Gulnara S. Shakh

Chief Surgeon

An endoscopic breast augmentation is simply a breast augmentation surgery that uses an endoscope. An endoscope is a tiny, lighted camera that produces images of the breast augmentation area. The endoscope is placed within the patient's body through a series of small incisions. Instead of complicating breast augmentation surgical procedure, the presence of the endoscope actually assists the surgeon. This type of procedure leaves as few scars as possible. The incisions made during an endoscopic breast augmentation are minimal and tend to be less than one inch long. Additionally, plastic surgeons providing an endoscopic breast augmentation surgery are able to evaluate any existing implants that a patient may have.

A small incision is made in either the patient's underarm or navel, which allows the surgeon numerous possibilities in providing the best surgical treatment.

In some cases, the patient's recovery time was much shorter in treatments that were performed as endoscopic breast augmentation compared to regular breast augmentation surgery.