Breast Augmentation Consultation Guide
A breast augmentation consultation should help you turn a general idea into a clear, personal plan. You do not need to know the exact implant or size before you arrive. You do need room to explain what has changed, what you want, and what would feel balanced on your body.
Reviewing the practice's breast augmentation options in Bend, Oregon can help you learn the basic terms. Then use your consultation to connect those choices to your anatomy, priorities, and daily life.
Describe the change, not only a cup size
Cup sizes vary and do not describe breast dimensions with much precision. It is often more useful to talk about the result you want: more fullness, restored volume after pregnancy or weight change, a different proportion, or improved balance between the breasts.
If photographs help you communicate, bring examples of qualities you like and do not like. Focus on shape, fullness, proportion, and the overall feeling of the result. Your examples should begin a conversation, not set a promise that one person's result can be copied onto another body.
Expect the examination to guide the options
Breast tissue, skin, chest width, breast position, existing differences, and your frame all influence the plan. Dr. Borsting uses those details to explain which choices may fit and why.
Width, profile, and volume work together. A number by itself cannot show how an implant will relate to your tissue and chest. Ask how each recommended dimension supports the shape and proportion you described.
Prepare to compare implant choices
Your consultation can compare implant choices and how each may influence volume, proportion, and the overall look you want. It should also cover implant position, where scars may sit, and how those choices may affect surgery and recovery.
Ask Dr. Borsting to explain the tradeoffs that matter for your anatomy. A clear recommendation should connect the implant and surgical plan to your body, not to a trend or a standard size.
Ask whether volume is the full concern
Breast augmentation adds volume. A breast lift changes breast shape and position. If loose skin or breast position is central to the change you want, ask whether augmentation alone can address it or whether a lift should be considered with or without an implant.
This distinction is worth settling before you focus on implant details. It helps make sure the procedure addresses the concern you actually want to change.
Bring your health and timing into the conversation
Your health, anatomy, nicotine use, and plans for pregnancy or breastfeeding can affect the recommendation. Breast augmentation is not planned during pregnancy or breastfeeding, and breast surgery can affect milk production or breastfeeding.
Share your health history, current nicotine use, and future pregnancy or breastfeeding plans. Ask when it would make sense to proceed and what you would need to do before surgery, including how long you must avoid nicotine.
Plan recovery around your real responsibilities
Soreness, swelling, bruising, and temporary changes in sensation can occur after breast augmentation. The procedure, your work, caregiving duties, and the way you heal all shape the recovery plan.
Before your consultation, make a short list of the activities that cannot be ignored: work, driving, exercise, lifting, childcare, pets, and household tasks. Ask when each activity may resume and what help you should arrange. Also ask about incision care, medications, support garments, and follow-up.
Discuss long-term follow-up before you decide
Breast implants are not lifetime devices. Future screening, imaging, revision, removal, or replacement may be needed. The consultation should explain implant-specific risks, how routine breast screening continues, and what long-term follow-up applies to the implant under consideration.
Ask what changes or symptoms should prompt a call and how future preferences could affect the plan. Understanding long-term care is part of choosing an implant, not an issue to leave until later.
Ask for a complete personal cost estimate
Breast augmentation cost depends on the surgical plan, implant choice, anesthesia, facility fees, medical testing, prescriptions, and postoperative garments. Ask which items are included in the estimate and which costs could change if the procedure plan changes.
Incisions, implant placement, and long-term risks
The consultation should explain where the incision would be, where the implant would sit, and how your tissue coverage affects the choice. Read the implant placement comparison for the distinction between positions above and partly below the muscle.
Discuss capsular contracture, rupture, changes in sensation, infection, bleeding, asymmetry, and possible future surgery. Implant fill, shape, and surface are separate choices. The FDA's implant risk guide also explains systemic symptoms and implant-associated cancer concerns. Ask how the exact device labeling applies to you.
For material choices, compare saline and silicone implants. Bring questions about future monitoring and the cost of care over time, not only the first operation.
Questions to bring to your consultation
- Which procedure best addresses the change I want?
- Would augmentation alone fit, or should I consider a breast lift?
- How do my tissue, skin, chest width, breast position, and frame shape the recommendation?
- How do width, profile, and volume work together in my plan?
- Where would the implant sit, and where may the scar sit?
- What risks apply to this implant and surgical plan?
- What help and activity limits should I plan for during recovery?
- What screening, imaging, and long-term follow-up may I need?
- What is included in my personal cost estimate?
Leave with a plan you understand
A useful consultation should give you more than an implant size. You should understand the procedure being proposed, why it fits your anatomy and goal, what recovery asks of you, and what long-term follow-up may involve.
Book a consultation with Dr. Borsting to explore a breast augmentation plan built around your body and vision.