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Abstract Mammoplasty may be augmentation mammoplasty of ncrease the size of the breast, reduction mammoplasty, to ecrease the size of the breast. Mastopexy to left up the {breast. Reconstruction mammoplasty after mastectomy. The size and shape of woman’s breast are extremely important to her body image and self concept Apparently, many of these, Women had the fee 1 i ng of inadequacy because of their small breasts and increased sexual satisfaction presumb1y results from the release of sexual inhibiton caused by these feeling. Soaugmentation mammoplasty is indicated in m ic r 0 - mas t i a e i the run i 1 ate r alb i 1 ate r a 1 post par tum involution of the breasts, ptosis, post surgical deformity, Psychological and lastly for patients who are frequently over looked e.g. professienal dancers or entertainers. Augmentation mammoplasty can be done under local or general anaesthesia. The three basic surgical approaches are. Infra-mammary periareo1ar and transaxi11ary (Baker, 1979). Cronin 1970 advocate another less common technique transects the nipple and areola from three O’clock to nine O’cklock transversely. Augmentation mammoplasty done by three basic types of implants silicon gel implants gel, saline bi1umen implants and polyurethane foam-covered implants. Improvement in the state of the art in the reduction of hypertrophied breasts with associated ptosis has produced a number of procedures yielding acceptable to excel1ant |