Choosing Breast Surgery by Reviews Alone? The Surgical Environment and Aftercare You May Miss <Advice from 20 Years of Research Experience>

Hello, this is U&U Plastic Surgery, born from 20 years of research devoted solely to the breast.

Breast surgery research papers from the 2000s - listed as an author

Our 500-pyeong (approx. 1,650 m²) breast surgery center

Seoul National University symposium / presentations at the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Browsing Gangnam Unni / the Yeouya community

every day has practically become my routine

I've lost count of how many reviews I've read already..

I still don't know which clinic

I should go to

I also need to organize what to say

when I visit the clinic..

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I am writing this article for those in situations like the above.

If you are thinking of having surgery around the end of this year or early next year, you probably feel even more rushed.

But since the decision you make now will also determine how you look 5 or 10 years from now, I hope you will take your time and be careful.

Drawing on our experience of performing over 3,000 breast augmentation procedures last year, let me share what to look for when choosing a clinic for breast surgery.

At the end, I have also included precautions you should know for your consultation, so please read all the way through.

The 'Let Me In' TV program from over a decade ago - our breast surgery medical team took part

1. How does the clinic manage

infection control in the operating room?

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The human body is designed to mount an inflammatory response against a foreign material such as an implant.

That is why side effects like capsular contracture can occur after implant surgery.

This is not a problem that can be solved by the surgeon's skill alone. The surgical environment, such as how sterility is managed in the operating room, also affects the risk of side effects.

Resident bacteria live on the face.

These resident bacteria usually cause no problems, but in an operating room they can become a source of infection.

Moreover, once released, resident bacteria can travel through the air and enter other operating rooms.

For the safety of your surgery, take a close look at how the clinic manages infection control in its operating rooms.

Supporting data: Medical Device Electronic Civil Service portal - breast implant registration records

2. How aftercare and

breast screening continue

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Having discussed the surgery itself above, I would now like to talk about the aftercare side.

With facial surgery, aftercare focused only on the face is often perfectly fine.

But breast surgery is different.

After breast surgery,

it helps to look at changes in your whole body,

not just the recovery of the breasts.

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Getting breast augmentation means living with two implants for the rest of your life.

Since you carry the weight of two implants for a lifetime, the effects can extend to your body posture as well

- Shoulders rounding forward under the weight of two implants

- Straight neck or forward-head (turtle neck) posture

- Pain starting from the trapezius / neck / shoulders and spreading onward, and so on..

Beyond aftereffects like these, future breast examinations can also become an issue.

With implants in place, mammography - which compresses the breast - inevitably feels burdensome from the patient's point of view.

The body changes caused by implants, future breast examinations, and so on..

To keep the life that changes after breast surgery well looked after, I recommend checking at the consultation where and how your aftercare and breast screening will be done.

Body posture changes caused by implant weight

→ Managed with Pilates / manual therapy / physical therapy

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Pilates care room (U&U Plastic Surgery)

Manual therapy / physical therapy care room (U&U Plastic Surgery)

Breast examinations made harder by implants

-> A system built to handle it all in-house

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( Mastocheck: a blood test that looks at breast cancer risk )

To help maintain your breast shape,

consulting on how to wear the right bra

(with a brassiere designer)

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2nd-floor brassiere center

The layout of U&U Plastic Surgery's 5-story breast surgery center

For those looking into clinics for breast surgery, this is everything I have prepared.

Finally, let me share some material on what to discuss when you visit a clinic for consultation.

[Free PDF]

A collection of breast surgery Q&As from 2 years

in mom-community forums

Materials to help you prepare for a breast surgery consultation

For the past 2 years, we held Q&A sessions on the topic of breast surgery in mom-community forums.

We answered questions not only about breast surgery side effects, but also from those weighing important life stages such as childbirth and pregnancy.

Today, U&U Plastic Surgery keeps to a principle of 3 surgeries / 6 consultations per surgeon per day.

Still, hoping to help those interested in breast surgery, we share a selection of only the most frequently asked questions from those Q&As.

[Free PDF] A collection of breast surgery Q&As from 2 years in mom-community forums

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Thank you for reading this long article.

This has been U&U Plastic Surgery, a breast surgery clinic born from 20 years of research devoted solely to the breast.

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