Category: breast augmentation | breast implants

  The choice of implant size is a major consideration for every breast augmentation patient, for that is the reason they are having the procedure. I would wager that women spend more time on this aspect of breast augmentation than any other, including their selection of a plastic surgeon. As a result, one of the Read More…

  In today’s breast augmentation surgery, women have the option of either saline or silicone gel implants. Both work effectively at enlarging one’s breasts although there are some minor functional differences between them due to their different fill materials. Amongst the options beyond the type of implant are what size and what projection. While every Read More…

  While breast augmentation, despite the economy, remains a tremendously popular plastic surgery procedure, it certainly has its detractors. Not infrequently, I hear from patients and non-patients a questioning of why anyone would ever want breast augmentation. This is often followed with such statements as….’I would never do that to myself’…or…’How vain does someone have Read More…

  Breast augmentation surgery involves the placement of an implant underneath the muscle in most cases. The pectoralis major muscle is separated from the minor one and a pocket for the implant is created between the two. In some cases, a portion of the pectoralis major muscle where it attached at its lowest point to Read More…

  Since a breast implant does most of the ‘work’ of accomplishing a breast augmentation result, it is understandable that patients have great concerns about the size and style of the implant for their surgery. There are numerous methods for selecting the size of the implant and these issues have been addressed since the inception Read More…

  The most important steps for patients considering breast augmentation is finding the right plastic surgeon for youself and choosing the best style and size of breast implant that can meet your desires. As part of choosing a breast implant is the consideration of the manufacturer’s warranty program for their implants. That is something that Read More…

  Besides the type of breast implant (saline vs. silicone), the most important concern of all breast augmentation patients is size. For size is the exclusive reason one undergoes a breast augmentation. I find that many patients, understandably, obsess over the size issue worrying whether they may go too big (most common) or whether they Read More…

  Since silicone gel breast implants have been re-introduced for patient use in late 2006, they rapidly have become the preferred implant for many breast augmentations. Yet, despite FDA-approval, many patients (even relatively young ones) understandably ask about their safety. In my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice, I routinuely tell patients that they are perfectly safe Read More…

  There is always some concern that the sensation to the nipple may be decreased or lost after breast augmentation. Since the placement of a breast implant and the nerve that supplies the feeling to the nipple are in close proximity, breast augmentation always poses some threat of nerve injury. This is an issue which Read More…