What is "breast augmentation"?

What is "breast augmentation"?

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...

When you examine a breast, there's two components: there is the breast skin and the breast tissue. Breast augmentation is augmenting or improving the breast tissue. Classically, we call it either a breast augmentation or breast implants, where implants are put underneath the skin to augment the breast.