The impact of breast augmentation on the skin temperature of the breast

Breast augmentation is one of the most frequent aesthetic surgeries. Different surgical approaches and different implants are used. Complications in mammoplasty are possible and different in type and incidence. Some are specific to this type of operation, the capsular contracture being the most common, which has been studied in detail. There are few specific complications of the augmentation mammoplasty which refer to disorders of different breast skin functions. Insight in the global literature shows that these complications were studied to a lesser extent when it comes to the sensibility of the nipples. There are no available data on skin temperature after mammoplasty augmentation. So far the temperature of the skin was examined mostly in the situations of the physical exertion, skin diseases, diabetes, rheumatic disorders, use of the skin flaps in surgeries, and also use of the tissue expanders. The temperature of breast skin was examined only in breast feeders. Hence, the aim of this paper was to research breast skin temperature changes after augmentation using the silicon prosthesis, assuming that change occurs on the breast skin after the operation, which could be important in providing information to the patient before surgery.