Arm yourself with knowledge before plastic surgery Despite the fact that 8 out of 10 patients who have plastic surgery are happy with the results, nearly 40 percent wish they had done better research before the operation with regard to the potential side effects and complications.

Breast enlargement or augmentation began about 1959. Since then about two million women in the United States have undergone breast augmentation. The majority of those augmentations have been performed with silicone filled implants.

Breast augmentation is one of the most common cosmetic operations performed today. There are many reasons a woman would seek out breast augmentation. Some women who seek breast augmentation have small breasts and want to balance out their figures. Others have lost breast tissue simply through aging or childbirth, and some would like to correct breast asymmetry which may be congenital. In some cases if a woman has lost a lot of breast tissue and does not like the appearance of her breasts she may require a lift in addition to breast implants.

What to Ask Before Breast Augmentation