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If you’ve lost weight to get to a healthy BMI, congratulations! You probably look and feel better than you did with the excess weight, and you’ve taken an essential step in improving your health. But if you’re like many women who lose weight, you may be unhappy with weight change’s effects on your breasts.

Breast tissue primarily consists of fat, in combination with glandular tissue. So when you lose body weight by reducing fat, you also lose breast volume. That shrinkage can be a disappointing surprise. You may also experience some breast sagging after weight loss, which can be another discouraging outcome of your weight-loss efforts.

How Breast Augmentation Helps After Weight Loss

Breast augmentation aims to add volume to your breasts and give them a rounder, fuller, more attractive shape. By surgically inserting silicone or saline implants, the procedure can bring the size of your breasts into balance with your other features. That might be just what your body needs if you lose weight and wish that so much of the loss hadn’t come from your breasts.

Breast augmentation can restore more alluring curves to breasts that have flattened with weight loss. It can also help correct mild to moderate sagging by filling the breasts back to, or even beyond, their pre-weight-loss dimensions.

When to Consider a Breast Lift With Augmentation

Sometimes, weight loss leads to more significant breast sagging. This phenomenon happens when skin that has stretched over fat-plumped breasts doesn’t have the elasticity to spring back and tighten over breasts that are now smaller. This condition is common among women who lose a significant amount of weight. It also becomes more of a problem as you grow older, as your skin naturally loosens and becomes less resilient with age.

If your nipples fall below the creases beneath your breasts, chances are you’ll need a breast lift with your augmentation to achieve a youthful and attractive look. A breast lift removes excess skin from your breasts to tighten them and raise their profile. It also reshapes the breast tissue for an attractive, youthful shape.

What If I Gain Weight Again After Getting Implants?

It’s best to have implants when you are close to your ideal weight, as breast size and shape can change with weight fluctuations. For the same reason, after you get your implants, you should stick to healthy eating and exercise habits to maintain a stable weight. If you do gain weight again in the years after your surgery, it won’t affect the implants themselves. But it might change the balance of your body’s proportions.

Relatively small weight gains — 10 to 15 pounds — won’t significantly impact your breast size and body proportions. But larger gains could bring disappointment with the look of your augmented breasts. If that happens, the best solution will be to lose the weight again. It’s not a good idea to have implants placed or changed when you are over a healthy weight range.

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Dr. David Kim and Dr. Eugene Kim at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery have developed an impeccable reputation for stunning, natural-looking cosmetic treatment and plastic surgery results, attracting patients from all over the world. Contact our practice today at (310) 746-5475 or send an online request to schedule a consultation.


If you’ve committed to losing weight this year, that’s great!

We recommend a slow and steady approach of shifting to healthier foods that you enjoy, in smaller portions, paired with a regular and sustainable routine of increased physical activity. The combination of fewer calories in and more calories burned, accomplished by adopting a set of habits that become second nature to you, can be the key to losing weight and keeping it off. Beyond that, it’s all about what works for you.

But have you thought about what you’ll do after you lose the weight?

Body Contouring

If you’re lucky, your weight will come off in all the right places and you’ll be delighted with your slimmer body contours. But weight loss doesn’t always work that way. Many people are left with stubborn pockets of fat that are resistant to diet and exercise. Those might be around your waist, on your arms or thighs, or under your chin. Wherever the last bulges of fat persist, there are ways to get rid of them without going to extremes in dieting or at the gym.

Once you’re close to your weight goal — within about 10 or 15 pounds of your ideal weight — you might think about a body-contouring procedure to put the finishing touches on your self-improvement efforts. These procedures reduce unwanted pockets of fat on specific areas of your body in ways that eliminate those fat cells forever. They aren’t weight-loss treatments, but they make great complements to weight loss through healthy eating and exercise.

Breast Surgery

Weight loss can sometimes affect a woman’s breasts in ways that are less than desirable. Stretched breast skin can sag when the fat is gone, or your breasts can lose more volume than you would prefer.

Mommy Makeover

A mommy makeover combines procedures—typically a tummy tuck, breast surgery, and liposuction—to restore a more attractive, younger-looking figure. A mommy makeover can provide the finishing transformation after successful weight loss to give you the body you want.

