Question:
: I swear I have the worst breasts on this planet. I am 25 years old and I avoid intimacy and bathing suits and anything that will make me show my breasts. I would like an implant, probably saline. If I choose a certain cup size, can more saline be injected into the implant later to enlarge the cup size?
Answer:
The implants you are referring to are no longer really used in breast augmentation. These adjustable saline implants have a valve that can be placed under the skin away from the implant and the size can be adjusted later on, but again they are not currently used and silicone implants are much more popular today. However, saline implants in the right patients still have a very nice result as far as shape and size and overall look. As far as choosing the size of an implant, it is always important to have a very thorough conversation with your doctor before the surgery so that we can make sure that everyone understands what the outcomes of the surgery could be. One of the things that we do here at the Practice is use the Vectra 3-D imager that allows us to take a 3-D image of your body and place different implants in and this gives you a very good example of what your body could look like after a breast augmentation procedure.
About the Author: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.