Valencia Breast Enhancement - Augmentation with Breast Implants
By Marc R Lussier, MD, FACS
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Everyone loves full and shapely breasts. Bathing suits fit better, evening dresses show a more curvaceous silhouette, and hips appear smaller. From a woman's perspective, these attributes engender self-esteem and a sense of femininity. Sometimes, however, Mother Nature is not so generous, leaving you with disproportionately small breasts. Luckily, this can be corrected with Aesthetic Breast Surgery.
The first step towards improving your figure is to schedule a consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon. During this first meeting, you and your surgeon discuss your desires and establish a surgical plan. There are four basic decisions to be discussed during the meeting:
- Implant type: Saline vs. Silicone (The FDA recently approved a new generation of silicone implants. Click here to learn more.)
- Surgical approach: under the arm, around the areola, under the breast, or through the belly button.
- Implant placement: above or below the pectoralis muscle.
- Implant size: large vs. small breast enhancement. (Note that 175 cc of saline increases breast size by about one cup size.)
The most common approach I use places the incision around the areola and inserts a 325 cc saline implant below the muscle. This usually increases your size by one and a half, to two cup sizes.
The surgical procedure is usually performed under general anesthesia. We inject "tumescent fluid" into the breast to numb the area, and to reduce bruising. During the procedure, the patient is placed into a sitting position on the operating table to inspect for size, shape, and symmetry. Following this exacting inspection, a permanent implant is placed in the pocket and the patient is awakened and sent home after a short recovery.
Our patients are usually up and showering the next day after surgery. The sutures are removed and you're back to work after a week of recovery. We have found breast augmentation to consistently be a successful and satisfying procedure that remains one of Victoria's best kept secrets.
High Profile Breast Implants
Breast augmentation is more popular now than ever before and the types of implants available continue to expand and improve. With the introduction of a new generation of FDA-approved silicone gel implants, women now have more options than ever before in selecting the implant that is best for each woman's body. Click here to learn more about silicone gel breast implants. The latest improvement for enhancement of the breast with saline implants is the High Profile implant, which maximizes the options for shaping a narrower breast with a taller projection.
The ideal candidates for this style of implant are petite-framed women without a lot of droop to their breasts. The implant is narrow but tall, with an increased capacity for saline filling. Once the saline is added to the implant, the shaped breast projects nicely while avoiding excessive fullness and expansion beyond the chest wall and into the underarm area. This combination works well with petite-framed women who desire larger, shapelier breasts without excessive width.
Everyone loves full and shapely breasts that do not look "overdone." The High Profile saline implant offers the option of a larger, shapelier breast to the small-framed woman.
Please call Wendy Whitehead, our Patient Care Coordinator, for more information on this exciting new implant.
Learn more about Breast Enlargement:
- See Breast Enlargement Before and After Photos
- Read about the new FDA-approved Silicone Gel Breast Implants
New! Learn about easy, affordable Financing Options for breast enlargement cosmetic surgery.