Facial Rejuvenation

As you get your body in beautiful shape, you might consider treatments to make your face look younger, too. You have many options for facial rejuvenation, including:

Learn More About Body Contouring and Other Rejuvenating Treatments in Beverly Hills

Find out more about the possibilities of cosmetic treatment in a personal consultation. Dr. David Kim and Dr. Eugene Kim at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery have developed an impeccable reputation for stunning, natural-looking cosmetic treatment and plastic surgery results, attracting patients from all over the world. Contact our practice today at (310) 746-5475 or send an online request to schedule an appointment.

Breast augmentation with implants is the most sought-after plastic surgery in America. More than 300,000 women have the procedure every year. But despite its widespread acceptance and tremendous popularity, misconceptions persist that cause some women to hesitate.

We’ll look here at six of the most common breast augmentation myths and explain the real facts.

1. Implants Make Breasts Look Fake

When performed by a skilled plastic surgeon and tailored to the natural proportions of your body, breast implants can make your breasts look like a more natural fit with your silhouette while boosting your allure. The secret is to choose the appropriate size, shape, and position for the implants. Your plastic surgeon will advise you on those choices, based on your anatomy and your wishes for enhancement.

2. I’ll Need My Breast Implants Replaced Every Few Years

It’s true that breast implants don’t last forever. Eventually, the implants may leak or rupture. But it’s common for implants to last without problems for 10 or 15 years or even longer.

With saline implants, leakage will cause deflation — with cosmetic but not health effects. With silicone implants, leakage will require surgical removal. In either case, you’ll have the choice of replacing the implants or having them removed and allowing your breasts to go back to their former size. A breast lift can help reshape the breasts if you have your implants removed or replaced.

You may also choose, at any time, to remove or replace the implants because your ideal body shape has changed. This choice is personal, unrelated to any specific timing.

3. Implants Can Improve Sagging Breasts

Breast implants add volume and can improve the shape of your breasts, but they are not the answer for sagging breasts. That issue results from a gradual loss of skin elasticity. If you want to add volume to your breasts, but also want to improve their drooping appearance, breast augmentation combined with a breast lift may be the answer.

4. Implants Make It Impossible to Breastfeed

Breast augmentation, when carefully performed, should not affect the ability to breastfeed. And studies analyzing the quality of breast milk produced by mothers with silicone implants have found no evidence of silicone in their milk. If the future ability to breastfeed is a concern for you, discuss it in your consultation with the plastic surgeon. You may decide, together, on an approach to the procedure that minimizes the risk of problems, such as placing the incision below the breast, rather than around the nipple, or placing the implants below the chest muscle.

5. Breast Augmentation Is Only for Young Women

While breast augmentation is popular among women in their 20s and 30s, it is also a top choice of many women in their 40s, 50s, and even 60s.

Breast size and shape can change with pregnancy and breastfeeding, so many women wait to get implants when they are finished having children. Other older women have implants to make themselves look and feel better. As long as you are in good health, there is no upper age limit for the procedure.

6. Any Cosmetic Surgeon Can Perform Breast Augmentation

When considering breast augmentation, you should look for a plastic surgeon. To produce beautiful and natural-looking results, a plastic surgeon must have experience and demonstrated skill in performing the procedure and the aesthetic sense to guide the choice of size, shape, and placement of the implants. Review credentials, ask about experience, and look at before-and-after pictures when choosing a plastic surgeon.

Learn More In a Personal Consultation

Dr. David Kim and Dr. Eugene Kim at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery have developed an impeccable reputation for stunning, natural-looking breast augmentation results, attracting patients from all over the world. Contact our practice today at 310-746-5475 or send an online request to schedule a consultation.

“Side boob” has entered the fashion lexicon as a term for outfits that reveal the sides of the breasts — and it has been a hot trend for the past few years. It’s the new cleavage, shifting the peek from the center to the sides. Look back at pictures of Reese Witherspoon in a Jason Wu for Hugo Boss dress at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar party, or Gwynneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lawrence in their Oscar dresses. Since then, other stars and personalities have jumped on the trend, notably Kate Hudson, Kendall Jenner, Rihanna, Bella Hadid, and Kim and Chloe Kardashian.

