A former president of the North Carolina Medical Board, Stephen Herring, MD, is a plastic surgeon practicing in Fayetteville, NC. He has treated over 15,000 patients during his two decades of medical practice. Among the surgical procedures that Dr. Stephen Herring performs is breast augmentation.
Clinically denoted as augmentation mammaplasty, breast augmentation is a surgical procedure to increase the size of the breast. It involves placing breast implants under the chest muscles or breast tissue. When fat is used instead of implants, the procedure is known as a fat transfer breast augmentation.
The reasons behind a woman’s decision to have breast augmentation surgery are highly personal. Some women decide to have the surgery to improve self-confidence or self-image, while others want to compensate for breast size reduction after pregnancy or even-out breasts that are different sizes. In addition, some women who have undergone a mastectomy as a treatment for breast cancer, choose to have breast reconstruction surgery, which typically includes breast augmentation.
A consultation with a qualified plastic surgeon can help an individual fully understand the breast augmentation procedure, possible risks and complications, and the follow-up care required.
