Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation, or augmentation mammaplasty, is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures performed today. Implants, filled with either saline or silcone gel, are placed in a pocket either directly under the breast tissue or behind the pectoralis muscle to enhance the overall shape and fullness of the breasts. Women of all ages undergo breast augmentation, to improve self-esteem, confidence, and quality of life.

Women choose breast augmentation for many reasons:

• Desire for a more balanced figure
• Wanting larger breasts due to weight loss or aging
• To achieve symmetry
• To restore volume and shape after child bearing
• To look better in clothes and in bathing suits
• To achieve a more pleasing shape
• To simply enhance what you already have

Whatever your reason for choosing breast augmentation, Dr. Siporin and his staff will provide you with an enjoyable experience that will leave you with a new and enhanced self image.

Preparing for Surgery

• Dr. Siporin will cover all alternatives, and explain the procedure in detail
• A mammogram may be ordered
• Surgery is performed in an outpatient surgery center, and you will need somebody to pick you up, and to stay with you the first night
• If you smoke, you should stop smoking two weeks prior to surgery
• A thorough evaluation and detailed measurements will be performed during your preoperative visit, to assure you obtain an implant appropriate for your goals and for your body size
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About Breast Augmentation Surgery

• Surgery is performed under general anesthesia
• Incisions are made either around the areola, underneath the breast, or in the arm pit
• A pocket is dissected under direct vision, to create a precise pocket for the implant, which is placed in the pocket, usually beneath the muscle
• Sizing implants will be used with you sitting up on the operating table, to assure the appropriate implant is chosen for you
• Surgery usually takes between one and two hours
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Recovery Following Surgery

• You will be seen the day after surgery by Dr. Siporin
• Avoid strenuous activity for two weeks, and heavy lifting for four weeks
• Sutures are removed at one week
• You will be given specific instructions on massaging your implants
• Most women return to work within one week, but everybody is different
• You should buy a comfortable sports bra to wear for four weeks and avoid underwire bras for six months
• You may shower the day after surgery

Additional Facts about Breast Augmentation

• Dr. Siporin will cover all of your options, as there are many decisions regarding implants, and Dr. Siporin will take the time to assure that you understand all of your choices
• Silicone implants are now available to all patients
• The most common complication after breast implant surgery is called capsular contracture. Capsular contracture is a hardening of the breast implant, which affects approximately 10% of patients and may require reoperation to correct.