How do they pull it off? And could you?

Side-Boob Dressing Tips

The side-boob look can be super sexy if you do it right. But you’ll need to be careful if you want to keep it tasteful — and avoid a wardrobe malfunction. Here are some of the secrets:

When doing a top reveal, whether it’s deep cleavage or a side boob, it’s a good idea to keep the rest of your outfit conservative. You don’t want to overdo it and distract from the effect by showing too much leg, for example.

3 Ways to Enhance Your Silhouette

The other key to pulling off the side-boob look, of course, is your breasts. Some women have the natural curves for an alluring side-boob peek, while others don’t. If you need a bit more volume or less sag to rock with this look, consider a breast lift or breast augmentation with implants or fat grafting.

Breast Lift

A breast lift gets rid of the droop and gives your boobs a younger-looking projection. An outfit with side-boob exposure is going to show how your breasts have sagged with age, weight changes, or motherhood, or how their volume has shifted from top to bottom. A breast lift raises and reshapes your breasts so you’ll feel confident about that peek.

Breast Augmentation With Implants

Breast implants enhance the size and shape of your breasts for a sexier look. A successful side-boob look doesn’t require huge breasts — it can be a knockout with B cups — but it does look better with a noticeably round shape. The goal should be to choose a size and form that fits naturally with your body, and that looks great with a bit of reveal.

Fat Grafting

Fat grafting is another, subtler way to enhance your silhouette. A talented plastic surgeon can remove excess fat from a donor area of your body using liposuction, then processes and injects the fat cells into parts of the breasts that need a volume boost. The results are long-lasting and use only your body’s fat tissue. Fat grafting has a double advantage of slimming with liposuction, while simultaneously building more roundness in your breasts.

Combining two procedures — a breast lift with either type of augmentation — can be a great way to sculpt your breasts for optimal effect. 

Imagine feeling so confident about your body and so secure in your sexy silhouette that you delight in turning heads with a stunning side-boob outfit!

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Dr. David Kim and Dr. Eugene Kim at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery have developed an impeccable reputation for their stunning, natural-looking results and high patient satisfaction. Contact them today at 310-746-5475, or send an online request to schedule a consultation.

You’re happy with your lean runner’s body, but wish you had more of a figure up top. If you’ve dismissed breast augmentation as a change that would get in the way of your fitness goals, think again. With the right choices, you can have it all — a more feminine figure and a commitment to healthy physical activity. A significant number of competitive runners and cyclists have had breast augmentation surgery for the same reason, and carried on with their push for faster times. 

In this article, we’ll discuss some key choices and answer some commonly asked questions.

Freedom of Movement

Size and shape matter in breast implants, both for your looks and for your ability to run with comfort. To avoid any interference with your arm movement while you run, you’ll want to minimize “spill-out” to the sides of your breasts. You also want to avoid adding too much weight to your chest with overly large implants to avoid back strain and chafing, not to mention slowing your uphill pace. 

If your body is lean from running, you’re probably not looking for a big increase in breast size anyway — it could give you an unbalanced appearance. So you might think C cup rather than D cup. That’s in keeping with an overall trend of more modest augmentations. If you do go for a larger size, a well-fitted sports bra can help you stay comfortable on the road and track.

Talk with the surgeon, too, about the shape of the implants. A higher-profile implant — one with a narrower base and more forward projection — will have less spread to the sides than will a lower-profile implant — one with a wide base. Of course, the choice of implant size and shape should be whatever provides the most natural fit with your anatomy.

Placement

A surgeon can place breast implants either beneath the chest wall muscles (subpectoral placement) or above them (subglandular placement), and each choice has its advantages. 

If you lift weights or are a competitive sprinter, subglandular placement is probably the better choice. When implants are below the muscles, the intense contractions involved in building upper-body strength can distort the implants or shift their position.

If you’re like most runners, with a slender upper body profile and no plans for a more muscular chest, subpectoral placement may be more comfortable. But either placement option should be fine. Your plastic surgeon can explain which of the options will give you the most natural breast look and feel.

