Breast Augmentation: belly button Before & After Photos

This is a patient who is from the Los Angeles area who was operated in our Pasadena surgical center. She received a trans-umbilical breast augmentation (TUBA). Notice that her nipples slightly point out to the side; however, we were able to give her pretty good cleavage because we used an implant diameter that projected towards the middle enough to produce this nice effect. The implant diameter must be chosen carefully to match the chest size and the position of the nipples on the chest. Notice also that her nipples came up and look a lot better because of the breast implant.

During the TUBA procedure, a small incision is made in the area inside the bellybutton and the implant is rolled up like a taquito and then inserted through the fatty layer underneath the skin and then underneath the breast, (or rather underneath the muscle underneath the breasts, more typically). After this, the pocket for the implant is made, partly through the use of a sort of sizing balloon. Then the implant is placed. Typically there is much less discomfort than any other surgical approach to breast augmentation. Any drainage from around the implant goes down into the abdomen and is absorbed by the fatty layers, rather than staying around the implant and possibly causing scarring. This is a big advantage. This blood collection around the implant is more common if there is no natural drain, such as with another surgical approach. The TUBA procedure usually has virtually no blood collection around the implant because of this excellent drainage. In fact, some amount of blood coming through the bellybutton is common and we put a pad here after the surgery in order to collect this. Patients are encouraged to change this pad for the first day or two while drainage may continue.

Surgeon: Dr. Yoho
Patient Gender: Female
Race: Latin American descent