After surgery, breasts will appear "fuller" and more shapely in contour. There is minimal scarring and the result will be a very natural looking breast.

One must always remember to do their 'homework' when considering having any surgery procedure. This includes consulting with a skilled experienced and qualified specialist, such as Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon Dr. Collins M.D. Be sure and have all your questions answered and you fully understand the risks of your chosen procedure. Doing this can mean the difference between a successful surgeon.

Many women feel that their breasts do not match their overall body physique. Small breast size may be due to a lack of normal breast development or to a decrease of breast volume following pregnancy or menopause. This procedure is designed to give the female patient a fuller breast.

Your breast tissue is not altered by a breast enlarging procedure. This operation is performed by placing an implant behind your own breast tissue, simply pushing it forward and enlarging the appearance of the breast. Most patients have been exceedingly pleased with this operative procedure.

The increase in breast size will be limited by the tightness of your skin, but significant improvement can usually be achieved. The final decision regarding implant size must be made by the surgeon during the operation, but size will be discussed with you before the procedure and every effort will be made to create an optimal breast for you.

If someone you know has had an augmentation, have you seen the result? Do you like it? Even if you do, are your tissues exactly the same as her tissues before she had the operation? If not, your result won’t be the same either

A common practice by surgeons, implant manufacturers, and Internet Web sites is to show pictures and imply (even with disclaimers) that you can look at pictures and choose what type or size implant might be best for you. If you see pictures in a magazine of breasts that you like, can you take the pictures to a surgeon (like you would take pictures of a hairstyle to your hairstylist) and expect to get the breast that is pictured? Not if you or the surgeon are very sophisticated. Can you manipulate images on a Web site or a surgeon’s office computer and reliably predict how your tissues might respond to a certain type or size of breast implant? Can you make good choices based on pictures? The answer is no, but you should understand why it is impossible to logically compare what you’d like to have to any picture, whether it’s in a magazine or on the Internet.

One must always remember to do their 'homework' when considering having any surgery procedure. This includes consulting with a skilled experienced and qualified specialist. Be sure and have all your questions answered and you fully understand the risks of your chosen procedure. Doing this can mean the difference between a successful surgeon.

Now, there is a long list of safety measures that plastic surgeons take during surgery to enhance the recovery experience for breast augmentation patients and reduce the risk of complications following surgery.

Some side effects following breast augmentation may include: swelling, bruising, inflammation, nausea, pain, and muscle spasm.

Pain following breast augmentation has been markedly reduced case of several techniques used in surgery. The delicate techniques used today are not as invasive as those in the past. Also, plastic surgeons may use pain medication in the breast pocket that they create for the breast implant during surgery. Techniques today often do not result in the need for drains to be placed in the breast following surgery. The strategies that are used to reduce infection and bruising also impact the level of breast augmentation pain.

Nausea following breast augmentation may be due to anesthesia given during the procedure and/or due to pain medication that is taken during recovery. Plastic surgeons today use approaches to the procedure that involve less dissection of the breast and more delicate techniques to reduce the need for pain medication during recovery. In addition, there are anesthetics available today that do not produce as much nausea as in the past. In fact, many patients today may undergo the procedure with local anesthetics and sedation which further reduces the risk for nausea following surgery. Finally, there are anti-nausea pre and post medications that may be used to reduce of nausea after surgery.

“If you and your surgeon don’t recognize and acknowledge what your body tissues will allow you to have now and for the future, one or both of you may pay a penalty you don’t want to pay.”

One of the first and most important steps on the staircase is understanding the importance of reconciling desires with reality—reconciling your wishes with your tissues. what you want with what your body will allow you to have. It’s much easier to find a surgeon who will tell you he can produce what you want than to find a surgeon who knows and will tell you how what you want is likely to affect you now and in the future. The choices you make now may decisively influence your risks of having problems and re-operations in the future.

Patients seeking breast augmentation may do so for a variety of reasons. A woman may desire larger breasts to enhance her body contour or if she feels her current breast size is too small. Breast augmentation may also be performed in order to make corrections after pregnancy or to balance the size of the breasts. Correcting these can also help to strengthen self-confidence, leading patients to seek breast augmentation.

Breast Augmentation uses breast implants which are either filled with a saline solution or silicone gel. If saline implants rupture, the saline solution is harmlessly reabsorbed into the body and the implant can be replaced.  Breast augmentation is a very individualized procedure in which your goals should be realistically determined and discussed with the surgeon.

Breast augmentation enhances or enlarges the size of the breasts using implants. Since the beginning of breast augmentation surgery in the early 60’s, millions of women have enhanced their bodies with silicone and saline breast implants. Breast Augmentation has become one of the most commonly performed procedures in plastic surgery.

Women who choose to have breast augmentation do so to improve their self-esteem and body image. Many patients are simply trying to increase their breast size to conform better to their body, while others may want to balance their breasts if they appear uneven. Often women want this procedure to restore their natural breast volume that may have decreased due to pregnancy, weight loss or aging.

Breast augmentation can enhance your appearance and your self-confidence, but it won't necessarily change your looks to match your ideal, or cause other people to treat you differently. Before you decide to have surgery, think carefully about your expectations and discuss them with your surgeon.

The best candidates for breast augmentation are women who are looking for improvement, not perfection, in the way they look. If you're physically healthy and realistic in your expectations, you may be a good candidate.

Breast augmentation is one of the oldest and safest cosmetic surgical procedures performed around the world today. With a simple implant behind the breast, you can enjoy a fuller bust line, firmer breasts and the kind of symmetry you have always desired. No wonder this procedure remains one of the most popular in a field crowded with effective choices.