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Let’s play the tuba

in our opinion, the best plastic surgery is that for which there is no need to perform, but when TUBA appeared on the stage, many surgeons thought it was the answer to all their prayers. This is not about a musical instrument, TUBA is a recently developed method to perform cosmetic plastic breast implant surgery. It is an acronym for Trans Umbilical Breast Augmentation. First performed during the nineties, the intention was to minimize the scar tissue that traditional breast implants surgeries would leave around the breast. By many doctors considered to be the best plastic surgery, it has many downsides, as we will see.

It basically consists of an incision made around the belly button or navel. From there a series of tubes are inserted until they reach the final position of the implants (go figure!).

They may be placed on the pectoral muscle, or right below it. The latter is reserved for women with scarce breast tissue. Number one fact: a series of tubes, among which there is an implant sizer and an endoscope are introduced in your body, all along the belly. Not a nice sensation.

As with liposuction, this operation has to be performed with total anesthesia, another down side of it. Implants are placed rolled like a taco, and they are inflated with saline solution, until desired size and position are reached.

Even while performing the best plastic surgery, nasty consequences like damages to the nerves, hematoma -accumulation of blood-, infection risks, swelling and pain are some of the ordeals patients might experience.