Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is designed to enhance breast shape and volume. This procedure can also restore breast volume lost after weight reduction or pregnancy, optimize breast shape or improve natural breast asymmetry.

What breast augmentation surgery can do for you:

•       Increase fullness and projection of your breasts
•       Improve balance of breast and hip contours
•       Enhance your self-image and self-confidence
•       Improve symmetry and shape

Breast augmentation does not correct severely drooping breasts. A breast lift may be required along with a breast augmentation for sagging breasts to look fuller and lifted.

Breast lifting can often be done at the same time as your augmentation or may require a separate operation. Dr McRae will assist you in making this decision.

Breast augmentation is a deeply personal procedure, and it is important that you’re doing it for yourself and not for someone else. Patient satisfaction is high, specifically when they want the procedure themselves.

We are also experienced in complex revision surgeries and treat breast deformities such as tuberous breast deformity and to help achieve symmetry in breast reconstruction patients.

You may be a candidate for breast augmentation if:

•       You are physically healthy and you aren’t pregnant or breastfeeding
•       You have realistic expectations
•       Your breasts are fully developed
•       You are bothered by the feeling that your breasts are too small
•       You are dissatisfied with your breasts losing shape and volume after pregnancy, weight loss or with aging
•       You are unhappy with the upper part of your breast appearing “empty”
•       Your breasts are asymmetric
•       One or both breasts failed to develop normally or have an elongated shape

Recovery Time
Typical recovery time from breast augmentation is 2-4 weeks. Patients should expect to see changes in the shape of the breast for 6 months after surgery.

Incision 
There are 3 common locations for placement of breast implants. The incision choice is important to help decrease the visibility of the scar.

• Inframammary: In the natural crease at the base of the breast. It is the most common location chosen.
• Periareaolar: along the lower border of the areola.
• Transaxillary: within the arm pit.

The ideal incision location depends on your body anatomy, the size of implant chosen, your skin type. Certain skin types are more likely to leave visible scars than others.

One complication for reoperation in breast augmentation is formation of scar tissue around the implant called capsular contracture. An important cause of this is now known to be far less common when the inframammary incision location is chosen and a no touch technique during the surgery.

Implant placement
There are 4 possible locations that Dr McRae places breast implants during breast augmentation.

• Sub Fascial: Above the muscle but under the outside layer (fascia) of the muscle. (Our favourite)
• Subglandular:  On top of the muscle, below the breast gland
• Dual Plane: Partially under the muscle, partially under the gland
• Submuscular: Under the pectoralis muscle