Breast
Augmentation
Youthful and beautifully shaped breasts balance the female form. A breast augmentation at Optum Plastic Surgery in Seattle can help you enhance your natural beauty and boost your self-confidence.
What is Breast Augmentation?
- Rounder, more symmetrical breasts
- Enhanced, feminine curves
- Improved fit to clothes and swimsuits
- Improvement in body image and self-confidence
- Natural, long-lasting results
What options and techniques are available?
The decisions to be made in a breast augmentation—type, size, pocket, shape—are highly individualized and best made collaboratively between you and your surgeon. There are many kinds of breast implants to choose from, but the two most common are saline and silicone, both of which have different characteristics but are equally safe and effective.
Together, you and your surgeon will decide the ideal implant placement. Implants can be placed above the pectoralis muscle (subglandular or prepectoral) or below the muscle (submuscular or prepectoral). Your surgeon will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both options, considering your anatomy and overall goals when deciding which one will give you the best result.
You and your plastic surgeon will also discuss the incision site. Implants can be placed through the crease under the breast (inframammary fold) or through the edge of the areola (infra-areolar). No matter the type of incision, your skilled surgeon will achieve a well-hidden incision site, causing minimal scarring.
With more than 100 years of combined experience, the skilled surgeons at Optum Plastic Surgery will earn your confidence and guide you in your surgical journey.
Saline implants
−Silicone implants
+Inframammary incision
+Infra-areolar incision
+Subglandular (pre-pectoral) placement
+Submuscular placement
+Subfascial placement
+Patient experience | Breast Augmentation
The entire team is excellent!!!
The entire team is excellent!!! They gave us the encouragement to continue moving forward with my breast reconstruction.
Surgeons who perform this procedure
Dr. Megan Dreveskracht
Dr. Alexander Gougoutas
Dr. Meghan Nadeau
Dr. Keith Paige
Dr. Cindy Wei
FAQs
How will pregnancy affect my breast implants?
−Pregnancy and / or breast feeding affects every woman’s breasts differently. In general, the breasts enlarge during pregnancy and may lose some volume in the post-partum period (depending on breast feeding). The breasts may droop over the implants, which may require a lifting procedure (mastopexy) to correct. Any decision for surgery should be delayed by at least 6-8 months following pregnancy or completion of breast feeding.
What are the risks of breast augmentation?
+How should I prepare for breast augmentation?
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