Is TUBA Breast Augmentation with Breast Lift Safe?

Hi there-
As doing a breast lift on you will requires placing scars on them, and as your implants could be placed more carefully, accurately, and with less risk through these scars than through your belly button, I cannot think of a single advantage to you of having the implants placed through your belly button. Can it be done? Probably. Is it in your best interests? Absolutely not.

A breast augmentation and a breast lift are two different operations.  Putting in an implant (breast augmentation) will simply make the breast larger.  All you are doing is adding volume.  There is nothing about an implant that will actually lift the breast.  A breast lift requires incisions on the breast in order to tighten up the breast tissue as well as elevate the nipple/areola to a higher position and give a perkier look to the breast.  Because you will need incisions on the breast in order to do the breast lift, there is no advantage to be gained by putting in the implants through the belly button.  They can be put in through the same incisions used to do the breast lift.

First of all TUBA procedure does not yield excellent results in general.  there is very little precision/ control of the procedure, the plane of the implant is a bit of guess work and only saline implants can be placed.   I almost never perform TUBA for these reasons.  I almost never use Saline implants because they will never be soft or natural looking.  The shell of both Silicone and Saline implants are made of silicone so reactions to silicone is no more or less of a concern.  If you need a lift then there will already be access through the breast itself and I would strongly recommend subfascial placement of silicone implants to create a beautiful and lasting natural shape.  

Rian A. Maercks M.D.

NO.  TUBA and breast lift is like oil and water. It does not mix and not advised.  The TUBA procedure is a very difficult technique and the majority of Plastic Surgeons stay away from it for good reason. Trying to add a breast lift with it is asking for a complication.  Trust me.

Inherently, it does not quite make sense to have a breast lift with TUBA. If you are destined to have a breast lift, then the implants should be placed through the breast lift incisions. Of course this is my opinion and others may disagree.