What is Breast Augmentation?

Breast augmentation is one of the most popular cosmetic surgeries in the United States. As the name suggests, breast augmentation is a surgical procedure that enhances the size and shape of your breasts to make them look larger, more proportional, or more curvaceous. The procedure usually involves inserting a saline or silicone implant into the breast pocket via small incisions. Breast augmentation is suitable for women who want to increase their cup size or reverse the effects of age, weight fluctuations, pregnancy, and breastfeeding. Accents Cosmetic Surgery provides the best breast augmentation in Michigan using high-quality saline and silicone implants.

Reasons for Breast Augmentation

You’re unhappy with the size, shape, or appearance of your genetically-inherited breasts.
You want to reverse the effects of age, pregnancy, and weight changes on your breasts.
You want to reconstruct your breasts after a mastectomy.
You want to look better in different types of dresses and clothes.
You want to improve your breasts’ proportionality.
You want a more curvaceous silhouette.

Am I a Candidate for Breast Augmentation in Michigan?

Want to change your breasts’ shape, size, or general appearance.
Have small or asymmetrical breasts.
Are in good physical health.
Have realistic expectations from the procedure.
Don’t smoke or are willing to stop smoking.
Don’t have underlying medical conditions that preclude you from surgery.

What Are the Types of Breast Implants?

The type of breast implants you choose in Michigan will have a huge impact on your results. When having this procedure with Dr. Berkowitz, you have three options: silicone, saline and gummy bear.

Saline Implants

Saline breast implants are filled with sterile salt water. They’re filled up to the desired volume after insertion into the breast pocket, making them more flexible and versatile. If you don’t like the size, it can be modified or adjusted. However, saline implants don’t look or feel as natural as silicone implants. They’re also prone to rupturing, in which case the implant ripples are visible through the skin’s surface. However, if there’s a rupture, the saltwater simply gets absorbed by the body, so there are no medical risks.

Silicone Implants

Silicone breast implants are filled with silicone gel within a silicone shell. They look and feel like natural breast tissues, resembling the bounce and fullness of actual breasts. Furthermore, there’s no risk of rippling on the skin’s surface because the implant shell doesn’t lose shape even when there’s a rupture. However, that also means you receive no warning if there’s a rupture. Patients with silicone implants need regular breast examinations to ensure the implant isn’t ruptured or leaking.

Gummy Bear Implants

Gummy-bear implants are “form-stable” implants composed of silicone gel within a teardrop-shaped implant. Teardrop implants resemble the natural appearance of breasts — fuller on the bottom and tapered at the top. Furthermore, form-stable breast implants retain their general shape even if there’s a rupture, and there’s no risk of the silicone leaking out into your body. Gummy-bear implants are the most natural-looking implants available. However, if the implant rotates out of place, it might protrude out of the skin’s surface.

Your Michigan Breast Augmentation Consultation

Your breast augmentation in Detroit starts with an initial consultation with the exceptional cosmetic surgeons at Accents Cosmetic Surgery. They carefully examine your breast tissues, discuss your goals and concerns, review your medical history, and recommend various tests. Based on the assessment, they curate the ideal breast augmentation treatment plan and discuss your options. They provide a detailed description of your breast implant options, incision styles, implant placement options, and the breast implant size. As such, they collaboratively curate the ideal breast augmentation procedure with you, ensuring results that adhere to your expectations.

What Should I Expect From Breast Augmentation Surgery?

Breast augmentation surgery is performed as an in-office and outpatient procedure under local or general anesthesia. The surgeon makes an incision in the armpit, around the areola, or under the breast fold, depending on the treatment plan. The chosen breast implant is then placed above the pectoral muscles, between the major and minor pectoral muscles, or behind the chest wall. The incisions are sutured closed, and bandages are wrapped around your breasts. The entire procedure takes 1 to 3 hours, depending on the type of implants used, incisions styles, and implant placement options.

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What Is the Recovery from Breast Augmentation?

Everyone recovers at their own pace. However, most patients need to take one to two weeks off work and social activities to recover properly from breast augmentation in Michigan. You’ll experience soreness, swelling, redness, bruising, and other side-effects for a few weeks, and you’ll have to wear compression garments for several days or weeks. You’ll be asked to avoid strenuous workouts for at least one to two months. The incision marks will get darker before they start fading away, but it may take several months for the scars to become imperceptible. Our surgeons make incisions in the most discrete locations to minimize their visibility.

