With the arrival of hot summer weather, clothing naturally shifts to thin, short, and light fashion. Summer outfits can make concerns about body shape more visible, since unlike other seasons when the body is hidden under thick clothing, it is often directly exposed.

As a result, many people take up exercise or diet to improve their body shape toward the ideal. Achieving the desired body through exercise is a good thing, but areas such as the breasts are largely determined by genetics, and the truth is that they are difficult to change through effort alone.

For this reason, quite a few people consider surgery to improve this area. Since interest in appearance has grown compared to the past, resistance to plastic surgery and basic perceptions of it have also changed. The fact that breast surgery cases, once few, have grown to a considerable number in recent years can be attributed to this.

As the number of surgeries grows, so naturally does the number of people who are dissatisfied with their results or troubled by side effects such as capsular contracture. Those who experience side effects such as implant bottoming-out or capsular contracture sometimes consider revision surgery.

Since revision surgery is generally a second operation following one failure, it requires even greater care.

It can help to thoroughly analyze the cause of the failure of the first surgery and to establish a plan that enhances safety by comprehensively considering one's skin type, the size of the breast pocket, and the choice of a suitable implant.

When choosing an implant, there are various options such as Motiva, Sebbin, and Mentor, and the suitable choice differs from person to person, so it can help to consider and select carefully in this respect as well during revision surgery.

The more it is a second surgery, the more important proper aftercare becomes. Some people think everything is over once the surgery is done, but the right attitude is to manage the recovery through appropriate aftercare so that no scars remain and no side effects occur.

Written by: Dr. Dong-yeon Hwang, NANA Plastic Surgery
 

Source: Jeonmin Ilbo (http://www.jeonmin.co.kr)