Watch below as I discuss the different types of breast implants. The first “breast augmentation” surgery was done in...
Breast Augmentation
Evolution of Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation and augmentation mammoplasty are plastic surgery terms for the breast-implant and the fat-graft mammoplasty approaches used to increase the size, change the shape, and alter the texture of the breasts of a woman.
Breast implants are medical prosthetics placed under the breast tissue or muscle to alter the size, shape, or contour of a patient’s breast in order to correct a defect, such as those created during a mastectomy (breast cancer surgery). Breast implants are also used cosmetically to enlarge the appearance of the breast during breast augmentation surgery.
In breast augmentation surgery, surgeons apply a variety of techniques to insert the breast implant. Additionally, the implants are placed in a variety of different “pocket” locations, that differ in indication and result.
Methods of breast implant insertion techniques include:
- Transaxillary
- Inframammary
- Periareolar
- Transumbilical
- Transabdominal
“Pocket” locations for implant placement:
- Subglandular
- Submuscular
- Dual Plane
- Subfascial
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