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

Case Study: Small Silicone Gel Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast augmentation is one surgical plastic surgery procedure whose numbers performed per year continue to rise. One such reason is that the desire for larger breasts encompasses a wide variety of desires from being just a little bigger to very big and a large number of implant styles and sizes to match. On both Read More…

Case Study: The Value of Nipple Lifts in Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast implants are placed in a wide variety of breast shapes. While they will always increase breast size that does not mean an improved breast shape will always result. A key feature of the perception of breast shape is the location of the nipple-areolar complex. It is always most aesthetically pleasing when it is Read More…

Case Study: Implant Augmentation of the Deflated Post-Pregnancy Breast

Background: The breasts are well known to be changing structures throughout a women’s lifetime. While gravity does have its own effect over time, the impact of pregnancies is usually more significant. While the increase in size is a well known effect of pregnancy on the breast, less appreciated is the actual loss of breast tissue Read More…

Postoperative Instructions for Breast Lifts with Implants

Breast reshaping for many women requires a combination of volume enhancement/restoration and lifting of sagging skin and a low nipple-areolar position. Saline or silicone breast implants are placed in a complete or partial submuscular position and various types of lifts are performed on the overlying breast skin envelope. In most cases of significant breast Read More…

Case Study: Correction of Sagging Breasts with Combined Lifts and Implants

Background: The combination of pregnancies, weight loss and gravity change most every woman’s breasts.All of these undesired changes are classic, the breasts change shape and they sag downward. The combination of more skin and less volume allows the breasts to lose their once uplifted and rounder appearance. Some women undergo involution only (breast tissue Read More…

Case Study: Breast Augmentation in the Female Bodybuilder

Background: Breast augmentation can be done placing implants either above or below the pectoralis major muscle. There are arguments for and against either implant location although the vast majority of plastic surgeons today opt for an under the muscle (subpectoral) implant position. The reasons are better tissue coverage of the implant and a reduced risk Read More…

Subpectoral vs Subglandular Breast Implant Placement

One of the historic debates in primary (first time) breast augmentation is whether the implants should be placed above or below the pectoralis muscle. While this issue has various opinions amongst different plastic surgeons and has waxed and waned over the years as implant options have changed, it is important that prospective patients know the Read More…

Avoiding The Need For A Lift In Breast Augmentation

The placement of a breast implant is often viewed as being either under the pectoralis muscle or above it. When it comes to being above the muscle in the so-called subglandular position it can only be completely in that position. But when it comes to the submuscular position, a partial or complete placement relative to Read More…

Case Study: Correction of Breast Implant Bottoming Out

Background: The placement of breast implants is largely debated about whether it should be above or below the pectoralis muscle. While this is an extremely important decision, the implant’s relationship to the inframammary fold also has relevance. It will have an influence on how the augmented breast shape will look, regardless of the tissue plane Read More…