Breast enlargement: how to make breasts bigger?
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Why do many women think about how to make breasts bigger? Because the breast is not just a glandular organ, it is a symbol of motherhood and femininity, beauty and attractiveness of the female body.
Various diets aimed at weight loss, age, hormonal balance disorders can contribute to reducing the volume of the breast and even its omission. The increase in mammary glands at home and with the help of modern medicine is the topic of our today's article.
Surgery to increase the mammary glands
To increase the mammary glands most often use the operation to install implants of different configuration and filling. All types of implants, irrespective of the internal composition, are framed externally in a capsule of silicone. The rough surface of such a membrane reduces the risk of developing a postoperative capsular contracture.
The internal composition of the implant is an isotonic sodium chloride solution, a hydrogel or silicone filler. The least frequently used hydrogel - the substance is not well understood, so it is not very recommended by doctors. In addition, a few years after implantation, the hydrogel capsule may lose shape, change the texture (acquire a certain tuberosity).
Capsules with isotonic solution were once extremely popular in American plastic surgery. However, with the appearance of silicone fillers of different densities, the isotonic solution receded into the background: it was observed that silicone fillers create more natural sensations when the chest is felt.
The life of implants is almost unlimited, especially if the patient complies with all the requirements of specialists.
The method of implant placement is determined by the doctor when examining and examining the breast. First of all, individual characteristics of the structure of the organism are taken into account. Most often the capsule is placed directly under the pectoral muscle, less often a partial arrangement is used under the muscle and tissues of the breast.
To install the implant, one or more incisions are made: along the lower contour of the breast, through the sucking area, the axillary cavity, the umbilical zone. Less commonly, the latter implantation option is used, since it involves the introduction of an exclusively filled implant, which will not look natural after.
Endoscopic enlargement of mammary glands
This method of breast augmentation is also called endoprosthetics. This is the same insertion of the implant, only with the use of minimal tissue damage. Such an operation does not leave visible scars in the mammary gland zone, since with the use of the newest endoscopic and laser technologies, it became possible to implant the implant through a minimal incision in the axillary region.
The effectiveness of such an operation is obvious, and the risk of complications is minimized. Postoperative period with the use of the endoscopic method is significantly shortened, the pain sensations are insignificant. Some soreness can be felt only in the initial 7-8 hours after implantation: in such cases, injection of an analgesic agent may be used to alleviate the condition. The patient is usually discharged the next day after the operation.
Within a week, the discomfort gradually decreases, while touching the breast skin becomes less sensitive.
A few weeks after the operation, it is recommended to wear a special bandage for the correct formation of the breast. The final effect after implantation will be formed within two to three months.
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Breast enlargement submammally
Submammary surgery to implant the implant is carried out through a special incision, which is done under the fold of the breast. The term "submammary" follows from the concepts "sub" - directly below, below, and "mom" - the breast gland. Thus, the submammary line is the place where the lower part of the mammary gland adjoins the chest, that is, approximately at the level of the fifth and sixth ribs.
The incision is performed under the gland, as close as possible to the thoracic fold. At the site of the dissection, the doctor forms a "pocket" through which the implant is implanted. The capsule is injected upward, gradually straightening it in such a way that it is placed under the parasol zone. The localization of the incision is such that the scar after surgical intervention becomes almost invisible, since it is located in the skin fold.
This method of implantation is extremely convenient for the surgeon himself: this foreshortening allows to have the best view of the implant site, and also allows to install the implant in any convenient position - under the pectoral muscle, or partially under it. The rehabilitation period after such an operation lasts somewhat longer than after endoscopic intervention.
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Non-surgical enlargement of mammary glands
Those patients who, for whatever reason, do not dare to surgical breast augmentation, can use the non-surgical method: this is the procedure of lipofilling and the use of phishers.
The main advantage of these methods can be attributed natural and natural form of the enlarged breast, but there are also disadvantages - the breast does not increase immediately, gradually, and the result lasts a year or two, after which the procedure can be repeated.
