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What is Breast Augmentation?
Who Should Have Breast Augmentation?
Silicon Breast Implants
Saline Breast Implants
Safety & Concerns for Breast Implants
Placement of Breast Implants
Choosing the Right Size Breast Implants
Expectations for Breast Augmentation Prep
Expectations for Breast Augmentation Procedure
Expectations for Breast Augmentation After Care
After Care Creams for Breast Augmentation
Complications from Breast Augmentation
Choosing the Right Surgeon for Breast Augmentation
Where Breast Augmentation is Performed
What is the Cost of Breast Augmentation?
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Summary: Women have breast implants from ages 18 to 70 as an elective procedure to enhance their breasts. Learn who should consider breast augmentation in this free cosmetic surgery video.
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"In this clip we'll talk about who should be having breast augmentation, or breast enhancement surgery. Clearly the most common would be a woman. In fact there are some men that have breast augmentation surgery, but it's very, very rare, and that's usually associated with someone that has a trans-gender surgery. But we'll talk about more commonly with women, which is the vast majority. And it would have to be a woman that has a certain level of maturity, both physically and emotionally, to handle going through a procedure. Granted the procedure has very little risk, it's very common and certain people consider it to be just like going to the beauty parlor for a hair cut. However, there are things that need to be considered in long term consequences. Therefore a certain level of maturity. And so the criteria are the woman should be at least 18 years old, developed in her body and then hopefully reaching some level of maturity where she can understand the implications of going through a procedure. And then the age could range up into the 50's or 60's or older. Certainly women now and days are healthier and living longer, and wanting to take care of themselves, and so there's really no age limit, as long as they're healthy enough to have the surgery. Generally an older woman will have other issues where the breast may be droopy and they may need some lifting as well, which is another aspect of breast augmentation. But for now we'll just talk about putting in implants. So therefore, any woman pretty much between the ages of 18 and 50 to 70 would be a good candidate for this surgery."
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