Implant Size Changes In Newport Beach, CA

Ideal breast size and shape is based on personal preferences. What is right for one woman may not be ideal for another. Your body proportions in relation to implant size can affect how pleased you are with the final look of your breasts following your augmentation. Women may choose to change the size of their implants following their breast augmentation if they are unhappy with their breast appearance.

Small Breast Size

You may have been apprehensive about placing too large of an implant and erred on the small side. Your chosen implant size may not have translated into the breast fullness, shape, or overall appearance you originally desired.

Overly Large Breasts

Your surgeon may have felt that larger implants would help you achieve the physique you’ve always envisioned, but unfortunately, that size didn’t translate into the breast appearance you wanted. For some women, this feeling is instantaneous, while other women become unhappy with their breasts as time passes and styles change. Additionally, physical ailments such as chronic neck and back pain can lead you to wishing you had lighter breasts.

Exchange Techniques

Dr. Strawn may use a combination of techniques to treat your specific need. The following are possible solutions that may be used to exchange your implants:

• To minimize excess scarring, Dr. Strawn will attempt to use your original breast augmentation incisions to remove and replace your old implants.
• In addition to increasing or decreasing implant size, the implant material, shape or texture may be changed to help create a better overall breast shape.
• A breast lift may be needed in patients looking to decrease their breast size. Larger breast implants may have stretched your breast tissue, which can cause sagging around your new smaller implants if left untreated.
• Dermal Matrices can be used in patients who have weakened breast tissue due to large implants, aging, or breastfeeding. Dermal matrices reinforce the inframammary folds to provide additional support to the breast implants.
• Fat grafting can be combined with an implant size increase to achieve your ideal breast size and shape. It is also used to smooth out implant edges for a more natural appearance.
• Capsule work may be performed to create an appropriate breast pocket size to hold the new implants in place. A larger breast pocket is created to accommodate bigger implants. The capsule is tightened to keep smaller implants from shifting out of the pocket and causing a distorted breast appearance.