Breast Augmentation
Breast Augmentation in Athens
At Pittman Plastic Surgery in Athens, GA, our prestigious board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Ed Pittman, meticulously customizes breast augmentation procedures to complement and enhance your natural beauty.
Breast augmentation’s unique potential lies in its ability to create a more balanced physique, uplift self-esteem, and foster a renewed sense of self-assurance. Experience individualized attention and outstanding surgical precision crafted to highlight symmetry and elegance at Pittman Plastic Surgery.
What is Breast Augmentation?
Breast augmentation, or mammaplasty, is a cosmetic surgery that employs breast implants or fat transfer techniques to increase the size of the breasts. Patients often seek this procedure to restore breast volume that may have been lost due to weight loss or pregnancy, to achieve a more balanced breast silhouette, or to correct asymmetry in breast size.
How Does Breast Augmentation Work?
Breast augmentation is performed under general anesthesia. Incisions are discreetly placed for minimal scarring and cater to your preferred results; techniques include peri-areolar edge, breast fold, or armpit. Implants are then positioned under the pectoral muscle or behind the breast tissue, depending on the implant type, enlargement goals, body type, and surgeon’s advice.
Finally, the incisions are meticulously closed for optimal healing.
Benefits of a Breast Augmentation Treatment
Breast augmentation offers many benefits beyond aesthetic enhancement to profoundly impact self-confidence. The procedure meticulously refines the breasts’ shape, ensuring balanced symmetry and projection, while contributing to an overall sense of bodily harmony.
For those who have experienced changes after pregnancy or weight fluctuations, it reinstates the natural contours of youth. Older women can also benefit, as the surgery aids in recapturing age-related volume loss, helping to craft a rejuvenated, youthful-looking silhouette.
Breast Augmentation vs. Other Treatments
While breast augmentation can increase the size and enhance the fullness of your breasts, it does not elevate their position. Should you desire perkier breasts, a breast lift is an alternative procedure that specifically aims to raise and reshape them for a youthful contour.
Candidates for Breast Augmentation are those looking to improve the size and shape of their breasts, desiring to feel more feminine and confident. During consultations, we welcome the opportunity to discuss with patients their individual aesthetic goals.
Pittman Plastic Surgery, in Athens, GA, offers saline, silicone, or highly cohesive silicone gel breast implants, depending on your unique needs and desired feel. We want you to be satisfied with the safety and proven results of each breast augmentation option.
Silicone implants consist of a silicone elastomer shell filled with silicone gel, which is similar in consistency to human fat. Saline implants are made with a silicone outer shell filled with a sterile saline solution. Both types are safe, and FDA approved. Dr. Pittman can further discuss the differences and help you decide which is best for you during a plastic surgery consultation.
The Breast Augmentation procedure lasts about 1 hour and is done under general anesthesia.
Recovery times vary patient to patient, but most are able to go back to work within a few days. Any physical contact with breasts should be avoided for the first 2 to 3 weeks. The scars left from the incisions will fade anywhere from a few months to a year or more after the surgery.
Most patients choose “Gummy” implants, which are silicone gel implants in the Natrelle INSPIRA® Breast Implants collection. We also offer saline breast implants, depending on your unique needs and desired feel.
Dr. Pittman can further discuss the differences and help you choose the best option based on your needs, wants, unique body structure, and more during your consultation. Keep in mind that choosing the right implant for you is more than just deciding on size.
Gummy describes the consistency of the silicone gel in Natrelle INSPIRA® Breast Implants.
This gummy-like gel sticks together and has the tendency to hold its shape. Each implant in this collection has a different level of cohesivity or gumminess.
All Natrelle INSPIRA® Breast Implants are soft, with varying levels of gel squishiness. When you “Go Gummy”, you don’t have to sacrifice implant softness.
The best way to determine softness is to feel each implant during your consultation.
Before, During, and After
What To Expect Before a Breast Augmentation Treatment
Your personalized consultation for breast augmentation with Dr. Pittman incorporates a thorough evaluation, including family history, a detailed physical examination, and an overview of cutting-edge procedure options. Utilizing Vectra 3D imagery and real implant samples, you’ll be guided toward envisioning your results and making informed choices regarding implant types and procedure specifics. This one-hour consultation ensures your aesthetic goals are understood and all questions addressed.