Method of lipofilling of mammary glands
The stages of such a procedure look like this: a certain amount of adipose tissue is taken from certain areas of the patient through small punctures. Then the adipose tissue is cleaned, treated with special substances for better survival, and injected through other small punctures into the tissues of the breast. A plastic surgeon in the process forms the necessary shape of the breast. The procedure is performed under general anesthesia, sometimes together with liposuction.
As a rule, the next day after lipofilling woman can already go home. Sometimes, after the procedure, there are swelling and small bruises, which after a while disappear without a trace.
The procedure with the application of the filers
One of the fastest procedures for breast augmentation. The mammary glands after using this method look very natural and natural. The procedure is carried out with the help of a special preparation to correct the contours of the body, which is injected into the tissue of the mammary glands by injection. This method involves the use of local or general anesthesia. The result is visible almost immediately, but the injected drug gradually resolves, and after 1-2 years the procedure must be repeated.
Preparations for breast enlargement
There are many means of breast augmentation. One of these drugs are dietary supplements - natural supplements, the producers of which promise a gradual but sure increase in the size of the mammary glands. The effectiveness of such drugs is not proven, but many women continue to look for ways to achieve a beautiful breast, bypassing the operating table.
Supplements contain a certain combination of plant formulas that are designed to stimulate the growth of mammary glands. This is due to the so-called phytoestrogens - plant analogues of female sex hormones.
Preparations in the form of creams strengthen local blood circulation, improve the condition of skin on the chest.
An example of such a cream is Bust Cream Spa, which contains deoxymiroestrol, rose oil and extract of pueraria. This drug rejuvenates, nourishes and protects the skin of the mammary glands. The manufacturer promises to increase breast volume after 3-4 weeks after daily use of the cream.
About the same action is available and popular mesotherapy. During this procedure, homeopathic preparations, structural proteins or hyaluronic acid are injected under the skin of the glands. As a result of this method, metabolic processes in the glands improve, collagen synthesis is enhanced, the skin becomes soft and elastic.
Among the drugs that increase the breast, often apply the effect of peeling natural acids, sea wraps, masks of clay for the chest, etc. All these procedures are based mainly on local action on the skin of the breast, without affecting the internal tissues of the glands. If you trust the reviews, such procedures are ineffective or give an extremely short-term effect.
Mammary gland enlargement tablets
Now to buy pills to enlarge the chest, it is easy enough. Their choice is diverse, and all manufacturers pursue only one goal - to make a woman more attractive, which means, happier.
Let's try to consider the most popular tablets, characterize their properties and effects.
- Push Up natural is a Dutch preparation containing plant components. It nourishes the breast tissue, making it beautiful and supple. It is used on 5 tablets per day, washed down with a large amount of liquid (2 liters per day, not less). Tablets are taken with food, distributed within a day at regular intervals. The manufacturer promises a visible effect in 20-30 days: it increases the elasticity of glands and increases their volume by 1-2 sizes. Among the contraindications - pregnancy and the period of breastfeeding.
- Maxibust is a drug developed by the joint efforts of French, Swiss and German cosmetologists. Contains Pueraria extract (Thai root), which contains phytoestrogens, close in structure to estradiol. Promotes a tightening and breast augmentation, while improving the condition of hair, nails, bone system, skin. The course of taking the drug is six months. Take, from the first day of the menstrual cycle, 4 capsules per day during meals. So take the capsule 2 weeks, start the next cycle again. According to the manufacturer, the effect will be noticeable in a month. It is not recommended to take the drug for women with a menstrual cycle, with the presence of tumor processes in the body, as well as pregnant and lactating.
- Regulon - many know this remedy as a contraceptive. So there is, however, one of the additional properties of the drug - an increase in the volume of the mammary glands. Regulon contains synthetic analogues of female sex hormones - estrogen and progesterone. Tablets begin to take on the first day of the monthly cycle, at the same time, without missing receptions, for 21 days. After a 7-day break, the reception is resumed. The drug is hormonal, so side effects are not excluded: it can be nausea, weight gain, headaches, depression, hypertension. Among the contraindications indicated pregnancy, liver disease, high blood pressure, thrombosis, tumors of various locations, metabolic disorders.