Silicone or Saline?

The choice of silicone or saline implants is another decision with several factors to consider. If you are very thin, with little body fat or breast tissue, the softer silicone implants may produce a more natural look and feel than saline implants. But neither option has an absolute advantage for all runners.

Will Implants Hold up Under the Stresses of Running?

Some female athletes are concerned about the durability of implants. Remember, these are medical devices designed to withstand significant trauma, such as hitting the steering wheel in a car accident. So the movement of running won’t affect the implants themselves. To avoid stretching the skin of your breasts when running after augmentation, it’s a good idea to wear a well-fitting sports bra.

Timing

The timing of the procedure is the final consideration. You will need to have some downtime to heal. That means at least two weeks with no strenuous exercise, then a gradual buildup to your normal training and competition routine. 

Many runners schedule the procedure soon after their most important race of the year, when they will have downtime for physical recovery anyway. Or, they plan the procedure for the winter months, when they would ordinarily be on a lighter training routine.

As you begin to resume your running routine, get a professional fitting for a sports bra with extra support. With appropriate care, and without pushing yourself too hard or too fast, you should be back in your normal routine in a few weeks.

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Dr. David Kim and Dr. Eugene Kim at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery have developed an impeccable reputation for their stunning, natural-looking results and consistently high level of patient satisfaction, and they have experience working with athletes. Contact them today at 310-746-5475 or send an online request to schedule a complimentary consultation.

Congratulations! You made the decision to enhance your bust size with breast augmentation! You’re not alone – in 2018, over 313,000 augmentations were conducted across the United States, a 4% increase from the year before. Now, its time to find the perfect implant size – but where to start? 

Choosing the right implant size is an incredibly personal decision that is based on several factors: your lifestyle, your ultimate aesthetic goals, and long-term appearance. Needless to say, each of these factors requires careful consideration on the part of patients. When in doubt, always consult a trusted expert. In Beverly Hills. Cosmetic surgeons Dr. David Kim and Dr. Eugene Kim have developed a strong reputation for highly professional care that creates stunning results. Our Beverly Hills surgeons welcome all individuals to schedule a private consultation regarding breast augmentation.

Size Matters with Implants

When it comes to choosing the perfect implants, the size of implant you choose has a ripple effect on the long-term results of your procedure. How your clothes will fit, how noticeable your augmentation is, and even future breast health are all impacted by the size and shape of the implants you choose. Depending on the patient, the desired results may vary. While some may be looking forward to the noticeable change, others prefer a more subtle augmentation. 

Likewise, there are certain factors that influence the size of implant a person should get. The person’s figure is an especially important consideration when choosing the best implant. Too large of an implant can look disproportionate on a person’s figure and may cause them to look more top-heavy than they initially intended. Improperly sized implants may also create health issues down the road such as back pain, sagging, and thinning tissue around the implant. As a result, many patients who choose very large breast implants during their initial treatment return for corrective surgery or to replace their initial implants with smaller ones.

Easy Steps When Choosing Your Breast Implants

Are you in the process of considering the best implant size for your figure? Here are some considerations to keep in mind when weighing your options. One way you can determine what size implant may be best for you is to perform the Rice Test in the comfort of your home.  To do the rice test, simply put rice in a plastic baggie or nylon hose. Adjust the amount of rice in the bags to experiment with different sizes. You should wear the rice in a bra or swimsuit top for a couple of hours to get an approximation of how the new size will look and feel. 

In addition to using the Rice Test to get a preliminary feel for your personal preferences, there are several other factors you should consider:

What’s Your Lifestyle?

For active women, implants can help restore femininity and build self-confidence. However, going too large with implant size can begin to impede performance and make certain activities such as jogging or running uncomfortable.

What is Your Current Goal?

At the end of the day, breast augmentation helps patients achieve their desired aesthetic goals. However, it’s important to know exactly what that end goal is and how augmentation fits in. It’s important that the size you choose is the size you will feel comfortable and confident in. Going for an ultra-dramatic change can cause some to feel their implants look unnatural post-surgery, leading some to return for breast implant replacement down the road.