What To Expect During a Breast Augmentation Treatment
Breast augmentation involves inserting implants to enhance breast size and shape. The procedure starts with a single incision made either under the breast, underarm or around the nipple.
A pocket is created behind or in front of the pectoral muscle where the implant will be placed—saline implants are filled post-insertion; silicone implants are pre-filled.
Stitched incisions are bandaged post-procedure. Expect a natural-looking enhancement with a fuller bust line and improved breast symmetry.
What To Expect After a Breast Augmentation Treatment
Recovering from breast augmentation surgery usually involves a few weeks of tenderness, swelling, and possible bruising. Scars are expected to diminish as time passes.
Those whose work is not physically strenuous can typically return to their job within a week. During the initial recovery phase, refrain from lifting anything heavier than 5 pounds and engaging in high-impact activities for at least the first two weeks.
Light physical activities can be reintroduced gradually after week 4, and routine exercise can be resumed. Be mindful of your breasts’ sensitivity during the healing process and avoid any actions that could put extra strain on your chest.
It is safe to breastfeed after a breast augmentation and breast lift. Most breast surgery approaches are compatible with breastfeeding. Breastfeeding challenges, although rare, can occur depending on the surgery performed. It’s important to be open with your plastic surgeon and discuss all of your questions regarding breast surgery and breastfeeding.
Inframammary – (under the breast)
Despite what most people think, cosmetic surgery has become much more economical in the past few years. To help patients with financing, we provide various payment options including CareCredit®
Deciding on the right cup size and implant type for breast augmentation is made significantly easier with Pittman Plastic Surgery’s advanced Vectra 3D imaging technology. In Athens, GA, our board-certified surgeon, Dr. Ed Pittman utilizes this precise system to demonstrate potential post-surgery outcomes. The process involves capturing a 3D photograph of your body and using meticulous measurements to recommend personalized implant options. With this technology, you’re afforded a nearly exact (98.5% accuracy) preview of your new look, akin to peeking into your future. Each consultation leverages this technique to ensure you choose implants that beautifully complement your physique.
Breast augmentation surgery typically takes one hour to complete.
The time to return to work after breast augmentation surgery varies by individual, but typically, patients can return to work within a few days.
Breast augmentation implants placed behind the pectoral muscle won’t obscure mammogram images, whereas implants positioned in front may require adjustment by a technologist for clear views. Since implants mimic dense tissue, 3D mammograms offer a more detailed examination, like their use in denser natural breast tissue.
Breast implants often last for 20 years or more, but their longevity can vary from person to person. This varies depending on your body’s unique reactions and your maintenance habits,
FROM OUR PATIENTS
“I cannot even begin to tell you how much I have loved my experience to this point with Dr. Pittman and his staff.
I have never met a more friendly group of people. Stacy does an amazing job of making you feel comfortable with the consultation.
She really conveys a deep respect for Dr. Pittman and his surgical ability not to mention five minutes after meeting her she feels like a lifelong friend.
Dr. Pittman is a very confident, capable and caring physician. I knew he looked great on paper but he has a bedside manner to match it and that is often a difficult combination to find.
He took my concerns and questions very seriously and I really felt like his only patient when he where he was involved with my appointments.
Michelle is amazing as a patient coordinator. She is so warm and friendly… she is also has a lot of faith in Dr. Pittman and his abilities. Wanda is the sweetest thing and you can literally hear the smile in her voice when you speak to her on the phone.
I would recommend this group to ANYONE considering breast aug or any other procedure for that matter!!!!!!!!! A++++ service and 150% Satisfied!!!!!!!!!”
“Dr. Pittman and his staff made me feel very comfortable. They explained to me the different types of breast augmentation and told me about the one that would be the best for my body type so that really helped me out.”
“Having the surgery has made a major difference in how I view myself. My confidence level has been significantly increased and I am more comfortable with my body now. Before, my breast size was my biggest insecurity.
I no longer worry about how others view me and am so pleased with not having to avoid V-necks and other clothing that made my short-coming more noticeable. I feel more womanly than ever before and couldn’t be happier that I made the decision to go through with the procedure.”
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