How Safe Are Breast Implants Inserted Through the Belly Button?

The TUBA technique of placing a saline implant through the belly button incision is both safe and my most popular procedure for placing saline implants. The advantages are no scars on the breast, only one small incision, and in my experience a faster recovery and less bruising. In the more than a decade that I have been performing this procedure I have not seen more complications than other techniques.

I would pass on this technique and I am a surgeon who feels very comfortable going thru the underarm and using the endoscope! Too many negatives and not enough positives. I'm not sure that it invalidates the warranty any longer., although I know it used to. And it's even a worse idea when done blindly without the endoscope. I have seen too many "one above and one below" results! Too many advantages with other methods..

Thank you for the question.

I do not think that this is a good operation for the reasons my colleagues have discussed below. I see, in my practice, more patients for revisionary surgery after the TUBA procedure (taking into account the relative numbers of procedures done through different approaches) then after breast augmentation procedures done through the other approaches available. This is not surprising given that the implants are inserted from a distance  often by non-plastic surgeons.

Make sure you seek consultation with well experienced what certified plastic surgeons.

Best wishes.