The best breast band for breast augmentation surgery is provided by our proprietary breast band called the Mermaid band. This band is placed immediately following your breast augmentation and keeps your breast implants down low in their desired pocket position. This may not be intuitive, but breast implants placed under the pectoralis muscle tend to want to rise.
This is because a larger pocket is up high under the muscle rather than down low in the desired position. This is why the pectoral muscle is released from 3 to 9 O’Clock over its lower quadrant.
Several measures must be taken to ensure that the implants remain low in the desired position. The first is to avoid unnecessary dissection above the ultimate desired implant position. The second is ensuring patients do not sleep on their bellies in the early postoperative period.
This is because resting on your belly will result in superior compression and malpositioning of the implants. The final precaution critical to avoiding superior implant migration of implants is using a breast band in the early postoperative period.
The breast band is positioned immediately following breast augmentation over the superior aspect of the newly created breast mound. This garment is like a rectangular band located just above your breast mound and implant and below the armpit.
The breast band acts as a tourniquet over the upper chest, preventing breast implants from migrating. The breast band is kept in place for approximately two weeks, the time required to create a capsule. Once the capsule forms, then the implant becomes fixed in its position.
The only downfall of breast bands on the market is that they can be uncomfortable. Patients routinely complain that the breast bands get wedged in their armpits resulting in underarm chafing. The chafing can become symptomatic, as observed in patients placing handkerchiefs to cushion the band from the armpit skin. More concerning is the breast band chafing becoming so severe that patients become non-compliant with wearing them and risk malpositioning.
The best breast band for breast augmentation must avoid armpit chafing. This is why we created the best breast band for breast augmentation, called the Mermaid band. The mermaid band is unique in its cut-outs in the armpit region that avoid compression of the armpits when positioned above the breast implants. The cut-outs are positioned to avoid any pressure or irritation of the armpits. In addition, the materials used are breathable, thus avoiding irritation or rashes.
Finally, the best breast band for breast augmentation is aesthetically pleasing, with cute woven hearts that patients enjoy showing off. The mermaid band does come in two colors, pink and black, to harmonize with your desired attire.
Please see this 54-year-old female who demonstrates ideal breast implant positioning because she wore her mermaid band throughout the early postoperative period.