Think Long Term

While implants may not last forever, they do last a long time and you can expect to have them for many years to come. When choosing implants for your augmentation procedure, be sure to consider how you’ll feel about their appearance five and ten years in the future. 

Meet with Our Specialists

While we can’t make the final decision for you, our team of experts can certainly help. Call Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery today and schedule your consultation with our plastic surgeons. During your session, our specialists will guide you through your options and help you explore all considerations before settling on your implants. Call today to get started!

No two breasts are the exact – not even the pair on the same chest. While it may not be noticeable for all women, most have some degree of asymmetry between their breasts, where one happens to be larger than the other. For most, the difference can be imperceptible and easily hidden within a bra. For others however, the difference between breast size can be very noticeable. From impacting bra size to changing the way clothes fit, the disparity in size can severely impact a woman’s self-confidence to the point where many experiencing this problem begin to look for more permanent solutions.

Breast augmentation for breast asymmetry has become one of the more popular treatment options for patients with significant differences in the size of their breasts. Before choosing this option however, there’s a few considerations patients should be aware of before moving forward with augmentation as the answer. 

Asymmetry Treatment Is Not the Same as Standard Augmentation

In many ways, treating asymmetry with breast augmentation is more complicated than simply placing implants. Addressing asymmetry requires a comprehensive strategy that can include implants, lift and other surgical solutions in order to create the patient’s ideal figure and create symmetry. Choosing a surgeon with a proven eye for aesthetics and experience in treatment asymmetry can make a difference in achieving the desired results. 

Nature Isn’t Always to Blame

While few women are naturally blessed with perfectly even breasts, genetics isn’t always the culprit behind asymmetry. Improperly placed implants, accidental implant rupture and other previous efforts to enhance breast size can over time change the shape and placement of existing implants, thereby changing the overall appearance. Corrective surgery can be leveraged to fix the original augmentation and enhance a person’s figure, leaving them feeling confident in their overall look. 

Augmentation Solution Varies From Patient to Patient

Like any other form of breast augmentation, procedures that correct asymmetry are highly personalized to each person and dependent on several factors. While women with thick breast tissue and severe asymmetry may find more natural looking results with saline implants that are filled during the procedure, others may achieve their best results with silicone or gummy bear implants. 

Not All Asymmetry Requires Augmentation

For some, asymmetry treatment can require reducing the larger breast to a more manageable size rather than adding volume to the smaller one. In these instances, breast reduction surgery is an excellent alternative to creating proportionate, evenly sized breasts. 

Augmentation Can Require Several Treatments

There is no one-size-fit-all option for correcting asymmetrical breasts. In some instances, combination treatments that leverage breast reduction, lift and augmentation can be a woman’s best chance at achieving symmetrical and natural looking results. During your consultation with your experienced plastic surgeon, you’ll be able to explore these different options and identify which of these procedures will best help you achieve your goals. 

Get the Facts at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery

When it comes to unbiased consultations and second opinions, trust your care with the specialists at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery. Since opening our doors, our experienced surgeons have helped countless women explore their augmentation treatment options and identify the best solution for their bodies. Throughout preparation, surgery and recovery, we’re your partners in revealing a beautiful and more confident you. Learn more about this application of augmentation by calling and scheduling your consultation today!

Breast augmentation has come a long way since its initial introduction to U.S. patients in 1962. New implant types, incision techniques, and placement options have made it possible to tailor treatment to each person’s body. Thanks to these highly personalized treatment strategies, this popular plastic surgery has left countless patients extremely satisfied with their results. 

Most of our breast augmentation patients are delighted by their new look and love their implants for years to come. However, tastes change and there may come a time when you’ll no longer want breast implants. While some women may choose to continue life without implants, others may feel more confident with a less invasive alternative that keeps their curves. Our Beverly Hills surgeons can guide you through your treatment options and help you find the right solution for your figure. 

