Options for Breast Implants

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD answers: Options for breast implant placement?

I know there are lots of different ways breast implants can be...implanted...by the surgeon, but how do you decide what's the best way to place the breast implants?


Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
8 months ago

Breast implant techniques have evolved over the last 30 years to accomodate the growing demands of patients for breast augmentation, and the need to improve surgical results. In general, most patients should undergo a submuscular implant. In terms of saline vs. silicone, the major determinant for a primary augmentation is the amount of breast tissue available to cover and camouflage the implant. If you are tissue deficient, as in a small A cup, saline implants will be more likely to be palpable as opposed to silicone implants.

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