and is certainly not a good idea.

The Effective Way to Double or Triple Breast Sizee

The only effective way to double or triple the breast size is the use of surgical breast implants. Millions of women have used this method since 1964 and Bangkok Medical Center has performed countless operations. However, the process is not without possible complications. Before you decide to proceed, discussing the details of short and long term effects with your surgeon is essential.

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Bangkok Breast Center
Tel. (662) 310 3016
Email : info@bangkokhospital.com