Breast Implant vs. Butt Implant

Some women wish to enhance the size of their breasts, others wish to enhance the size of their rear end, and others want both. Buttock augmentation, also known as butt implant or gluteoplasty is a type of enhancement procedure very similar to breast implants. It involves the surgical insertion of artificial implants into the buttocks in order to enhance their size and shape. The incision is usually made in the buttock crease, where scars are not noticeable; although this area does carry a high infection risk. The doctor then creates a pocket large enough to insert the implant. Like breast implants, butt implants can be placed under or on the top of the muscle—submuscular and subglandular breast incision respectively; although, most times surgeons have opted to place implants above the sitting area in order to keep patients from sitting on them and thus reducing the risk of implants shifting and asymmetry. (http://www.americanhealthandbeauty.com/plastic%20surgery/procedures/Buttock%20Augmentation/ )

For any patient horrified with the thought of putting and unknown substance into the body such as myself, Buttock augmentation is just as terrible as breast augmentation. Buttock augmentations, however, do give another option besides placing silicone implants, and that is the Brazilian butt lift. In earlier blogs I talked about ‘on-course’ approaches for breast implants such as the micrografting of stem cells; well, somehow, scientists did discovered a way to use a person’s own fat to enhance rear ends. In using the grafting technique, the patient not only is able to use their own fat cells from their own body, but they in turn are able to have a modified liposuction for in order to perform this surgery, fat from areas of the body such as the back, abdomen, hips, and thighs must be removed through liposuction. Minor complications are associated with this type of butt augmentation; therefore, the major factor one must worry about would be financing because this procedure can range from $6000 to $15,000.

***NEWS The World’s Largest Breast Augmentation

I’m seriously not sure whether or not this is real image, but apparently this woman in the picture below has implanted the biggest implant size in the world of 1200cc. The volume of a breast implant is measured in cc where thirty cc equals 1oz, and the typical sizes are between 275cc and 800cc. Many women are nowadays are not only unaware of the risks associated with the procedure of breast implants, but also with disadvantages of large size implants. They seem to forget that large breasts can not only limit their freedom of movement and lead to back pain and headaches, but they can also increase chances of exposing them to all the risks related to breast implants.

(http://www.breast-implants-info.com/breast-implants-news/the-worlds-largest-breast-implants.html )

Techniques Used for Liposuction

Several techniques are used to for doing liposuction, tumescent liposuction, dry and wet techniques, ultrasonic assisted liposuction (UAL), and power assisted technique (PAL).

1. Tumescent Technque--this procedure takes about 4 to 5 hours, and consists in large amount of fluids (three times the amount of fat to be removed) into the targeted tissue thus making it swollen and firm, or tumescent. It is said that with tumescent local anesthesia, patients are able to avoid the post-operative nausea and vomiting associated with general anesthesia.

2. Dry Technique—this procedure is not in frequent use today because of the excessive blood loss it can cause. It consists in removing fat without any type of local anesthesia.

3. Wet Technique— this technique requires the injection of approximately 100 milliliters of local anesthesia containing epinephrine. Although the wet technique causes less blood loss than the dry technique, blood loss with the wet technique was still excessive and dangerous.

4. Super Wet Technique— in this technique, lesser amounts of fluids are used compared to tumescent. Usually the amount of fluid injected is equal to the amount of fat to be removed. It is performed under general anesthesia and takes one or two hours of surgery time.

5. Ultrasonic assisted liposuction (UAL) — this technique uses a special tube that produces ultrasound energy. As the tube passes through the fat areas, the energy ruptures the fat cell wall which then liquefies the fat. The fat is removed by a suction pump.

6. Power assisted technique (PAL)—this technique is performed in conjunction with the tumescent technique, and it uses a suction tip vibrating at a rapid speed. This causes the fat to easily dislodge from surrounding tissues so that it may be suctioned away gently and quickly.

(http://www.liposuction.com/ )

Breast Implants vs. Liposuction—RISKS

Just as breast implants, liposuction presents minor risks as well as severe (but rare) complication. The common risks include hematomas, skin necrosis (death of the affected skin), hyperpigmentation of incision sites, swelling, and among others rapid heart rate which can be caused epinephrine (adrenalin) which is an essential ingredient of the tumescent local anesthetic solution, by medications containing ephedrine-like drugs often found in nasal decongestants such as Sudafed or pseudoephedrine. (http://www.liposuction.com/safety/common_minor.php )

Comparing to breast implants, liposuctions are not associated with a great number for severe complications; nevertheless, they can cause blood cloths that can travel to the lungs, injury of nerves, blood vessels, muscles, lungs, and of abdominal organs following penetration of the abdominal cavity by a liposuction cannula; excessive IV Fluids can cause total body fluid overload, grave infections, and cardiac arrest which can be cause by a dangerous fall in the body's temperature (http://www.liposuction.com/safety/rare_severe.php ).
There has only been encountered one death in every 5000 cases of liposuction.
(http://www.liposuction.com/faqs/complications_risks.php )

Breast Implants vs. Liposuction

Liposuction and breast augmentation are the most prevalent body contouring procedures. The most commonly used options for beautifying one’s body. I personally I’d rather take than put.

Nevertheless, liposuction, also known as lipoplasty, is a surgical procedure that improves body shape by removing excess fat and skin from the lower abdomen and tightening the muscles of the abdominal wall. . Liposuction involves the use of a small stainless steel tube, called a cannula (tube), and it is performed through small, inconspicuous incisions. The procedure begins by infusing a sterile liquid solution to reduce bleeding and trauma. Then a thin hollow tube, is inserted through the incisions to loosen excess fat using a controlled back and forth motion. The dislodged fat is then suctioned out of the body using a surgical vacuum or syringe attached to the tube. The entire procedure may last an hour or less, depending on the areas to be suctioned.
( http://www.emedicinehealth.com/liposuction/article_em.htm )

Several techniques are used to for doing liposuction, tumescent liposuction, dry and wet techniques, ultrasonic assisted liposuction (UAL), and power assisted technique (PAL); and most those techniques can be used to remove fat from abdomen, thighs, arms, back, breast, face, pretty much anywhere in the body.

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liposuction )

Figure 1. Different Body Areas That Can be Liposuctioned.

(http://www.plasticsurgery.org/patients_consumers/procedures/Lipoplasty.cfm?CFID=91124401&CFTOKEN=22612300#six )