Breast Augmentation

Augmentation adds volume. A lift moves the breast and the nipple higher and removes loose skin. They answer different complaints, and which one you need is decided by where your breast sits now rather than by how much volume you want — an implant on its own makes a fuller breast in the same position. Some people need one, some the other, and some both in a single operation.

The incision is usually in the fold under the breast, and it can also be at the edge of the areola or in the armpit. The implant sits either directly behind the breast tissue or partly beneath the chest muscle. Both choices are made from your own anatomy — chiefly how much tissue you have to cover an implant — and your surgeon will tell you which they are proposing and why before you agree to anything.

By measuring, and by trying sizers on. A cup letter is a garment size that means different things in different shops; the measurement that governs the operation is the implant’s width in millimetres against the base of your own breast. Bring pictures you like — they are the clearest way to say what you are after — and expect the answer to be given in what your own frame can carry.

Mentor. They are a manufactured medical device with a serial number, and you leave with the card that carries it — keep it, the way you would keep the paperwork for anything else placed inside you. The manufacturer publishes its own documentation and warranty terms; those are the manufacturer’s to state and yours to read, and this page will not summarise them on their behalf.

It is a device, not a part of you, and no honest page will promise you it is for life. What can change over time is the implant, the tissue around it, and your own breast — which is why a further operation is a possibility rather than a failure, and why the follow-up matters. Your surgeon will tell you what would prompt one and what to watch for; ask that question in the consultation and expect a specific answer.

In a fully accredited Istanbul hospital, with a dedicated anaesthesia team, under general anaesthetic. An interpreter is with you for everything explained to you, so nothing is agreed in a language you have to guess at. Which hospital is named in your written plan before you travel.

Any breast imaging you have had and when, a note of previous surgery or biopsies, the medicines and supplements you take, and what you know about breast or ovarian cancer in your family. If you are planning a pregnancy, say so — it is relevant to the conversation and it is not a reason to be turned away.