Transauxiliary Incision

The transauxiliary incision, also known as crease, is when the incision is made in one of the crease lines of the armpit. Once the armpit breast implant has been made, a channel, where the breast implant is inserted, is made. This approach is often used for skinny women who undergo a submuscular placement of the implant.

Women who have chosen the ‘armpit’ incision, report to be scarless after the procedure—which is probably because armpits normally remain concealed—even without proper healing of the incision. Also, according to surgeons, armpit incision tend to cause less future breast feeding complication that other incisions; and this particular incision allows them to place the implants above or below the muscle.

As all other incisions however, transauxiliary incision presents disadvantages as well. The first disadvantage is that approximately 22% of women with this incision will need to undergo another surgery in lesser amount of time as women with different breast augmentation incision. Another con is that if a patient ever needs revision, which happens within 4 to 5 years after the surgery, the original breast incision cannot be used; thus, requiring additional incision (plus scars).

No wonder transauxiliary incision is the least used.