The Reasons Behind Implant Removal

The reasons for choosing breast implant removal are as numerous as the reasons for initially choosing breast augmentation. While these reasons span the gamut between medical and cosmetic, some of the most common reasons we hear at BHPS include:

Aesthetics

Your perfect breasts at 20 and 50 may not look the same. Dissatisfaction with too large implants is among the most frequent reasons our plastic surgeons hear when it comes to implant removal in Beverly Hills. While some patients may choose to simply reduce the size of their implant, others opt to return to their natural breast size.  

Surgical Revision

When performed by a skilled plastic surgeon, breast augmentation typically produces excellent results. As one of the top plastic surgery practices in Beverly Hills, we see many patients that may have received sub-par results at another practice. Revision surgery can correct errors and abnormalities from a previous breast surgery, but some patients may find the prospect of having to undergo one or more revision surgeries not worth the time or effort and choose to have their implants removed. 

Rupture or Leakage

Like other medical devices, breast implants are not made to last forever. Modern implants last a long time and are less likely to leak than older models, especially if you opt for a cohesive silicone breast implant (aka gummy bear implants). 

If you’re experiencing rupture or leakage of your breast implants, replacement or removal are your options. Breast implant replacement surgery is a straightforward procedure, often offering a shorter and easier recovery than the initial breast augmentation. We also offer implant removal for those patients that no longer want breast implants. 

Capsular Contracture or Illness

While increasingly rare with new implant types, capsular contracture can cause breast hardening, distortion, and discomfort. Treatment for this condition includes removing the breast implant, removing or repairing the capsule of scar tissue that surrounds the implant, and replacing the breast implant. Alternatively, the breast implant can be permanently removed and not replaced. 

Other women may have illnesses or medical conditions that require breast implant removal. Talk with your doctor if this is a concern and explore your options. 

While the reasons behind implant removal can vary, the results of this procedure can sometimes leave women with less than what they had before. In these instances, simultaneous fat transfer is a natural solution for restoring your curves. 

Benefits of Simultaneous Fat Transfer

Also known as reverse liposuction, simultaneous fat transfer leverages extra fat in your body to build breast volume and restore breast shape after implant removal. During the procedure, fat cells are removed from a different part of the patient’s body and injected into the breast tissue. This creates natural volume and can fill in minor gaps left when implants are removed. When combined with implant removal surgery, patients can go from implants to fat transfer-enhanced curves. 

There are many benefits to this procedure including:

Efficient Treatment

Surgery is never fun. For many women considering implant removal, the prospect of more surgery is less than appealing. Breast implant removal surgery with simultaneous fat transfer condenses multiple treatments into one surgery, shortening recovery time. 

Minimize the Risk of Capsular Contracture

Women who’ve had implants removed due to capsular contracture or infection are at a higher risk of recurrence if they decide to replace their implants. Advanced surgical techniques and changing the positioning of the implants may mitigate some of this risk. 

Removing implants and simply augmenting natural breast size with reverse liposuction helps eliminate the possibility of experiencing capsular contracture again without compromising a patient’s overall appearance. 

Permanent Volume and Natural Enhancement

Fat cells are not typically eliminated without surgery. Replacing implants with grafted fat tissue leaves patients with natural, long-lasting augmentation. Implants and prosthetics may require replacement down the road but transferred fat will stick around. 

Am I A Candidate for Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation? Visit our Specialists to Find Out

We want our patients to love their breasts. If yours are no longer sparking joy, let us help you explore other options. In Beverly Hills, our plastic surgeons can help you find solutions to breast implant removal without losing your feminine curves. Call 310-746-5475 today to schedule your consultation with our surgeons today.

While the last several decades have seen countless innovations in modern plastic surgery, its hard to name a procedure that has changed as dramatically as breast augmentation. Within the last two decades alone, this cosmetic surgery has become less invasive and more personalized to each individual – factors that have allowed this procedure to quickly become one of the most popular plastic surgeries available. Whether you’ve been considering breast augmentation for a long time or are just now exploring your options, considers these reasons why the treatment is better now than ever before.   

Better Surgical Techniques 

Plastic surgery techniques have come a long way in the last five years, much less the decades since breast augmentation first gained popularity among female patients. Before, implant placement was a rigid procedure, with little accommodation for a patient’s unique figure. 

