Breast Augmentation Words to Know

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Areola — The pigmented skin surrounding the nipple.
Augmentation mammaplasty — Scientific name for breast augmentation.
Breast augmentation — Surgical breast enlargement or breast enhancement.
Breast implants — Medical devices placed in your body to enhance breast size or reconstruct breasts. Breast implants fall into two categories: saline breast implants and silicone breast implants.
Capsular contracture — A complication which occurs when scar tissue that normally forms around the implant, tightens and squeezes the implant and becomes firm.
General anesthesia — Drugs and/or gases used during an operation to relieve pain and alter consciousness.
Hematoma — Blood pooling beneath the skin.
Inframammary incision — An incision made in the fold under the breast.
Intravenous sedation — Sedatives administered by injection to help you relax.
Local anesthesia — Injection directly to the site of an incision to relieve pain.
Mammogram — An x-ray image of the breast.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) — A painless test to view tissue similar to an x-ray.
Mastectomy — The removal of breast tissue, typically to rid the body of cancer.
Periareolar incision — An incision made at the edge of the areola.
Saline implants — Breast implants filled with salt water.
Silicone implants — Breast implants filled with an elastic gel.
Submammary or subglandular placement — Breast implants placed directly behind the breast tissue, over the pectoral muscle.
Submuscular or subpectoral placement — Breast implants placed under the pectoral muscle, which is located between the breast tissue and chest wall.
Transaxillary incision — An incision made in the underarm area.
Transumbilical incision — An incision made at the upper rim of the navel.
Ultrasound — A diagnostic procedure that projects high frequency sound waves into the body and records the echoes as pictures.