What is a Breast Augmentation?
For breast augmentation (also known as breast enlargement), we use FDA-approved saline or silicone breast implants. The type, shape, size, incision type, and placement of your implants are all choices we shall help you make during your consultation.
For select patients fat transfer or fat grafting to the breast is an option to volumize the breast without the use of a breast implant. While this can provide only modest size changes it is important to note that fat transfer or fat grafting has some limitations. It is limited by the amount of fat the patient has that is able to be harvested. There can also be re-absorption of the fat which can make the outcome inconsistent and sometimes asymmetric. This might require further operations to try to correct. Additionally, fat that does not survive the transfer can become necrotic which could produce hard or firm areas in the breasts. Sometimes these might make mammograms more difficult to read which would require biopsies. While fat transfer to the breast is an option for some patients it is still not as widely used as breast implants for breast augmentations.
We recognize that every woman is unique and brings her own ideals and body shape to the process. We spend time discussing all of your available options with you, and we shall recommend the breast implants and surgery options that we believe are best for you. However, the final decisions about the details of your breast implant procedure will be up to you. We empower you to make decisions that are right for your body, providing the natural-looking results you desire. We also offer financing options to help keep breast augmentation affordable!


