Breast Augmentation in California

Breast Augmentation in California offered by a board certified plastic surgeon. Read about Breast Augmentation surgery, Breast Implants, and more.

Breast Augmentation Surgery
Breast augmentation is surgery procedure designed to enahance the size and shape of a woman's breasts by utilizing silicone or saline implants inserted underneath the breast tissue. In most cases, the implants are placed under the pectoralis muscle to achieve a natural look to the breats, and provide a better contour and proportion to a woman's figure. The goal of Breast Implant surgery is to create a natural and beautiful enhancement that is tailored to the needs and desires of each breast enhancement patient.

Types of Breast Implants

Saline Breast Implants - The saline implant has an exterior sack made of solid silicone, which is filled with a sterile saline solution — like the salt-water solution that is administered for intravenous fluids. One of the advantages of this solution is its safety. Should the implant for some reason leak, the saline just gets absorbed by your body, as would the intravenous fluids used during, and after surgery. Yet another advantage of the saline implants is a very low infection rate, which is usually less than one to two percent.

Silicone Breast Implants - These are implants that are filled with a silicone gel. More than 1.5 million American women currently have silicone breast implants. Some people feel that the silicone implant results in a more natural appearing breast.

Cohesive Gel Implants - Cohesive gel implants are silicone implants that are filled with a thicker silicone gel that holds its shape and form like a "gummy bear." If you cut into a standard gel implant, the liquid silicone gel escapes from the implant shell. In contrast, when you cut into a cohesive gel implant, the implant itself maintains its shape and integrity. These shaped implants are designed with a focus upon a natural look, rather than for enlargement. Furthermore, gummy bear implants maintain their shape in an upright position that decreases the incidence of folding of the implant shell or rippling. If a cohesive gel implant ruptures, it maintains both its shape and integrity.

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Who Is a Candidate for Breast Augmentation In California?
Breast augmentation offers a unique opportunity to surgically "customize" the shape of the breast rather than just bra size. You may want to wear an outfit that reveals more cleavage, change your wardrobe style, or simply create the proper balance between your breasts and hips.

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 breast augmentation, think carefully about your expectations and discuss them with your plastic surgeon.

The best candidates for breast augmentation are women who are looking for improvement and realistic in the way they look. If you're physically healthy, women 18 years of age for saline implants and 22 years of age for silicone gel implants, not currently pregnant or nursing, you may be a good candidate.

Breast Augmentation in California offered by a board certified plastic surgeon. Read about Breast Augmentation surgery, Breast Implants, and more.

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