Breast Implant Dangers And Natural Breast Enlargement

Some women who want bigger breasts opt for breast implant surgery. Often women decide it is right for them without looking at the unsettling facts about breast implant surgery. They also do not realize that there are all natural treatments to achieve the same effect they want, without having surgery.

Did you know that about 3% of all breast implant surgery patients experience at least one of their implants being deflated within three years of the surgery?

The main problem with breast implants (gel implants or the newest saline implants) is that they can break, or leak. Now this is not a problem with the newer saline implant because the salt water will just be absorbed by the body. It will still need to be replaced however.

Older gel implant breakage can cause one of two problems. If enough time has passed since the surgery for a contracture scar to develop around the implant (a normal healing process) then there won’t seem to be any problems. However if the contracture scar is not completely developed, or not in the right area, then the gel from the implant can seep into other parts of the body.

In this case, the woman will feel as if her breast implant is actually leaking. If the gel has leaked to other areas of the body, it may be impossible to remove all of the leaked gel. This leakage can stay in the body for years and is thought to be the cause of joint problems later in life. Again, in either case here, the implant must be removed permanently or replaced.

What causes a breast implant to break or leak?

Many things can cause a sensitive gel or saline breast implant to break or leak. These include overfilling or underfilling the implant with saline solution (only for saline implants), capsular contracture (tightening of the implant from body’s natural healing process), the doctor squeezing too hard in a mammography exam, normal aging of the implant (normally it will have to be replaced at some future time), injury to the breast, and other unknown or unexplainable reasons.

Women interested in breast enlargement should consider all natural options before choosing surgery. Some women may not be able to afford a $5,000 surgery.

There are now herbal breat enhancement supplements and exercise programs to enlarge, enhance, and lift up a woman’s breasts to the desired effect.

All natural herbal ingredients in products like Breast Gain Plus have been used for centuries to give women the necessary nutrients for healthy lactaction and breast milk, a more attractive and satisfying bustline.

The dangers of breast implant surgery are becoming the number one reason why more and more women are turning to natural breast enhancement products to achieve the same or even better results.

Sandra Richardson is a nutritionist who writes about women's health issues. You can read more about natural breast enhancement by visiting her women's health website at http://www.BreastEnhancementNow.com

Hypnosis Complements Breast Cancer Treatment and Breast Surgery

If you are scheduled for breast surgery (biopsy, lumpectomy or mastectomy) or you are undergoing post-surgical breast cancer treatment, hypnosis is an excellent complementary therapy that can enhance the positive effects of various therapies.* Using hypnotherapy in combination with your medical breast cancer treatment will make you feel more empowered and in control of your care, and it will help you maximize your overall wellness.

The power of the subconscious mind can be a potent ally in healing from surgery and recovering from breast cancer, for it is the subconscious mind that controls automatic body processes, including immune function and pain perception. Additionally, the subconscious mind is the source of all emotions, which also makes hypnosis a logical choice for dealing with the emotional aspects of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Hypnosis for breast cancer treatment can help with the following issues:

Pre-Surgical Preparation: Numerous studies in medical journals have shown that people who prepare for surgery using hypnosis generally have fewer complications, heal faster and have less post-operative pain. Hypnosis will help you feel calm, relaxed and positive before, during and after surgery. Usually, the hypnosis therapy is geared toward making positive suggestions to your subconscious regarding your surgery and its outcome, as well as teaching you how to effectively manage pre-surgery stress.

When we see pre-surgical clients in our hypnosis practice, we give them a CD to play before and immediately after surgery (and with headphones during surgery, if their surgeon permits). The CD contains soothing music, relaxing imagery and positive suggestions to reassure the client's subconscious mind that the surgery will go smoothly and that their body will heal quickly, with as little discomfort as possible.

The results of pre-surgical hypnosis can be quite amazing. Patients frequently report that they needed very little pain medication and that they were back on their feet very quickly after surgery. I recently spoke with a client with whom I had worked before her major abdominal surgery. After her surgery, her surgeon told her he would order a narcotic pain killer. She told him to hold off on the narcotics because she was not in much pain. In fact, she required only ibuprofen and she was up and walking around just two hours after her surgery! Needless to say, her doctor was amazed.

Any surgery can be stressful, but breast surgery that may indicate a need for follow-up breast cancer treatment can be extremely stressful for any woman. In our practice, hypnosis for breast cancer surgery focuses specifically on this extreme stress. The calmer you stay before the surgery, the more resources your body has to heal itself as quickly as possible.

Follow-Up Treatment If Cancer Is Detected: If you require follow-up radiation and/or chemotherapy as part of your breast cancer treatment, hypnosis can teach you how to feel more relaxed and manage your stress. A growing body of evidence suggests that chronic stress and the cascade of stress hormones it produces can interfere with the proper functioning of the immune system. An immune system which is as healthy as it can be (given the specific treatment) is critically important during breast cancer treatment.

When we work with breast cancer clients in our practice, we teach them relaxation, self-hypnosis and stress management techniques. We also teach our clients how to use mental imagery to encourage their immune system to work together with their medical therapies in order to maximize the benefits of their breast cancer treatment. For example, we may teach a client to visualize her immune system attacking and killing the cancer cells, or surrounding and transforming the cancer cells into something harmless. The visualization work for each client's breast cancer treatment is always tailored to her needs and the way her imagination works.

If your breast cancer treatment creates side effects, including nausea, hypnosis can help you minimize those side effects. And if your breast cancer treatment creates body image issues, hypnosis can also help you feel good about your body again. Each woman is different, both in her needs and in her physical and emotional reactions to the breast cancer treatment and its side effects. Accordingly, each woman's hypnosis sessions will need to be tailored specifically to her requirements and goals.

Whether you are scheduled to undergo breast surgery to determine if you need follow-up breast cancer treatment, or you are already undergoing breast cancer treatment, hypnosis can complement your medical treatment in multiple ways.

*Hypnosis is not a substitute for medical breast cancer treatment. Rather, it is an excellent complement to standard medical breast cancer treatment. Hypnosis works with doctors, not against them. Do not discontinue medical breast cancer treatment when you begin hypnotherapy.

Loretta Sernekos, Ph.D., is a Certified Hypnotherapist in private practice in Cherry Hill, NJ and Philadelphia, PA. You can visit her hypnosis practice website at http://sghypnosis.com for more information and audio podcasts. For additional hypnosis information and articles, both modern and antiquarian, visit http://hypnosisgateway.com.