- Janine is a contraceptive drug of hormonal influence. It is accepted in analogy with regulon, contraindications and side effects are the same. It is recommended that you consult a doctor before you start taking it.
- Yarina - an increase in the mammary glands with the help of contraceptive drugs - a fairly common phenomenon. This drug belongs to estrogen-gestagen-containing hormonal agents, which, in addition to the contraceptive effect, have many additional properties. Yarina contains drospirenone, which prevents weight gain, swelling, improves fat metabolism. Breast augmentation in this case is due to increased hormonal activity, inflow of nutrients to the tissues of the mammary glands, improvement of trophic tissue. In addition, the drug perfectly cleanses the skin, eliminates acne and seborrhea. Yarin is taken orally according to the order of administration indicated on the package. Tablets should be consumed daily at the same time, not missing a reception, exactly 21 days. After that, there is a one-week break. The increase of the mammary glands on the background of taking the drug can be combined with their soreness, the appearance of discharge from the chest. If side effects cause discomfort, you should stop taking and pay attention to other drugs. At pregnancy and thoracal feeding the use of a preparation is forbidden.
With hormonal preparations be cautious - stopping the choice on them, pass examinations at the gynecologist and the endocrinologist. Hormones to increase the mammary gland with prolonged reception can provoke migraine, hypertension, weight gain.
The feedback from consumers is that after the cessation of taking pills, the effect usually disappears.
Estrogens for breast enlargement
The monthly cycle in the female body provokes a series of cyclical changes. Ovulation assumes a maximum level of estrogens, which contributes to the swelling of the epithelium of the mammary glands. Apparent breast enlargement during ovulation or menstruation is nothing more than increased blood filling and swelling of the mammary glands. If fertilization does not occur, such symptoms regress.
What else affects the volume of the breast? In addition to the level of estrogen, this is facilitated by frequent and regular sexual contacts and the number of fat cells in the glands themselves. It's no secret that a significant increase in body weight allows you to increase the breast, and losing weight provokes loss of elasticity and volume of mammary glands.
At the present time, you can buy a variety of creams, gels and tablets with estrogens, which are used to increase the volume of the breast. Often they consist of synthetic or phytohormones, analogues of estrogens. They are produced from plants, cereals, soybean culture.
Phytoestrogens are similar in structure to estradiol, but their effect on receptors is much weaker. Preparations containing phytoestrogens act gradually, increasing tissue proliferation and activating blood circulation in the glands.
External use of ointments has its positive quality: with this application, the overall level of hormones does not change, the body weight remains the same.
Estrogen, Divigel, femostone, premarin, microfolin, Diana 35, etc. Are among the drugs containing estrogens. The use of such drugs is highly discouraged without prior consultation of the doctor.
As a rule, the effect of using such drugs ends after the termination of their use.
Massage for breast enlargement
What can massage help in increasing the volume of the breast? The effect of the massage is not inferior to the action of tablets and ointments: by massaging the mammary glands, it is possible to improve blood supply and lymph flow in the chest, purify the pores and increase the tone of the skin. Thanks to the massage stagnant processes are being stopped, the glands seem to be refreshed and cleaned.
Massage actions must necessarily begin and end with stroking movements from the nipple zone to the periphery. Excessive pressure on the gland does not follow, as well as stretch the skin.
After stroking we perform light rubbing. For convenience, you can use a massage, or any other cream for the chest. Soreness in movement should not be felt. You can rub with finger pads, then with bones, alternately from below and from above. Rubbing should be given for at least four minutes.
You can make an easy tapping with the pads of your fingers, imitating the vibration. We finish the procedure by stroking movements. Such a light massage is done on your own, daily, when doing morning hygiene procedures.
More complex types of massage are Taoist Qigong procedures, point-like shiatsu and Indian manual therapy.
The basis of the Taoist procedures is the activation of the production of prolactin, a female hormone responsible for the production of milk during the period of breastfeeding. In addition to the lactation period, prolactin is also synthesized when mammary glands are excited. This can be achieved by soft, gentle movements, more often circular, with fingertips around the nipple and further along the circumference of the chest. If one breast is slightly larger than the other, such actions are performed on the smaller gland to equalize their dimensions. It is noticed that circular movements directed inward, are capable of enlarging the chest. External stroking, on the contrary, reduces the volume. In addition to breast augmentation, massage will help prevent the development of mastopathy.
