Breast Augmentation

Benefits of Breast Augmentation

There are many ways breast augmentation can enhance your breasts and quality of life, including:

• Increased breast volume
• Enhanced breast shape
• Correction of sagging breast tissue
• Improved breast symmetry
• Balanced body contours
• Boosted self-confidence
• Better clothing fit
• Improved social confidence
• Stronger feelings of femininity

Understanding Breast Augmentation Motivations

Women seek breast augmentation for various physiological and personal reasons. Modern aesthetic medicine recognizes that several key factors may influence the decision to pursue this transformative procedure. These include natural anatomical variations, physiological changes over time and personal aesthetic preferences.

Breast augmentation provides a sophisticated medical approach to addressing these concerns through carefully selected implants and advanced surgical techniques that can be tailored to each patient’s unique anatomy and desired outcome.

Developmental Considerations

Some women naturally have less breast volume or unique breast shapes due to genetic factors or developmental patterns. Breast augmentation offers an opportunity to achieve proportional breast size and shape enhancement that better aligns with the patient’s anatomical framework and personal aesthetic goals.

Natural Aging

The natural aging process affects breast tissue through gradual changes in skin elasticity and breast volume. As women mature, breast tissue is susceptible to the effects of gravity, resulting in altered contours and decreased firmness. This occurs primarily due to changes in the supporting ligaments and dermal collagen structure.

Body Weight Variations

Fluctuations in body weight significantly impact breast tissue composition and appearance. The breasts contain a substantial proportion of adipose (fat) tissue, making them responsive to overall body weight changes. When weight loss occurs, the reduction in breast adipose tissue can result in decreased volume and altered contours.

Clinical studies demonstrate that with significant weight reduction, the skin envelope of the breast may not fully contract, potentially resulting in reduced breast firmness and altered positioning. Breast augmentation can effectively restore volume and enhance contours following these changes.

Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Effects

Pregnancy initiates complex physiological changes in breast tissue, preparing for lactation through hormonal stimulation of the mammary glands. During this process, breasts typically increase in volume and density. Post-pregnancy and following lactation, many women experience changes in breast volume, position and skin elasticity that may result in reduced upper pole fullness and increased skin laxity. 

Breast augmentation, often combined with mastopexy (a breast lift) when appropriate, can effectively address these changes.

Breast Augmentation Candidates

Breast augmentation candidates typically include women seeking enhancement of breast size, improvement of breast shape, restoration of volume, and/or correction of asymmetry. A thorough pre-operative assessment allows us to determine whether you are an appropriate candidate for this procedure from both medical and psychological perspectives.

Health Assessment

Patient safety remains paramount in our practice. During your consultation, Dr. Terrasse will conduct a comprehensive health history evaluation and provide personalized recommendations to optimize your surgical experience and results.

Medication management is an important aspect of pre-operative planning. Certain medications and supplements may require temporary adjustment before surgery to promote optimal healing and minimize the risk of complications. Our clinical team will provide detailed guidance regarding any necessary modifications to your regimen.

Establishing Realistic Expectations

A successful breast augmentation experience involves aligning surgical possibilities with patient expectations. During your consultation, Dr. Terrasse will discuss the anatomical factors that can influence potential outcomes, including chest wall dimensions, existing breast tissue characteristics and skin elasticity.

Understanding the relationship between these physical characteristics and potential aesthetic outcomes is essential. We encourage patients to review our extensive in office before and after gallery, ask detailed questions and express their aesthetic preferences clearly. This collaborative approach helps achieve satisfaction with the final results.

Research demonstrates that patients with well-informed, realistic expectations report higher satisfaction with their surgical outcomes. Our team is committed to providing comprehensive education and transparent communication throughout your breast augmentation journey.

Dr. Terrasse also offers the innovative Vectra 3D Breast Imaging and Simulation system, allowing you to visualize potential results with different implant options before making your final decision about your desired post operative size more realistic and based on visual cues rather than just cup size.

Preparing for Breast Augmentation

Proper preparation for both the actual surgery and the recovery period enhances both your surgical experience and your return to regular activity and routinerecovery process. Dr. Terrasse provides each patient with personalized preoperative guidelines designed to optimize results and promote a smooth recovery.

