Breast Augmentation Danville
Augmenting or enhancing the breasts can benefit patients at various stages of lives. Young women who have not developed the breast size that is proportionate for the bodies or the breast size they would like can have their breasts enlarged. After pregnancy and breastfeeding, the breasts can deflate or loose volume and breast augmentation can return the breasts to their previous shape or even improve the shape and volume of the breasts. Saline implants are available to women 18 years and older and the new silicone gel implants are available to women 22 years and older. The implants can produce a soft, natural appearance to the breast.
Surgery is 1 – 1 1/2 hours long and is done under a light general anesthesia as an outpatient in a fully accredited outpatient surgery center. Downtime is typically a week with lifting and exercise restrictions for 3-4 weeks. Patients can try on different sizes of implants at their consultation to determine what size looks best on their body frame. The benefits and disadvantages of saline and silicone implants can be discussed in more detail with Dr Place. The implants are usually placed under the pectoralis muscle through an inframammary or periareolar approach but other options do exist.
