These Are 4 Things You Need To Know About Silicone Scar Sheeting For Breast Surgery

1. How Should I Decide Which Silicone Sheet I Need?
2. What Are The Different Kinds of Breast Surgery?
3. What Are The Different Kinds of Breast Augmentation Incisions?
4. How Long Does It Take Breast Incisions To Heal?

Do you have breast surgery coming up? Perhaps you’ve recently undergone breast surgery and are looking for a breast surgery scars treatment that will help you reduce the appearance of your procedure’s natural scarring. Luckily, there are many options for treatment for breast augmentation incisions. In this post, we’re going to take a look at how to pick the right silicone sheeting (the best product on the market for this purpose) and answer the question: how long does it take breast incisions to heal?

When you start looking at silicone sheeting for breast surgery scars treatment, your first inclination might be to buy the one that matches up with what procedure you had done. While this might be fine for some people, every surgery is different – your incision might be longer or taller than someone else’s. Generally speaking, you’ll want to choose your Scar Heal Kit based on what type of incision was used to close up after your surgery.

There are several different kinds of breast procedures, and each individual procedure can use many different incision techniques. You can get information on what approach your surgeon will be taking before your surgery so that you can have the right silicone sheet on hand.

The following are common breast procedures that surgeons across the country perform every day:

• Mastectomy

    • Single / Double

    • Nipple Sparing

    • Skin Sparing

    • Radical

• Breast Reduction

• Breast Augmentation

• Breast Lift

• Top Surgery

• Breast Reconstruction

Just like with any surgery, breast surgeries will be closed up with an incision. This incision will vary depending on what type of surgery you had, how much loose skin was involved, and how much tissue was removed during your procedure. These are the most common incision types and the type of Scar Heal Kit we recommend for each:

• Transaxillary Incision: Small incision in the armpit.

     - Recommended: 3.75 x 7.5cm Scar Heal Kit

• Inframammary Incision: In the breast fold, underneath.

     - Recommended: 3.75 x 7.5cm Scar Heal Kit

• Areolar or Periareolar Incision: Circular, around the areola, common with breast lifts.

   Also called a donut or benelli incision.

     - Recommended: 7.5cm Circle Scar Heal Kit

• Lollipop Incision: Lollipop-shaped around the areola, common with lifts or reconstruction.

   Also called a vertical incision.

     - Recommended: Lollipop Scar Heal Kit

• Anchor Incision without Areolar: 

     - Recommended: Partial Anchor Scar Heal Kit

• Anchor Incision with Areolar:

   Also called the “Wise Pattern” Incision.

     - Recommended: Full Anchor Scar Heal Kit