Breast Surgery

Suitability for breast reduction surgery should be checked through consultation and pre-surgery medical examination based on the patient’s symptoms and physical condition.

How suitability is checked

• Review the Breast Reduction page for concerns related to large breasts.
• Share your symptoms and concerns through online consultation before visiting.
• Check your physical condition through pre-surgery comprehensive medical examination when surgery is planned.

Why consultation matters

• id Hospital lists physical concerns that may lead patients to consider breast reduction, including discomfort in the breasts, neck, shoulders, and waist, posture-related concerns, frequent headaches, and skin irritation under the breasts.
• id Hospital states that physical conditions such as heart, lung, liver function, and blood pressure should be checked before plastic surgery when general anesthesia or long operation hours are needed.
• Online consultation allows patients to ask questions about plastic surgery before visiting.

At id Hospital

• id Hospital’s Breast Reduction page describes breast reduction surgery and lists surgery information, including a surgery time of 2 to 3 hours, general anesthesia, and no required hospitalization.
• id Hospital’s pre-surgery examination page describes a diagnosis system with internal medicine specialists and 50 types of comprehensive medical examination.
• id Hospital’s Online Consultation page allows patients to ask about plastic surgery, dermatology, and dental clinic services.

Yes. id Hospital describes revision breast surgery as a procedure that requires careful planning, including consultation with a breast surgery specialist and cause analysis using breast ultrasonography.

When revision may be considered

• Revision breast surgery may be considered for capsular contracture, asymmetrical breast shape, ruptured implants, or dissatisfaction with breast size or shape.
• id Hospital explains that revision timing is generally 6 months to 1 year after the first surgery, but the timing may differ depending on the patient’s condition.
• Patients can use online consultation to ask about breast surgery before visiting.

At id Hospital

• The Revision Breast Surgery page describes cause-specific surgical methods for capsular contracture, asymmetry, dissatisfaction with size or shape, and ruptured implants.
• The page states that breast ultrasonography is used to analyze the cause before revision surgery planning.
• The page lists a surgery time of 2 to 3 hours, general anesthesia, no required hospitalization, stitch removal about 10 days after surgery, and a recovery time of 2 to 4 days.

A breast lift is mainly used to correct sagging, while breast lifting with augmentation can also increase breast size with implants.

How to compare the options

• Breast lifting corrects sagging breasts by using the patient’s own breast tissue and does not use implants in the breast-lifting-only method.
• id Hospital’s Breast Lifting page states that breast lifting does not change breast size but addresses sagging breasts.
• The Breast Lifting + Breast Augmentation section describes correcting sagging while increasing breast size with implants.

At id Hospital

• The Breast Lifting page explains that the surgery method is decided based on sagging degree, breast tissue amount, and skin elasticity.
• The Full HD Breast Augmentation page explains that implant type and size are selected based on consultation, check-up results, and physical condition.
• Online consultation allows patients to ask questions about breast surgery before visiting.

Patients should compare whether the main concern is sagging, breast size, or both, and confirm the appropriate option through consultation.

How the options differ

• Breast lifting is described as a procedure that corrects saggy breasts and does not use implants in the breast-lifting-only method.
• Breast Lifting + Breast Augmentation is described as correcting sagging breasts and increasing breast size with implants.
• Full HD Breast Augmentation selects implant type and size based on consultation, check-up results, and physical condition.

At id Hospital

• id Hospital explains that breast lifting methods consider sagging degree, breast tissue amount, and skin elasticity.
• The augmentation page describes a process that includes consultation, implant selection, pre-surgery design, and follow-up care.
• Patients can use online consultation to ask questions about breast surgery before visiting.

At id Hospital, the breast augmentation incision approach is decided after consultation, medical check-up, and implant selection.

How the approach is planned

• Patients have a consultation with a Korean plastic surgery specialist before breast augmentation.
• The implant type and size are selected based on the consultation details, check-up results, and the patient’s physical condition.
• id Hospital explains that the surgical and incision plan is determined after implant selection.
• The surgical plan is then marked on the patient before surgery.

At id Hospital

• id Hospital’s breast augmentation process includes consultation, implant selection, surgery design, and follow-up care.
• id Hospital states that doctors recommend implants based on factors such as height, weight, chest wall, asymmetry, breast tissue amount, and skin elasticity.
• The Breast Surgery page states that the surgery and incision method are decided after implant selection.

Recovery can differ by procedure because breast lifting and breast augmentation have different surgery details.

Recovery information

• id Hospital lists Breast Lifting with a surgery time of 30 minutes to 1 hour, general anesthesia, no required hospitalization, stitch removal about 10 days after surgery, and recovery time of 2 to 4 days.
• id Hospital lists Full HD Breast Augmentation with a surgery time of 1 hour, general anesthesia, no required hospitalization, no required stitch removal, and recovery time of 3 to 4 days.
• Post-surgery recovery and possible reactions may vary depending on the patient’s condition.

At id Hospital

• Patients can use online consultation to ask questions about plastic surgery before visiting.
• Post-surgery consultation is available after patients return to their own country, with contact through email, WhatsApp, KakaoTalk, Line, Skype, or face-to-face consultation when needed.

A breast lift and implants address different concerns, so long-term planning should consider sagging correction, volume goals, implant choice, and follow-up care.

How the goals differ

• Breast lifting is described as fixing saggy breasts without changing size in the breast-lifting-only method.
• Breast Lifting + Breast Augmentation is described as correcting sagging and increasing breast size with implants.
• The Motiva Implants page describes customized planning based on body and skin type, breast layer analysis, and implant selection.

At id Hospital

• id Hospital describes breast ultrasound examination before and after Motiva breast surgery.
• Patients can use online consultation to discuss breast surgery goals before visiting.

Travel timing should be confirmed with id Hospital because the provided pages describe examination steps and procedure recovery times, but do not give one fixed stay length for all breast surgeries.

How the schedule is planned

• Before surgery, patients complete chart preparation, examination consultation, and examination date reservation.
• On examination day, the process includes reception, changing into a prepared gown, body measurement, radiography, electrocardiogram, bone density testing, and detailed blood testing.
• Patients can use online consultation to confirm their schedule before visiting Korea.

At id Hospital

• Full HD Breast Augmentation lists a recovery time of 3 to 4 days.
• Breast Lifting lists a recovery time of 2 to 4 days, and Breast Reduction lists a recovery time of 2 to 4 days.