Natural looking breast implants with transaxillary incision?

This procedure may take a bit longer, but for some patients this incision is ideal and can provide very natural looking results. Be sure to ask for many  photos of  patients who have had their implants placed through this incision, and then speak with some patients and what their experience is like.

Unless the breasts have some pre-exisiting ptosis (droop) prior to the breast augmentation, there should be no reason why breast augmentation performed through a transaxillary  (armpit) incision should not look natural.   You mentioned in your question, that often they look to high when you see... more

There are many approaches used for breast augmentation. The trans-axillary approach is especially appealing since it avoids incisions in and around the breast. However, the only way to safely and precisely perform a breast augmentation through the axilla is to use an endoscope. In this way the pocket can... more

    One of the problems with this approach is thet there is inadequate release of the muscle to allow the implant to settle into a lower, more natural shape. I assure you that there are plastic surgeons who like this approach although there are many who don't. Make you decision by looking at a... more

Hi! When I am doing breast augmentation surgery in New York City, I use the transaxillary approach.  But not too many patients are good candidates.  So I recommend it seldom. Unless the surgery is done perfectly on the right patient (long distance between the nipple and the fold, with no sagging),... more

 While over the past few years I have come to prefer peri areolar incisions and the placement of textured silicone gel implants there is no question that in a surgeon who has mastered the technique trans axillary sub muscular implants will give marvelous results in almost all patients. In fact if I am... more

Transaxillary implants are harder, but not impossible to get symmetric. Compared to a periareolar or inframammary incision, the implant is being positioned by the surgeon from a greater distance. Therefore, symmetry is harder to achieve; intraoperative adjustments are more difficult to make... more

Transaxillary augmentation is an excellent approach to augmentation in those individuals who are more comfortable with a scar that is off the breast. The incision in placed high in the crease under the arm and the implant slid down into a submuscular position. This approach was very popular several years ago... more

It is generally true that the transaxillary approach tends to produce implants that are too high partly because it is harder to get a good dissection at the inframammary fold from a blind, blunt technique but also that if the capsule start to get a little firm, the implant will tend to try to go back into the... more

I love circumaerolar incisions, they give a more natural breast and they fade and are almost invisible. The transaxillary approach can very often give you an implant that is too high and asymmetrical -- which is why I will not use it.