Enhance breast size, shape and balance with a personalized surgical plan created around your anatomy, lifestyle and aesthetic goals.
The goal is not simply to add volume. It is to create a result that looks natural, complements your frame and feels right for your life.
At Plastic Surgery Center of the South near Atlanta, breast augmentation is one of our top procedures with one of the best patient satisfaction rates. With new breast implant materials and more advanced surgical techniques, this highly personal surgery can benefit women of many shapes and sizes.
Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Corey Harkins has extensive experience performing breast enhancement procedures. He can help you sort through your surgical options and choose the implant size, material, shape, profile and placement best suited to your body and lifestyle.
With his expert guidance, women who visit us for breast augmentation in Marietta from nearby communities including Roswell, Brookhaven and Sandy Springs can pursue fuller, more proportionate breasts with a treatment plan created specifically for them.
Breast augmentation can enlarge and reshape the breasts using either synthetic implants or your own excess body fat. Each approach offers different benefits.
Breast implants provide predictable, long-lasting fullness. Dr. Harkins will guide you through choices including implant size, silicone or saline fill, shape and profile to find a combination suited to your anatomy and goals.
Fat grafting uses your own natural fat to create a softer, subtler increase in volume while slimming a donor area such as the abdomen. It may appeal to women seeking modest enhancement without an implant.
The best way to determine whether breast augmentation is right for you is to meet privately with Dr. Harkins and discuss your health, anatomy and expectations.
Breast augmentation candidates typically:
During your consultation, Dr. Harkins asks about your goals and creates a surgical plan that accommodates your preferences, proportions and body shape.
Discuss the volume, shape, symmetry and overall silhouette you hope to achieve.
Compare size, fill material, shape and profile with professional guidance.
Review the surgical approach most appropriate for your anatomy and selected implant.
Plan time away from strenuous activity and understand your postoperative instructions.
Add volume and create fuller, beautifully shaped breasts when natural breast tissue is limited.
Replenish breast volume that has changed after pregnancy, breastfeeding, aging or weight loss.
Balance noticeable size differences, sometimes by selecting different implant sizes for each breast.
Renew contours when breasts have lost firmness or when congenital differences affect their appearance.
Restore one or both breasts following cancer treatment, trauma or other medical circumstances.
Choose an enhancement that complements your shoulders, waist, hips and overall frame.
Your anatomy, implant choice, personal preferences and Dr. Harkins’ recommendation all inform the final surgical approach.
The inframammary incision is commonly selected. The best incision depends on your anatomy, implant selection, surgeon’s recommendation and personal preferences. Options may include inframammary, periareolar, axillary and transumbilical approaches.
Implants may be placed directly behind the breast tissue or beneath the pectoralis muscle. Each position has distinct considerations related to shape, coverage, movement, mammography and capsular contracture risk.
Breast augmentation primarily adds volume, while a breast lift elevates and reshapes sagging breasts. For some patients, combining the procedures offers the most complete improvement.
Breast augmentation may also be combined with a tummy tuck, Brazilian butt lift or liposuction. A customized combination of breast enhancement and body contouring is often called a Mommy Makeover.
Revision surgery may improve a previous result, correct concerns such as capsular contracture or implant malposition, replace a ruptured implant, or exchange implants for a different type or size.
Cost depends on your implant selection, procedure complexity, whether other procedures are included, physician fees, anesthesia and operating-room fees. You will receive a personalized estimate during consultation.
Patient financing may help make breast augmentation more manageable. Training, experience, safety and expected results should remain central considerations when evaluating cost.
Breast augmentation may be performed under general anesthesia or local anesthesia with sedation. After making the incisions, Dr. Harkins creates a pocket for each implant, positions the implants and closes the incisions with dissolvable sutures. Bandages or a surgical bra support healing.
Surgery usually lasts 1 to 2 hours. You will return home wearing a soft, supportive bra and may feel tired and sore during the first few days. Postoperative discomfort is typically managed with medication until it subsides.
Recovery experiences vary. Follow the personalized instructions provided by your surgical team.
Prepare soft, loose-fitting clothing, button-down tops, moist wipes, entertainment, fiber supplements and nutritious low-sodium snacks and drinks before surgery.
Dr. Harkins creates an individualized surgical plan based on each patient’s anatomy, goals and preferred level of enhancement. His approach emphasizes balanced proportions, thoughtful implant selection and natural-looking results.
During your private consultation, he will explain your options, answer questions about recovery and help you understand what breast augmentation can realistically accomplish.
Breast augmentation is a surgical procedure that enlarges the breasts and enhances their shape. Breast implants are placed within the breast and are the most common method used to perform augmentation.
Natural-looking results add fullness while maintaining proportion with the patient’s frame and anatomy. The ideal implant dimensions, profile and placement differ from person to person.
Discomfort is expected after surgery but is usually manageable with the prescribed pain-management plan. Some patients may be candidates for EXPAREL®, a long-acting local analgesic administered during surgery. Dr. Harkins will discuss appropriate options with you.
Many women successfully breastfeed after augmentation. Incision placement and surgical technique may affect breast structures differently, so discuss future breastfeeding plans with your surgeon before surgery.
You should continue recommended breast screening after augmentation and tell the radiology technician that you have implants. Technicians use specialized positioning and imaging techniques for patients with breast implants.
Breast augmentation can often improve visible asymmetry. For marked differences, implants of different sizes may be selected to create better balance.
You will typically return home in a soft, supportive bra and continue wearing this style for approximately 3 to 6 weeks as directed. Wait until swelling resolves and the implants settle before investing in new fitted bras.
Breast implants do not have a fixed expiration date, but they are not considered lifetime devices. Revision may be recommended if a complication occurs or if you want to change implant size, material or breast shape.
Meet privately with Dr. Corey Harkins to discuss your goals, compare implant options and create a surgical plan designed around your body.
