Category: breast augmentation | breast implants | plastic surgery case study

Background:  Few women have perfectly symmetric breasts. While most women would acknowledge that anatomic fact, most women would prefer to not undergo an aesthetic procedure where their natural asymmetry becomes magnified. But this is exactly what can happen in breast augmentation surgery. Two symmetrically shaped and sized implants will merely enlarge what exists before surgery Read More…

Background:  The most common patient that seeks breast augmentation is the young female. They understandably seek it because of little breast tissue development in most cases. Their young age and minimal breast tissue growth through their teenage years creates a very pubescent chest appearance. Their small breasts and tight tissue makes them a great candidate Read More…

Background: Silicone breast implants can be inserted through various skin incisions because they are deformable. If they were not the size of the skin incision needed would have to be the same as the base diameter of the implant. In small breast implants this would be 11cm or 12 cms while larger breast implants could Read More…

Background: Breast augmentation surgery using implants remains one of the most successful body contouring procedures over the past fifty years. The immediate and sustained increase in breast size offered by an implant is the reason for its success and popularity. Because it is an implant dependent aesthetic procedure, it is not a perfect operation as Read More…

Background: Since breast augmentation is about increasing breast size it is no surprise that so much thought goes into choosing implant size before surgery. This is the one single issue that patients focus on and are often indecisive about before the surgery. No patient wants to be too big or too small knowing that in Read More…

Background: Many women that undergo breast augmentation surgery have had children. As a result of pregnancy and breast engorgement, stretch marks commonly develop. They occur in a radiating fashion from the nipple in a perpendicular orientation to the relaxed skin tension lines of the breast, Since so many women have breast stretch marks, it is Read More…

Background: One of the considerations in breast augmentation surgery is the choice of the incision. While it is important to remember that the incision is just a method of access to the making of the desired breast pocket, and what is done on the inside remains the same regardless of the incision used, it is Read More…

Background: The primary goal of breast implants for every patient is an increase in breast size. Such an effect is always achieved as one would expect from placing a permanent implant into the breast mound. But some women also desire that they have a breast lifting effect which is not nearly as predictable or should Read More…

Background: Breast augmentation can be done using two different types of implants, saline and silicone.  (technically three if you include the saline-filled Ideal implant) Both type of breast implant has their own unique advantage sand disadvantages Silicone offers the most natural feel and an implant that will probably last longer as it can not undergo Read More…

Background: The outcome of breast augmentation is affected by many variables that go far beyond the implant itself. The shape and position of the breast mound and its nipples profoundly impact how they will look when the implants are placed behind them. Too often patients believe that the enlarging their breasts will correct many of Read More…