AUGMENTATION MAMMOPLASTY
(Breast Enlargement)
INTRODUCTION: Many women feel that their breasts do not match their overall body physique. Breast augmentation is one of the most common aesthetic surgical procedures in the United States of America. Small breast size may be due to a lack of normal breast development or to a decrease of breast volume following pregnancy or menopause. This procedure is designed to give the female patient a fuller breast.
 Every effort is made not to alter your breast tissue during a breast enlarging procedure. This operation is performed by creating a pocket behind your existing breast, by placing an implant in the space, and by simply pushing your breast tissue forward, thus enlarging the appearance of the breast. Most patients have been exceedingly pleased with this operative procedure, even though life-long follow up and the desire for secondary surgical procedures are frequent.
The increase in breast size will be limited by the tightness of your tissues, but significant improvement can usually be achieved. As unfair as this might seem, the smaller your breast is to begin with, the smaller a breast implant will have to be selected during surgery, simply because there will not be any room to put in a bigger implant! On occasion, especially in patients who begin with a very small breast, a secondary procedure to insert larger implants may become desirable a year or more later, after tissues have had an opportunity to stretch. The fees for such secondary procedures will the patient's responsibility. Options regarding implant size and type will be discussed with you before the procedure and every effort will be made to create an optimal breast for you, but the final determination of an appropriate implant has to rest with the surgeon, and this final decision cannot be made until the pocket has been dissected during your surgical procedure.
BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS
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39 yr. old female before and after of breast augmentatio
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300 cc high profile implants.
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Juris Bunkis, MD, FACS
email:bunkis@ocps.com
Orange County Plastic Surgery
30212 Tomas, Suite 275
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
Phone: (866) 457-1293
Fax: (949) 888-9724
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