Breast augmentation is a surgical procedure that enlarges the breasts through implants. This surgery can also be utilized to reconstruct the breast after an injury or full removal.

Why Do Women Seek Breast Augmentation?

Not all women choose to have breast implants Honolulu for the same reasons. However, it is important to note that breast augmentation is one of the most popular surgical procedures. Our Honolulu plastic surgeon performs a many breast augmentation surgical procedures every year.

Some women with small breasts want to enjoy a larger size. Other women want to create symmetry in their breasts, while some patients want to revive the look of their breasts after pregnancy. Still other women undergo breast implants Hawaii to improve their self image, which in turn allows them to feel greater confidence. Often, improving one's appearance can provide a much needed boast to self-confidence levels.

There are still other women who choose breast implants because they have suffered a disease or injury that has altered the shape or the appearance of their breasts.

Who Makes a Good Candidate for Breast Augmentation?

When it comes to breast augmentation, a good candidate is a woman who is in excellent health. It is also best to wait until your breasts have finished growing before you begin to consider breast implants Hawaii.

Other factors that make a woman a good candidate include:

• Your breasts are not the shape they were before you had children, and you yearn for them to be firm once again.

• You have lost significant weight, which has altered the shape and size of your breasts in a negative manner.

• You have always wanted to have larger breasts.

• You want to improve your body image through larger breasts.

• You feel very self conscious about your small sized breasts every time you wear a clingy form-fitting dress or top, and rarely want to be seen in a bathing suit.

• You have a difficult time finding clothes to fit you because many fit well at the hips, but are too large in the bust area. Your breasts are not the same size, and the difference is very obvious.

• For any number of reasons, be it age or pregnancy, your breasts sag and you want to remedy the problem

Learn more about the different types of breast implants and incision sites available to your breast augmentation surgery.

Other things you should take into consideration are the Honolulu plastic surgeon's hospital privileges, his experience, and the professional societies to whom he belongs.

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