We recommend creating a dedicated recovery space in your home prior to your procedure. This thoughtfully prepared area should include comfort essentials such as healthy snacks, entertainment options, personal devices with chargers, and reading materials. A well-organized recovery environment allows for proper rest and minimizes unnecessary movement during the initial healing phase.

Customizing Your Breast Augmentation

During your consultation at Terrasse Aesthetic Surgery, Dr. Terrasse conducts a comprehensive evaluation that includes precise measurements and documentation of your chest dimensions and proportions. This assessment is followed by an in-depth discussion of your aesthetic goals and preferences to help determine your ideal procedure options. While breast augmentation has a long history in aesthetic medicine, today’s options reflect significant advancements in both surgical techniques and implant technology.

Your customized treatment plan will address several key considerations:

• Size selection: Implants are carefully chosen to complement your body’s natural proportions, enhancing overall harmony and balance.
• Shape and Profile options: Choose between varied degrees of breast projectionclassic round implants or anatomically shaped (teardrop) implants based on your desired aesthetic outcome.
• Profile variations: Select from different projection profiles that determine how far the implant extends from the chest wall, creating your ideal silhouette.
• Implant material: Options include saline, traditional silicone, cohesive gel, and highly cohesive (“gummy bear”) implants, each offering distinct advantages for different body types and aesthetic goals.
• Placement approach: Dr. Terrasse will recommend optimal positioning — either beneath the breast tissue (subglandular) or partially beneath the chest muscle (submuscular) — based on your anatomy and desired results.

Next-Level Innovation and Safety wWith Motiva® Silicone Implants or Allergan Natrelle Silicone or Saline Implants

Terrasse Aesthetic Surgery proudly offers Motiva® implants — the culmination of years of scientific research and technological innovation in breast aesthetics. These state-of-the-art implants represent revolutionary advancements in both safety and beauty, designed to achieve the most natural-looking and feeling results possible.

The SmoothSilk® Difference

Only Motiva implants feature SmoothSilk®, a unique surface scientifically designed for enhanced biocompatibility that improves your body’s response to implants. Compared to competitors’ implants, SmoothSilk has been shown to:

• Create softer breasts
• Maintain significantly lower capsular contracture rates
• Produce the least amount of inflammation
• Minimize bacterial attachment
• Report no primary device-related incidence of BIA-ALCL

Customized Implant Options

Motiva offers specialized implant designs to achieve your desired aesthetic outcome:

• Motiva SmoothSilk® Round: This implant features the SmoothSilk surface with ProgressiveGel PLUS®, providing increased upper pole fullness and softness. These implants maintain their round, full form regardless of body position, whether you’re standing or lying down.
• Motiva SmoothSilk Ergonomix®: This breakthrough design is unique to the implant market and adapts shape as your body changes positions. These implants showcase a round shape when you’re lying down and naturally transition to a teardrop shape when standing. Ergonomix implants are designed for insertion through smaller incisions, helping to minimize visible scarring.

BluSeal® Technology

Motiva implants include BluSeal®, a visual indicator of the barrier layer that confirms the integrity of both external and internal components of the implant, designed specifically for quality assurance and patient safety.

Safety Beyond Industry Standards

Motiva implants maintain impressively low complication rates:

• 0.5% Capsular contracture
• 0.6% Rupture
• 0.9% Infection

With Motiva, you receive the perfect balance of beauty, comfort and safety — reflecting our commitment to excellence in aesthetic surgery.

The Breast Augmentation Experience

Surgical Process

Breast augmentation is performed as an outpatient procedure using general anesthesia. Dr. Terrasse employs precise surgical techniques to create incisions that align with your chosen implant type and placement — typically inframammary (within the natural crease beneath the breast). or transaxillary (within the armpit). The implant is carefully positioned within a specially created pocket, either beneath the breast tissue or partially beneath the chest muscle, according to your personalized surgical plan. Once optimal positioning is achieved, incisions are meticulously closed with underneath the surface of the skin fine sutures.