Point touch of shiatsu is carried out in relation to certain points on the body, which are responsible for blood circulation and lymph flow in the mammary glands. Such points are on the neck, occiput, supraclavicular area, between the shoulder blades. The points are massaged with the thumbs of the hands, pressing for 6 seconds at each point.
Whichever method of manual influence you look at your mammary glands, remember that it is not necessary to carry out procedures with indispositions, cardiac pathologies, the presence of a compaction of an unknown genesis in the gland, during pregnancy.
Exercises to increase the mammary glands
What do you need to know about a woman who decided to increase her breasts with exercise? Often we think that certain exercises will help increase the size of the breast. However, the definition of breast and mammary glands should not be confused. The mammary glands do not contain muscles that can be inflated with the help of exercises: the glands consist of their fatty and connective tissue elements. Glandular cells are responsible for the production of milk during lactation, and muscle fibers in the glands are absent.
Increase the number of tissues of the mammary glands is impossible, this can be achieved only by increasing the volume of fatty tissues. This happens with an increase in the total body weight.
The muscles of the chest can be enlarged: they will tighten the chest, emphasize it, but the size of the breast will remain the same. In order for the breast muscles to contribute to the apparent increase in the mammary glands, it is necessary to engage in the gym a lot and constantly. Only in this case the inflated muscles will raise the chest, improve the posture, and the mammary glands will appear larger.
Often, women, performing regular exercises to strengthen pectoral muscles, get the opposite effect: the breast decreases because during intense exercises, fat burning occurs in the mammary glands. Therefore, before you determine for yourself a set of exercises, it makes sense to consult a fitness trainer or a specialist of exercise therapy.
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Products for breast enlargement
About the products that increase the chest, every woman should know. Following the advice of alternative medicine and analyzing the feedback on the increase in mammary glands, we compiled a rating of such products. We present it to you for review.
- Cabbage. This vegetable stabilizes the amount of testosterone, struggles with cancer cells. Because of the high content of fiber, cabbage contributes to the release of free radicals from the body, improves blood circulation. For breast augmentation, you can use any kind of cabbage: color, white, savoy, Peking, etc. However, no less effect is provided by other vegetables and fruits: squash, pumpkin, cucumber, apple and pomegranate.
- Tea with milk. This drink is very nutritious for the body. It stimulates blood circulation, strengthens blood vessels and at the same time is perfectly absorbed. The combination of tea and milk mutually reduces each other's shortcomings and emphasizes useful properties. Thanks to the drink, immunity rises, the nervous system strengthens, the complexion and skin condition improves, including on the chest.
- Bean cultures. Congratulations to lovers of beans, peas and lentils - all representatives of legumes are recognized as one of the best foods that increase the volume of the breast. Thanks to such products, the breast becomes elastic and acquires volume. However, there is only peas for breakfast, lunch and dinner is not worth it: take care of your digestive system and the nerves of others.
- Honey with walnuts. A great tool for rejuvenating the skin, improving the performance of the stomach, liver and kidneys. And if the mixture is added more and dried fruits - for ears do not drag! This delicacy will please your breasts too - the skin of the breast will become soft and will become elastic. But do not forget that this mixture is very caloric, and along with the increase in mammary glands, you can easily add a couple of kilograms.
- Unsaturated fatty acids. Such substances we need are contained in nuts, seeds, olives, avocados. These products saturate the fat tissue of the mammary glands and enlarge the chest.
- Flax-seed. A beautiful natural source of estrogens. Seeds are added to salads, cocktails, soups and cereals. The only condition - they can not be heat treated, using only raw. If you did not find the flaxseed, you can use an anise for the same purpose.
With the help of these products, you not only improve the condition of your breasts, but also diversify your diet and strengthen your body.
Herbs for breast enlargement
What herbs can affect breast growth? Only those that maintain the balance of estrogens in the body, contribute to the production of prolactin, reduce the amount of testosterone.
