Is Breast Augmentation through Tummy Tuck incision possible?

You are asking for a Mommy Makeover with no visible breast scars.  Although it is done, I do not think it is a great operation.  Look at the first patient on my video - her breast augmentation was via a periarolar incision.  Direct approaches (such as the infra-mammary approach or periareolar... more

Yes, it is possible to place your implants via the abdominoplasty approach. This, however, is not the best idea as you have limited visibility and will be disrupting a portion of your inframammary fold and potentially affecting the shape of your result.  One smaller, but potentially disasterous... more

While not a common procedure, the placement of breast implants can certainly be done through a tummy tuck incision. In the TUBA (trans umbilical breast augmentation) approach, a tunnel is made from the belly button to the breast area and a pocket is made and the implant is placed. So the same thing could... more

Possible to do but not recommended.  There are many creative ways to perform some of the plastic surgery that we do.  But at times those creative ways are not always the best way of doing it and has compromises. So, no it is not recommended.  It is a compromise and not optimum.  The... more

Transabdominal breast augmentation or (TABA) is exactly what you described.  While performing a tummy tuck, breast implants are placed through this incision in a precise manner to also perform a breast augmentation.  Although, I am not the first person to do this, I have written this technique... more

While the idea of a scarless breast augmentation is appealing, the reality is that techniques which compromise the inframammary fold, (where the breast meets the chest wall), which would need to be done in order to place the implants through the top aspect of the abdominoplasty flap are not freebies... more

Breast augmentation through an abdominal approach is a fairly old procedure which was also called a TUBA or a trans-umbilical breast augmentation. The advantage was a scar off the breast though we seldom hear much about the technique any longer. The technique required special instruments and was 'blind' in... more

Breast augmentation done at the same time as  an abdominoplasty using implants is not a new procedure , it would be similar to the dissection of a Tram flap breast reconstruction however without the view from above. It would be harder to get homeostasis and bleeding is more difficult to detect since the... more

Yes. Basically, it requires the same instruments and skills as in a TUBA - trans umbilical breast augmentation and suffers from the same potential complications. Once the tummy skin and fat are undermined and lifted to the level of the ribs, the surgeon uses a blunt stick dissector to reach the arm pit. There... more

It is possible to to the BAM via tummy tuck incision, though it is not as common as traditional breast incision.  If done by an experienced surgeon, it should be OK, but it is harder, and I suspect less accurate.  I have never done it this way.