Resource Center: Augmentation


Nipple Augmentation

Nipple augmentation surgery is a very commonly performed procedure.  Some women choose to have nipple augmentation surgery performed when they are already having breast augmentation surgery completed.  Others choose to undergo nipple augmentation absent of any other procedure.  Depending on the desires of the patient, either nipple enlargement surgery can be performed, or nipple reduction surgery.


Mammary Asymmetry

Mammary asymmetry describes a condition where breasts are not the same size or shape as one another.  This condition can occur for several different reasons.  Likewise, there are several types of action that can be taken to correct mammary asymmetry and allow you to achieve breasts that are evenly set and are the same size and shape.


Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is a form of plastic surgery in which the breasts are outfitted with breast implants, which can improve the size and shape of the breasts. It is a procedure that uses either saline or silicone gel implants. Besides being used to improve breast size, it can also correct the size and shape of breasts after pregnancy.


Benelli Lift – Breast Augmentation for Small-Breasted Women

It is sometimes assumed that women with smaller breasts do not have issues with sagging.  Larger-breasted women tend to imagine that sagging is a problem that those with smaller busts are lucky to have escaped.  This, however, is far from the truth—as many small-busted women would agree. 

Age, heredity, and weight fluctuations can affect breast tissue in women with small breasts just as it can in women with large breasts.  Fortunately, smaller-breasted women can rely on the Benelli Lift as a less invasive procedure through which to have their sagging problem resolved.


Information About Breast Augmentation Complications

If you are considering breast augmentation, it is important for you to find out everything you can about the surgery.  You need to know all about breast augmentation—information about the specific type of procedure you are contemplating and information about how the procedure is to be done.  You also need to find out about any possible breast augmentation complications.


Birth Control as Breast Enlargement

Everyone knows that breast augmentation—or getting breast implants through surgery—will work to make a woman’s breasts larger.  A great deal of people would be surprised to find out, though, that this is not the only method through which a woman can increase the size of her breasts.


Best Breast Enhancement Procedures

When people think of breast enhancement, they typically think of breast augmentation. In other words, most people associate the idea of breast enhancement with the idea of women increasing the size of their breasts. While this is one type of enhancement, it is not the only type—and it certainly may not be the best breast enhancement type for everyone.

There are actually three basic types of breast enhancement procedures. These are breast augmentations, breast lifts, and breast reductions. Each has its own benefits, and each is appropriate in different situations.


Pectoral Implants for Men

Even men in tip-top shape can have trouble developing their pectoral muscles, and like women wishing to enhance their chests, men are seeking to bulk up their pecs with pectoral implants. Much the same as the breast augmentation procedure, the pectoral implant surgery involves using a soft yet solid rigid silicone medical implant, not a gel, in a prearranged size and shape to lift the chest and add volume. Unfortunately, the implant will not help with muscle definition.


Breast Augmentation: Breast Implant Surgery

Breast augmentation, also known as breast implant surgery is the process of inserting implants behind the breasts to help women attain the desired shape and size of their breasts. For both personal cosmetic reasons and for reconstructive purposes, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) reports that over 300,000 women in the United States opted for breast augmentation procedures in 2005.


Breast Enhancement

A woman’s breasts are a sign of feminine beauty, fertility, and the source of much attention thanks to society’s fascination with the female form. There is a deep connection between female image, self-esteem and breast size and shape. In a perfect world, we would all have the ideal size, shape and perkiness we wanted. The world isn’t perfect, but plastic surgery has evolved to offer women several breast enhancement options.


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