Breast Implants

00:00:07.007 --> 00:00:11.050 The types of breast enhancement procedures available are almost endless, 00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:12.330 or are very numerous. 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:17.050 I think the most common one that patients think about is breast augmentation. 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:19.786 Then you have a breast lift and you have a breast reduction. 00:00:20.954 --> 00:00:23.530 Then you have all the different types of revisions of those. 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:26.090 This is a breast implant; it is an actual breast implant. 00:00:26.927 --> 00:00:28.529 This is what it looks like. 00:00:30.364 --> 00:00:35.290 If it is sitting upright, it tends to look a little slanted here, 00:00:35.360 --> 00:00:38.290 like a teardrop, half a teardrop, or raindrop. 00:00:38.360 --> 00:00:40.530 If it's flat, it tends to look like this. 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:42.530 Who is a good candidate for breast augmentation? 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.330 Essentially, any patient who wants to increase the size of their breasts, 00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:48.210 I think it is a very easy answer for who is a candidate. 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:50.210 Luckily, the trend has come back. 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:52.085 Again, just like we are talking about with BBLs, 00:00:52.152 --> 00:00:55.889 the trend has come back from huge implants 00:00:55.956 --> 00:00:57.570 to something that actually fits the patient. 00:00:59.927 --> 00:01:03.090 I tend to not put in huge implants on patients. 00:01:03.160 --> 00:01:05.690 I think they can be damaging to the breast. 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:09.010 I want to give my patients the look that matches their body, 00:01:09.080 --> 00:01:11.338 where it looks good, and gives them the result they want, 00:01:11.672 --> 00:01:16.376 and does not permanently cause some problem or damage to their body. 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.881 That's the basics of how I view breast augmentation. 00:01:20.948 --> 00:01:24.073 I want to go to a plastic surgeon that does not just use 00:01:24.151 --> 00:01:25.170 one type of implant. 00:01:25.240 --> 00:01:29.210 That, to me, is a little crazy because implants vary. 00:01:29.690 --> 00:01:34.250 You can get different shapes and different looks based on the implant. 00:01:34.320 --> 00:01:37.231 If you do not know how to use all the various forms of implants, 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:42.269 and the gels inside the implants, then you really like... 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:45.906 That's one of the criteria for picking the right plastic surgeon. 00:01:46.520 --> 00:01:47.841 The saline implant is not my favorite, 00:01:48.175 --> 00:01:50.653 and that's because you always have to overfill it, 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:52.090 which makes it full of water. 00:01:52.160 --> 00:01:54.114 It is overfilled, so it's like a water balloon, 00:01:54.181 --> 00:01:55.716 and those tend to be very heavy. 00:01:56.116 --> 00:01:58.752 I think breast augmentation is an easy procedure to do. 00:01:58.819 --> 00:02:02.689 It's also a very easy surgery to mess up, which means you have to do your research. 00:02:03.023 --> 00:02:04.930 You should look at their before-and-afters. 00:02:05.459 --> 00:02:07.861 They should have gone to actual plastic surgery school, 00:02:07.928 --> 00:02:11.732 or residency and fellowship, and completed that, 00:02:11.798 --> 00:02:13.166 and gotten board certified, 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:16.603 not just a medical doctor who went to a course 00:02:16.670 --> 00:02:18.105 and is now putting in implants. 00:02:18.305 --> 00:02:20.841 It takes about an hour, typically maybe hour and a half, 00:02:20.908 --> 00:02:23.343 so it does not take a super long time.