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About Nicole's Breast Augmentation
Contents of the Breast Augmentation Journal by Nicole

This section of the website is where I collected my thoughts from the time I first began considering breast implants, through my recovery from my breast augmentation surgery in 1998 and the experiences in the years that followed. I have included some of the information that I found when researching saline breast implants, silicone breast implants and different surgical procedures.

As of this update, It has been 8 years since my breast augmentation.  If you want to jump right to my 8 year update, click here.  The Journal below was written as my journey progressed so it is a much more interesting read if you start at the beginning.  I wrote my thoughts down as the weeks, months and years went by and only edited them a little bit when I looked back after all the time that passed.


To navigate through my breast augmentation journal, you can simply follow the "Next" and "Previous" arrow to move from page to page, or you can use the outline that appears at the bottom of each page to jump to a specific topic. If you want to come back to this page, click on the "Contents" arrow.

Begin breast augmentation of Nicole

Content Outline of the Breast Augmentation Journal by Nicole:

  1. Background on Nicole and why she was interested in breast augmentation (Page contains breast augmentation photos)
  2. Consultation with plastic surgeons before scheduling breast augmentation surgery
  3. Researching breast implants and breast augmentation
    1. Silicone breast implants
    2. Saline breast implants
  4. Risks associated with both kinds of breast implants
    1. Anesthesia during breast augmentation
    2. Capsular contracture - hardening of the breast implants (capsular contracture photo)
    3. Leaking breast implants
    4. Ruptured breast implants
    5. Additional surgeries after initial breast augmentation (photos of patient after breast implant removal)
    6. Loss of nipple sensation
    7. Mammograms and breast implants
    8. Breast implant rippling
  5. Different breast implant sizes
  6. Surgical Placement of breast implants
    1. Subglandular placement (breast implants above the muscle)
    2. Subpectoral placement (breast implants below the muscle)
    3. Submuscular placement of breast implants
  7. Types of incisions used in breast augmentation plastic surgery
    1. Periareolar incision (sometimes incorrectly referred to as breast implants through the nipple)
    2. Transumbilical incision (also known as TUBA method or breast implants through the belly button)
    3. Transaxillary (also known as axillary or placement of the implants through the armpit)
  8. Types of breast implants: Shapes and surfaces
    1. Smooth breast implants
    2. Textured surface breast implants
    3. Round breast implants
    4. Shaped breast implants (also sometimes referred to as anatomical breast implants or teardrop shaped implants)
  9. Breast feeding and breast implants
  10. Breast augmentation costs and prices for breast enlargement surgery in different areas of the United States
  11. Breast augmentation recovery time
  12. Nicole's Story - The Days before the Breast Augmentation Surgery
  13. Breast enlargement surgery day
  14. Breast implants - post-op recovery: Days 2-3
  15. Recovering from breast augmentation - Days 4 & 5
  16. Day 6 - Nicole continues breast augmentation recovery
  17. Recovering from plastic surgery - Days 7-12
  18. Nicole's recovery - 2 week update, 1 month update
  19. Nicole reports two months after breast augmentation surgery
  20. Three and a half month update (before and after breast augmentation photos)
  21. Nine month update - living with breast implants
  22. One and one-half years after breast enlargement - an update
  23. Three year breast augmentation update (clothed photos of Nicole with and without breast implants)
  24. Eight (yes, 8) year breast augmentation update (clothed photos of Nicole with and without breast implants)

First Stop: Nicole, and why she is interested in breast augmentation

Begin breast augmentation of Nicole

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