The most effective herbs include fenugreek, red clover and dwarf palm. Seeds of fenugreek consist of substances that affect the synthesis of prolactin and diosgenin, activating the multiplication of the gland cells. To achieve this effect, I use the following methods:
- Art. Spoon the seeds with a glass of boiling water and boil for 5 minutes. After cooling, add honey, lemon and ginger juice to taste. This drink should drink a few glasses a day. The course of application is 1 month;
- You can soak seeds in drinking water for 3 hours. After adding honey and taking water along with the seeds as a dessert.
Before treatment, donate blood for hormones. If you have elevated levels of prolactin or estradiol, then this treatment is contraindicated.
There are many other plants that affect the size of the breast. Among them, fennel, cones of hops, wild yam are rather well known. They are brewed together or instead of tea, added to food, salads.
- take 5-6 cones of hops, pour a glass of boiling water, insist. Take 1/3 cup three times a day for a month;
- take the herb of sage and wild yam, grind into powder. Eat on the ch. L. Twice a day, with a glass of liquid;
- take equal parts of licorice root, cones of hops, herbs of oregano, mix. A tablespoon of the collection is poured into a glass of boiling water and infused for 40 minutes. Drink three times a day for 100 ml before meals;
- lubricate the mammary glands with diluted tincture of ginseng; - Take 2 tbsp. Spoons of mallow root, pour 0.5 liters of water, boil for 15 minutes. Take 100 ml three times a day on an empty stomach.
Before taking herbal medications, consult a doctor: this treatment is contraindicated in the presence of tumors, pregnancy, menstrual irregularities and reproductive function.
Althaea to increase mammary glands
Althaeus belongs to the mallow family. This plant lives mainly in humid localities, off the shores of lakes and rivers.
In phytotherapy apply mainly the underground part of the plant. The composition and pharmacology of the althea is very close to the seed of flax. Since ancient times, marshmallows have been used for the treatment of female diseases, the prevention of malignant tumors and purulent abscesses. The women who had just given birth had tea from the althea: it helped restore strength and purify the body.
The use of the althea to increase the volume of the mammary glands can be explained by the presence of plant estrogens in it. However, the standard prescription, which is used in the treatment of respiratory and digestive diseases, will not help here. For breast augmentation, it is necessary to take Art. Spoon the root of the althea, fill it with boiling milk and boil for five minutes, then cool. Take a small sip during the day.
Breasts will increase gradually, but very slowly: the first results will be visible only after 2 months. The final effect you can assess a year after the start of treatment.
If you do not drink milk for any reason, you can prepare the preparation according to another recipe: two tablespoons of the althea root should be poured into 2 cups of water, boiled and infused for 10-20 minutes. Broth filtered, drink 100 ml 30 minutes before eating. The duration of such treatment is unchanged - 1 year. This remedy is quite effective, provided there is no allergy to the marshmallows.
Rehabilitation after breast enlargement
The rehabilitation period after surgery to increase the size of the mammary glands usually proceeds favorably. In extremely rare cases, complications can occur in the form of tightening the connective tissue of the gland, bruising, the formation of scar changes in the skin, loss of sensitivity of the parotid zone.
The term of hospitalization after surgery is determined by the operating doctor, depending on the degree of tissue damage and the patient's well-being. Some time after the operation can be observed swelling of the mammary glands, a feeling of internal pressure, tenderness of the chest. As a rule, the sutures are removed for 6-7 days. The scar is gradually discolored and by the 10th month it practically disappears.
One and a half to two months after the operation, a woman is recommended to wear a compression bra.
Breastfeeding will be possible only one year after the operation.
Every year should be examined by a specialist with a control ultrasound.
The cost of breast enlargement
Average prices for breast enlargement operations in our country:
- Implantation through a cut under the breast under the gland - from $ 1200.
- Implantation by means of a cut under the breast under the pectoral muscle - from $ 1400.
- Implantation by means of a cut around the perivolus zone under the gland - from $ 1,300.
- implantation by means of a cut around the sucking zone under the pectoral muscle - from $ 1500.
- implantation through the axillary incision - from $ 2100.
- a tightening of the mammary glands - from $ 1000.