Why Choose Accents for your Breast Augmentation?

At Accents Cosmetic Surgery, your breast augmentation is performed by a board-certified, highly experienced, caring, and trustworthy plastic surgeon: either double-board certified surgeon Dr. Faisal Al-Murarrej or board-certified and fellowship-trained oculofacial surgeon, Dr. Mark Berkowitz. Both are award-winning, top doctors with years of experience performing procedures such as breast augmentation, and are two of the most sought-after plastic surgeons in Detroit and the surrounding areas.

At Accents Cosmetic Surgery, your breast augmentation is carefully customized for you, performed specifically to suit your needs and goals. Your consultation is considerate, detailed, and in-depth, allowing you to understand your options and take the time to feel certain you are choosing the right breast augmentation for you and that you feel prepared and confident moving forward.

Our facility is a comfortable, modern environment equipped with state-of-the-art technology, allowing you to benefit from the very best that aesthetic medicine has to offer in the meticulously trained hands of highly qualified surgeons. Patient satisfaction is our top priority. By the end of your experience at Accents Cosmetic Surgery, our goal is that you are thrilled with your beautiful, round, curving breasts and feminine appearance.

To find out more about your breast augmentation with Dr. Faisal Al-Mufarrej or Dr. Mark Berkowitz at Accents Cosmetic Surgery, please call today for a consultation.

What is the difference between fat transfer breast augmentation and breast augmentation?

With implants, breast augmentation achieves greater volume. There is a range of shapes, textures and sizes to choose from. There are fewer options with fat transfer augmentation, and the breast size is more subtly enhanced, usually increasing no more than a cup size. On the positive side, enhancement is achieved with your natural fat tissue, eliminating the placement of foreign implants into your body.

Breast Augmentation Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best type of breast augmentation to get?

Patients have a choice between breast augmentation with implants or breast augmentation by way of fat transfer. Those seeking a greater enhancement can benefit more from implants, but fat transfers are a more natural solution.

How long does a boob job last?

Breast implants are known to last for at least a decade, although there are some reports of them lasting as long as twenty years. Breast augmentation with fat transfers is considered to be a permanent treatment, although factors such as weight fluctuation and aging can affect the longevity of results.

Do you lose feeling in your nipples after breast implants?

It is true that loss of sensation in the nipples can occur as a side effect of receiving breast implants. However, this condition is usually temporary and wears off eventually.

Do breast implants sag over time?

Sagging can occur with breast implants, especially in cases where the implants are very heavy. However, sagging is typically not noticed until at least 10 years have elapsed since the procedure.

How painful is breast augmentation recovery?

The recovery from breast augmentation surgery is characterized by persistent soreness for about two to three weeks. This can usually be managed with some pain medications.

What BMI do you need for breast augmentation?

Experts agree that the BMI limit for undergoing breast augmentation is around 30. For those with a higher BMI, weight loss may be advised before the pursuit of breast enhancement. Your surgeon can recommend a fitness regimen and diet plan to help achieve your goal.

Is there an alternative to breast augmentation?

For women who don’t wish to augment their breasts with implants, a fat transfer procedure can be performed. Fat cells are harvested via liposuction from an area of plenty, such as the thighs, hips, belly, or flanks. Once they are purified, they can be injected into the chest to deliver natural-looking, modest enhancement. Fat transfer offers the dual benefit of sculpting two areas of the body at once.

What is the smallest size for breast augmentation?

Implants are measured in cubic centimeters (cc’s), a reference to their saline or silicone volume. Higher numbers of cc’s will indicate larger implants. The smallest available implants start at 125 cc’s and progress in volume up to 1200 cc’s. Most women choose implants between 150 and 650 cc’s. Every 150-200 cc’s is considered an increase of around one cup size.

What happens if you lose weight after a breast augmentation?

Breast implants tend to maintain their shape and size during weight fluctuations, which is one of their benefits over fat transfer breast augmentation. However, losing weight can change your overall appearance and create stretched-out skin that may require adjustment through a future breast lift procedure.

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