Breast Procedures – San Luis Obispo
Breast Augmentation
What is breast augmentation
If you are considering breast augmentation
Breast augmentation, technically known as augmentation mammoplasty, is a surgical procedure that enhances the size and shape of the breast using implants. A breast implant is a silicone shell filled with either silicone gel or a salt-water solution known as saline.
Dr. Hosn typically places the implants behind the chest muscle, with incisions made around the areola or in the breast fold so that scarring stays discreet. Implant type, size, profile, and placement are decided together during your consultation, matched to your frame and to the result you want.
Are you a candidate?
The best candidates for breast augmentation are women who are physically healthy, non-smokers, and realistic in their expectations, looking for improvement rather than perfection. Most patients come to Dr. Hosn for one of four reasons.
What to expect
Breast augmentation usually takes one and a half to two hours under general anesthesia, and is typically performed in an accredited outpatient surgical center. Implants are placed through small incisions around the areola or in the breast fold, most often behind the chest muscle.
Most patients return to work in about two weeks, resume light exercise at three weeks, and return to full activity at six weeks or more. Swelling settles and the implants soften into their final position over the following months, with final results typically visible at twelve months. Procedure, recovery, and results will vary from patient to patient.
Planning your consultation
In your initial consultation, Dr. Hosn will spend the time needed to understand your goals, perform a complete examination, and make recommendations tailored to your anatomy. Our office is committed to educating every patient on the risks, benefits, and alternatives of this procedure.
The typical patient meets with Dr. Hosn three times before proceeding with any major procedure. That matters especially for breast surgery, where the sizing conversation defines your expectations for breast size and shape well before any commitment is made. Those visits are where you try different sizes, review before-and-after photographs, and settle on implant type and placement together.
Why patients choose Dr. Hosn for breast augmentation
- Board-certified plastic surgeon with years of specialized breast surgery experience
- A focus on natural-looking results in proportion with your frame
- Compassionate, patient-centered care in a private setting
- A commitment to safety and to how the result holds up long term
Dr. Hosn’s patients
Breast augmentation results
Individual results vary. Photographs are published with patient consent. See the full before & after gallery.
Select a body area
Where would you
like to start?
Every plastic surgery procedure is performed by Dr. Hosn himself, in an accredited outpatient surgical center, with the same standard applied whether it is a fifteen-minute injectable or a five-hour abdominoplasty.
Face
Lifting what has descended, opening what has hooded, and softening what has etched in. Surgical and non-surgical.
Breast
Size, shape and position are three separate questions. The consultation is where you work out which one you are asking.
Body
For contour that diet and training have stopped changing, usually after pregnancy or significant weight loss.
Skin
The daily work that decides how the surgical work ages. Medical-grade formulations, prescribed rather than picked off a shelf.