This procedure enhances the size and shape of a woman’s breast. Women born with small breasts or women who lost breast volume after pregnancy or breast size asymmetry can benefit from this procedure.

The surgery will take 2 hours.

Our physicians utilize silicone or saline (water filled) implants and place them either under the breast tissue or under the chest muscle.

Silicone implants are placed through an incision underneath the breast, in the natural crease.  Saline implants may be place  a smaller incision either under the breast or around the nipple.

If the implant is placed under the breast tissue, you will experience discomfort for 3 - 5 days and will resume normal activity in 2-3 weeks. If the implant is placed under the muscle, you will have discomfort for 5-7 days and resume normal activity in 3-4 weeks. You may be required to wear an ace wrap for 5-7 days.

You should avoid elevating your blood pressure for 1 week after your procedure and if the implant is placed under the muscle, you should avoid lifting anything over 10 pounds for 3 weeks.

This depends on the location of the implants and the type of work you perform. If your implants are placed under breast tissue, you will return in 2-3 days. If your implants are placed under muscle, you will return in 5-7 days.

Our physicians perform the majority of these procedures at Northwest Hospital, Northwest Tucson Surgery Center or Northwest Hospital Oro Valley.

General anesthesia or local (numbing) with sedation administered by a Board Certified Anesthesiologist.

Either under the breast or around the nipple.

While complications are rare, The risks include infection, bleeding and scarring, as with all surgical procedures. Capsular contracture or hardening around the implant, leakage or rupture of the implant and hyper or hyposensitivity to the nipples are also potential complications.