Talk:Breast augmentation

Technique section
might we be able to add a technique section?

image filenames
all the attempts at keyword spamming in image filenames ("Dr._Placik_Chicago_Arlington_Heights_IL") needs to go. thank you dr placik for contributing but please keep filenames generic. this is not an advertising venue for your practice nor an acceptable method of stuffing keywords into search engines. 75.129.62.48 (talk) 10:13, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

"Enlargement" is more neutral than "aumentation"
There's a discussion elsewhere which might be more relevant here:


 * Talk:Breast_implant

. Gronky (talk) 12:37, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

There is this article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_enlargement

I think that this needs to redirect to this article and implement the relevant info 107.216.116.49 (talk) 15:08, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Missing Size Info
This article is severly information-limited, eschewing basic information for speculation and critical conversation instead. Please consider revisiting the basics of Wikipedia regarding this article!

At the very least there needs to be present a table(s) relating gram-weight sizes to final cup-sizes, and a presentation of size increase after implant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.2.69.235 (talk) 03:10, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Let's not use marketing terms
I changed the intro to remove a lot of marketing-speak about "aesthetically enhancing the natural size" of breasts etc. Here's my edit:. Gronky (talk) 19:56, 1 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Follow up response:


 * I have edited the text, and restored the medical article impartiality.


 * Otto Placik (talk) 15:47, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Organization and content is a mess
I've made some attempts at reorganizing the material in this article, but it still doesn't make as much sense as I'd like. We have a section on surgical procedures (which conflates general information about procedures with specific information about implant procedures), and another separate section on non-implant augmentation (which are also surgical procedures). And the article is filled with medical jargon that is not appropriate for a general audience. The amount and style of the jargon suggests that much of the prose here was plagiarized from various sources. ~Anachronist (talk) 15:58, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Anachronist, I'm with you, having no doubt at all that the prose in the article was/is a blatant copyright violation. I hope it won't be once I get through with it.--Quisqualis (talk) 15:14, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

February 2020: Article really wanting in some respects
The wording and organization of this article were egregiously poor when I first encountered it. Further, there was a tendency toward low-key hype and a downplaying of certain hard realities. I realize that this article is probably visited mostly for the photos, but it also should be, for patients, a factual counterpoint to the poop-loads of promotional "medical" websites found online.

I hope to butcher, reorganize and reality-check this sorry sack of poo in the coming days. NB: I also call into question, on principle, the validity of any "reliable source" originating from this industry, even if the authors are university-affiliated, but that is a problem for another day.--Quisqualis (talk)


 * I haven't visited this article in a long time. Thanks for taking on the burden to make it better. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:35, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * and, the article remains a mess, filled with medical jargon, disorganized and extensive quotes of tiny studies (e.g.n=17) and is now, finally, totally outdated. I came here because of a CDC publication from today of complications of medical tourism for procedures including liposuction, you guessed it, for contouring and breast augmentation.This page still needs to be overhauled big time, placed multiple issues flag .--Wuerzele (talk) 21:23, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Additional Procedures
Temporary saline infusion increases 3 cup sizes, fairly safe, takes about an hour, lasts about 24 to 48 hours as the saline is absorbed, costs about $2500, some people are doing it at home for far less. Considered non surgical. Infection rate about the same as tattooing.

Polypropylene string. Banned in US, and many countries. A wad of plastic like fishing line is implanted in a surgical breast pocket. The wad fills with serum, and does not stop requiring frequent draining as the breast will continue to enlarge. Largest implants on record. High chance of infection.

Temporary expanders are being used as permanent implants. Occasionally over filled as such large implants are banned.

In the past foam rubber, and glass implants were used. 98.164.76.40 (talk) 09:43, 1 August 2021 (UTC)