Breast Augmentation
Rapid Recovery

The average procedure lasts about one hour, performed under IV conscious sedation in our in-house sterile operating room. The "rapid recovery" piece isn't about cutting corners on the surgery itself — it's about sophisticated pain management so that most patients walk out comfortable and return to normal activity within 24 hours.

Exercise and heavy lifting are still restricted for six weeks to protect the healing tissue, but most normal activities — driving, desk work, taking care of kids — resume almost immediately.

Saline Implants — Silicone shells filled with sterile saline solution. In the rare case of leakage the body harmlessly absorbs the saline. Saline implants require only a small incision because they're filled after placement.

Silicone Implants — Pre-filled with cohesive silicone gel that closely mimics natural breast tissue in feel and movement. The most popular choice for patients seeking a natural look and feel.

Fat Transfer — Augmentation using your own fat — liposuctioned from another area (abdomen, flanks, thighs) and carefully placed to increase breast volume. Natural look and feel, no implants, but with more modest volume increase per session.

Dr. Mata uses the dual-plane technique for the majority of cases — positioning the implant partially under the pectoralis muscle and partially under the breast tissue. This gives the natural-tissue coverage of a submuscular placement with the softness and mobility of a subglandular placement.

The most common incision is placed in the inframammary fold (the natural crease beneath the breast), where the resulting scar is fully hidden in most bras, swimsuits, and clothing. Alternative incisions — periareolar or transaxillary — are available for specific cases based on anatomy and preference.

Every implant placed in our operating room uses the Keller Funnel no-touch delivery method. The implant is never handled by gloved hands or exposed to skin — it moves directly from sterile packaging through the funnel and into the surgical pocket.

This reduces the implant's exposure to skin bacteria, which is believed to be a leading cause of capsular contracture (the most common long-term breast augmentation complication). Combined with triple antibiotic irrigation of the pocket, our contracture rates run well below national averages.