Today, women have options at all stages of the surgery, starting with placement. Where patients were once restricted to a one-size-fits-all approach, new innovations in creating more aesthetic treatments mean that woman can choose where their incision is made to maximize discretion. For some, an inframammary incision made below the breast is discreet yet allows the placement of larger silicone or gummy bear implants without requiring a large visible scar following treatment. In other instances, patients opt for peri-areolar incisions in order to hide the resulting scar with the edge of the areola. 

More Implant Options

Final results that look and feel natural are primarily determined by the type, shape and size on implant a patient selects. Much like surgical placement and incision, earlier forms of breast augmentation surgery offered patients only a few options to choose from. 

Today, patients today have an array of implants to choose from. Starting with the filling type, patients can choose from options like saline, silicone and “gummy bear”, which each offer their own advantages and can look fantastic on any figure. Beyond implant type, patients also have expanded options when it comes to determining size – for some, the bigger the better, while others may opt for more subtle enhancement. Regardless of what your ultimate goals are, rest assured that you have plenty of options to select from in order to achieve your ideal figure. 

Get Started at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery

When it comes to choosing a plastic surgeon, experience and expertise make a difference. The surgeons and staff and Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery are committed to helping all patients feel comfortable and confident with their looks and over a wide range of cosmetic treatments to help them accomplish their goals. Our boutique plastic surgery practice uses the latest state-of-the-art technologies to craft personalized cosmetic treatment strategies, include breast augmentation. Learn more about developing your customized plastic surgery procedure by calling (310) 746-5475 and scheduling your consultation today!

Breast augmentation has long been one of the top requested plastic surgeries by women across the country. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgery, breast augmentations in 2018 reached over 310,000 procedures – an estimated rise of 48% since 2000. In recent years, new techniques as well as implant devices have made the treatment even easier for patients to achieve renewed confidence in their appearance. 

While the procedure is easily one of the best known and most common, there are still a number of questions and misconceptions that surround the treatment. At Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, our goal is to dispel these questions so that patients know what to expect with this procedure. If you’re thinking of enhancing your current appearance with breast augmentation, consider the facts behind these common misconceptions.

All implants are the same

False. There are several different implant options patients can choose from, depending on their desired final look. In addition to choosing the type of implant option (saline, silicone or gummy bear), patients can choose from several different implant shapes. During your consultation, our surgeons work with each woman to identify the perfect implant type and shape that will help them enhance their figure without looking unnatural.

Implants need to be replaced every 10 years

Somewhat true. Like any other medical prosthetic, implants are not designed to last forever. Breast implants can rupture, leak or excessive scar tissue can develop around the implant, which can then lead to secondary complications. However, the longevity of an implant ranges tremendously based on the individual. Routine check-ups with your plastic surgeon can help identify potential problems before they happen and ensure you can enjoy your new figure for as long as possible.

Breast implants increase the risk of autoimmune disease

As breast implants have spent more time on the market, more studies have been conducted to determine the impact of breast implants on the long-term health of women. Thus far, these studies have not shown a link between implants and autoimmune disease. One recent study however has shown an association between breast implants and a rare form of lymphoma.

If you have breast implants, you can’t breast feed

False. Most augmentation surgeries place the implant behind the pectoral muscles using an inframammary fold. This incision allows the implant to be placed completely away from the breast, leave all necessary milk ducts intact. When the incision is done through the areola, patients may notice some interference with milk supply. For women concerned about the implant’s silicone leaching into the milk, not to worry – today’s implants are unlikely to leach into breast milk.

All breast augmentation surgeons are the same

Definitely false. Just like choosing the best procedure for your body can take some time, finding the right specialist requires doing some explorations. A great plastic surgeon with extensive experience placing breast implants can make a substantial difference in how your final treatment looks and lasts. At Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, Dr. David and Dr. Eugene Kim have completed rigorous training to stay versed in the best surgical techniques and options. By constantly honing their skill set and completing advanced education courses, our patients receive world class care right at home. 

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Located in Beverly Hills, our plastic surgery practice is proud to offer world class care that focuses on education and results. Learn how breast augmentation can transform a woman’s self-confidence and enhance your natural curves by scheduling  your consultation with our specialists today!