Breast Augmentation and Revision Breast Augmentation
Fully Customized Breast Enhancement - Complementary Procedures - Saline and Silicone Gel Breast Implants - Breast Augmentation Surgery Incision - Recovery - Complications - Revision Breast Augmentation
 Breast augmentation is one of the most frequently performed cosmetic surgery procedures in the U.S. and one of our most popular services. Dr. Waldman is fellowship trained in cosmetic surgery of the breast and specializes in this procedure. Breast augmentation can give women with small or unevenly sized breasts a fuller, firmer, better-proportioned look through the placement of saline or silicone implants in the breast.
Our patients elect to undergo breast augmentation for many different medical and aesthetic reasons, including balancing breast size, compensating for reduced breast mass after pregnancy or surgery, and correcting a congenital breast defect. Many patients come to us seeking revision breast augmentation because they are unhappy with their results from another surgeon. Dr. Waldman has a special interest in this type of surgery and strives to help restore a pleasing and natural breast shape.
Fully Customized Breast Enhancement
We know that every woman is unique in both her desires and her body shape. With that in mind, Dr. Jeremy Waldman will take the time during the pre-operative consultations to learn what each patient hopes to gain from breast augmentation surgery and to decide which implant type and implant placement is best. In this way, every one of our patients enjoys completely customized treatment designed with her specific goals in mind.
Complementary Procedures
Breast augmentation can achieve dramatic and beautiful results on its own as well as in conjunction with other cosmetic surgery or non-invasive procedures. We sometimes recommend combining breast augmentation with other procedures such as a breast lift for more satisfying results.
Saline and Silicone Gel Breast Implants
Breast implants are silicone shells filled with either saline (salt water) or silicone gel. Both implant types are very safe, and each offers its own advantages. We will help you decide which kind is right for you. During surgery, Dr. Waldman will place the implants behind each breast, underneath either breast tissue or the chest wall muscle.
After many years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved silicone breast implants for breast augmentation surgery. We are proud to offer patients the option of silicone gel-filled breast implants, many patients feel that silicone implants are softer and feel more natural than saline-filled breast implants.
Breast Augmentation Surgery - Incision Techniques
 The breast augmentation procedure lasts one to two hours and is typically performed with general anesthesia. Incisions are made in inconspicuous places on the breast to minimize scar visibility. These are most commonly located:
- In the crease on the underside of the breast (inframammary), or
- Around the areola, the dark skin around the nipple (periareolar).
The breast is then lifted, creating a pocket into which the implant is inserted.
Recovery
Most patients feel tired and sore after breast augmentation surgery, but this usually passes in a day or two. Many patients return to work within the week.
Any post-operative pain, swelling and sensitivity will diminish over the first few weeks.
Scars from breast augmentation incisions will begin to fade in a few months and will continue to fade for months or years.
Complications
Breast Augmentation with saline or silicone breast implants is very safe. However, as with any other surgery, complications may occur. Problems may include capsular contracture, swelling and pain, infection around the implant, a change in nipple sensation, milk production if you nursed a baby within a year before the procedure, and breakage or leakage of the implant (implant rupture) as a result of injury or the normal compression and movement of your breast.
If a saline implant ruptures, the implant will simply deflate in a few hours and your body will absorb the salt water. If a silicone implant leaks, you will need to see a doctor. Regular monitoring of breast implants after breast augmentation is recommended to ensure continuing breast and implant health. Dr. Waldman offers complimentary annual visits to ensure that your result will hold up over time.
Revision Breast Augmentation
Dr. Jeremy Waldman is fellowship trained in cosmetic breast surgery and specializes in revision breast augmentation for patients who are not satisfied with their results after undergoing breast augmentation at other practices. These patients' unhappiness may arise from the implant shape, size, or placement or because of a post-surgical complication such as wrinkling, implant displacement, capsular contracture (hardening around the implant) or synmastia (implants drift together). We can correct these errors and help patients enjoy the fuller breasts they envisioned before their original surgery.
Fully Customized Breast Enhancement - Complementary Procedures - Saline and Silicone Gel Breast Implants - Breast Augmentation Surgery Incision - Recovery - Complications - Revision Breast Augmentation
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