Get Natural Looking Breast Implants: A Guide

Breast augmentation is a popular cosmetic surgery that’s completely customizable and helps women achieve their unique cosmetic goals. However, not all surgeries are created equally. There is a standard breast augmentations, and then there is a natural breast augmentation. The key difference lies in the surgeon, the surgical treatment plan, and the type of implants used during the procedure.

What Is a Natural Looking Breast Augmentation?

A natural looking breast augmentation is a surgical procedure that uses natural looking breast implants to increase the size of the breasts while also improving their shape and projection and overall body proportions. The goal of a natural looking breast augmentation is to use natural looking breast implants to ensure the final results look like natural breasts and enhance your body.

It’s different from a typical breast augmentation procedure because the focus is using breast implants of a specific size, shape, and type, also known as anatomical breast implants. These implants resemble natural breast tissue and shape so that you can achieve your cosmetic goals while still looking completely natural.

How Does the Consultation Process Work?

If you’re ready to transform your body with a customized breast enhancement, the first step is to schedule a consultation to confirm that breast augmentation is the right choice for you. Once you’re confirmed as a good candidate, you’ll work with your surgeon to customize every aspect of your breast augmentation.

Choosing Your Implant Type: Saline vs. Silicone Implants

There are two primary types of breast implants: saline implants and silicone implants. Saline breast implants have a silicone shell and are filled with a saline solution to the patient’s desired level of fullness during surgery. Silicone breast implants are made of a silicone shell and have a silicone gel inside. These implants are known for their natural look since they look and feel the most like natural breast tissue.

Both saline implants and silicone implants have advantages but those looking for the most natural looking breast implants often choose teardrop implants made of silicone as they resemble the natural breast shape. Gummy bear implants are a type of silicone implants made of a cohesive silicone gel that holds its shape. They are also teardrop implants and will increase breast size and improve breast shape.

Choosing Your Breast Implant Shape

There are two primary types of shaped implants: round implants and teardrop implants. Saline and silicone implants are both available as round implants. Round implants can look natural on women with a specific body shape and frame. Round shaped implants have uniform implant edges and they have the same amount of fullness at the top, sides, and bottom of the breasts.

Teardrop shaped implants are known for delivering the most natural results after breast augmentation. The natural shape of the breast resembles of teardrop, which is why choosing teardrop implants will ensure the most natural looking results.

Choosing Your Breast Implant Size

Once you choose your desired breast implant type and shape, whether gummy bear implants, saline implants, silicone gel implants, round implants or teardrop implants, you can choose your desired implant size. There are many factors to consider as your choose a breast implant size, including the amount of existing breast tissue you have, your body shape, and your desired results.

Women with very little breast tissue may choose larger anatomical implants while those with more breast tissue may just want to increase their breast size a few cup sizes. When you meet with your surgeon, he can show you how the breast implants look in person, explain the breast augmentation options, and help you choose the right size to ensure extremely natural results.

Choosing Breast Implant Profile

You’ll also need to choose your desired breast implant profile. You’ll have the option of low profile implants, moderate profile implants, and high profile implants. Low profile implants have very low outward projection.

Moderate profile implants deliver the most natural look after surgery. High profile implants have the most outward projection and can look unnatural on some body types, but may result in a natural look for others.

Determining Breast Implant Placement

Another important aspect of the breast augmentation customization process is choosing your breast implant placement.

Your surgeon can place the breast implants between the pectoral muscle and the natural breast tissue or beneath the pectoral muscle. There are advantages to each method and he will give you details bout your options during your consultation.

How To Ensure You Get the Most Natural Breasts After Breast Augmentation Surgery

Choose the Right Surgeon

Achieving your desired breast augmentation result begins with choosing the right surgeon, one with experience, credentials, skill, and an artistic eye. You need a surgeon who can help you pick the most natural looking breast implants and execute the right surgical treatment plan to help you achieve natural looking results.

However, you also need a surgeon who understands body proportions and the correlation between breast implants and body frame. That way, you’ll achieve natural-looking results and your implants will enhance your natural appearance.

Read Reviews

When it comes to cosmetic surgery and procedures like breast augmentation, patients are not shy about leaving reviews, whether negative, neutral, or positive. When you choose to change your body, you need a surgeon you trust who can perform the best breast augmentation procedure. If he exceeds your expectations, you’ll want to tell everyone about how happy you are with your results.

On the contrary, if you hate your results and feel like you look unnatural, you’ll let everyone know so they don’t have the same experience you did. As you search for a plastic surgeon, find one who’s board-certified and has an extremely high patient satisfaction rate so you can feel confident that you’ll be as happy with your results as former patients have been with theirs.

Ask for Pictures

A plastic surgeon should be able to provide you with before and after pictures of previous clients who have undergo this cosmetic surgery so that you, as a potential patient, can see his work in real life.

When you go to your consultation, ask the surgeon to see before and after photos of women who wanted larger breasts and were happy with this final results.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Is a Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation?

A fat transfer can help women increase breast size and achieve a natural look without undergoing a typical breast augmentation. The procedure involves taking fat from a donor site on the body and then injecting it below the breast skin to increase breast volume one to two cup sizes.

How It Works

Most patients will choose one to two body areas with excess fat that they want to improve via liposuction, a body contouring plastic surgery that’s an important part of a fat transfer. The surgeon then removes the body fat and prepares it for re-injection into the breast tissue.

The fat transfer helps women achieve natural looking results and the most natural looking breasts. A fat transfer breast augmentation is ideal for women who want to enhance their natural breasts without using silicone or saline implants. It can also be paired with a breast lift for enhanced results.

What Is a Breast Lift?

A breast lift is a cosmetic procedure that can be paired with a breast augmentation or fat transfer, or it can be scheduled independently to enhance natural breasts and breast tissue and correct sagging breasts.

During the procedure, the surgeon will lift the breasts higher on the chest wall to ensure the most natural look. He will reshape them breasts to help them look more like your youthful female breasts and may reposition the nipple if necessary.

Should I Be Concerned About Capsular Contracture?

Capsular contracture is a condition in which excess scar tissue forms around an implant, gets extremely hard, and causes significant discomfort. It can also cause the breasts to have an unnatural appearance.

There are several factors that can cause this condition, and while it is rare, any concerns can be directed to your plastic surgeon who can give you more details about the condition and what can be done to prevent or correct it.

If you’re ready to move forward with a natural breast augmentation, our team and world renowned surgeon Dr. Nir can help you achieve your ideal breasts. Contact Palms Wellington Plastic Surgery in Wellington, FL, to learn more about our services and to schedule your consultation.