A 39 year old woman who described herself as a 34B but wished to be a full C to D but still relatively natural in appearance. She was concerned about capsular contracture because of a friend who has breast augmentation elsewhere and wished to do everything to avoid this. She wanted to have some superior pole fullness as long as it would look relatively natural. After discussing the different implant choices she elected for an Ideal Structured Saline implant because she did not want to have to worry about a silent rupture. She is 5’5” and 137 lbs and elected for a 455 cc implant placed through an inframammary fold incision and below the pectoralis muscle.
She is shown before and again, 10 months after her surgery.
Details: We used the 405 cc Ideal Structured saline implant with the empty implant volume of 60 c. The inner lumen was filled to 235 cc and the outer lumen was filled to the maximum recommended volume of 160 cc to give a total volume of 455cc. ( “100% fill “) Because of the relatively large size of the implant that she selected, I reinforced her inframammary folds by anchoring her inframammary fold ligament to the rib periosteum at the time of surgery with a strong dissolvable suture to decrease the risk of “bottoming out”. This can be an issue with a larger implant when additional force is placed on the fold, causing it to “give way” and allow the implant to drop excessively. She is thrilled with her very full but still natural appearance, and her inframammary folds have been stable.
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