Although the medical term is mammoplasty augmentation, it also known as breast augmentation or breast implants.

The operation consists basically of inserting a silicone implant between the mammary gland and the muscle or beneath the muscle. The periareolar and inframammary incision are the most common choices for making the incisions, leaving an almost invisible scar. There are many reasons for a woman to have a breast augmentation; from wanting to improve her appearance of small breasts, correct a decrease in volume post breastfeeding, balance a difference in size between breasts to reconstruction after a mastectomy.