How is a breast augmentation procedure performed?

How is a breast augmentation procedure performed?

Steve Fallek (Plastic Surgeon & Medical Director, Face Focus Medical Spa, New York City) gives expert video advice on: How is a breast augmentation procedure performed?; What's the difference between "silicone" and "saline" breast implants?; What are the dangers of silicone breast implants? and more...

Breast augmentation is usually performed in one of two fashions. Breast implants are either put in above or below the muscle for safety reasons, and your doctor will determine that. In terms of incision sites, there are a variety of incision sites. Those include what we call the "Periareola", or incision around the nipple area, and the "Inframammary", or crease incision. Two other areas are the armpit or "Auxiliary" incision, and finally there is the incision through the "Umbilicus", where the breast implant is placed under the soft tissue and then into the breast. All of those lead to a small scar, all of which heal very nicely.