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CHICAGO BREAST AUGMENTATION SURGERY & ENHANCEMENT WITH BREAST IMPLANTS

Dr. Speron has a tremendous amount of surgical experience with Chicago Breast Augmentation. Breast Enhancement is the procedure he performs most commonly. Dr. Speron is able to offer all types of options to his patients:

  • he performs all of the various approaches including minimally invasive and no-scar approaches
  • he uses all types of implants including Mentor and Allergan as well as saline implants & silicone implants
  • he does not use drains for breast implant surgery
  • he offers the pain pump, if patients request it (his patients typically take narcotics for < 24 hours even without this)
  • all patients receive "nerve blocks" during surgery when they are asleep, which means the pain cycle is controlled from the very beginning

Dr. Speron is one of the leading breast enlargement surgeons in the Chicago area and offers a wealth of expertise with both saline implants as well as newer silicone implant


CHICAGO BREAST AUGMENTATION SURGERY PHOTOS

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35 year old female patient before and 7 years after bilateral breast augmentation (275cc round silicone high profile implants). Notice the maintained lifted appearance even though she did not undergo any lifting procedures and only has a periareolar scar that blends in nicely.


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39 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast augmentation (175cc round saline implants).Notice the old left breast biopsy scar from a surgery 2 years before her enhancement and augmentation. Compare it to her periareolar breast scar (close-up picture at the end of this page with all the other close-up scar breast augmentation photos).


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39 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast implant photos (175cc round saline implants). Notice the natural breast shape


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39 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast implant photos (175cc round saline implants). Notice the natural breast shape


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30 year old female patient before and 18 months after bilateral breast enhancement (250cc round saline implants). Notice the stretch marks.


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30 year old female patient before and 18 months after bilateral breast augmentation (250cc round saline implants). Notice the stretch marks


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38 year old female patient before and 6 years after bilateral breast enlargement (265cc round saline implants). Notice the lasting projection


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23 year old athletic female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast augmentation (275cc round saline implants). Notice the great shape


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31 year old female patient before and 2 years after bilateral breast augmentation (175cc round silicone high profile implants). Notice the nice improvement with the small sized breast implant (what she wanted). This breast surgery was performed thru an Infraareolar scar - this decreases the areolar to crease distance which you can see clearly from this picture and gives the breast a more youthful appearance.


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34 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast augmentation (300cc round saline implants). Notice the lift without the breast lifting scars.


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41 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast implants (325cc round saline implants). Notice the natural contour.


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32 year old female patient before and 4 years after bilateral breast augmentation (375cc smooth round high profile silicone implants). She was very happy with her projection and fullness on the upper part of her chest. Notice the well healed, almost imperceptible lower areolar scar.


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71 year old female before and 6 months after removal of bilateral silicone breast implants. Implants were bothering her and she had chronic pain and breast implant illness syndrome after her many breast cancer reconstruction procedures. You can see even though she had her implants removed, she has much more natural projection now.


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71 year old female before and 6 months after removal of bilateral silicone breast implants. Implants were causing chronic bilateral breast pain and breast implant illness syndrome. She had the other scars from her previous surgeries and the other scars were not used at this time. Her pain is completely gone and she feels completely natural and very relieved to have removed her breast implants.


Breast Augmentation

24 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast augmentation (350cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the asymmetry before and after her surgery. She certainly looks equal and great in a bikini or bra, but the slight asymmetry is noticeable when she is naked. Without a lift (where you cut out extra skin but have more scars), it is impossible to correct breast shape asymmetries with just breast augmentation.


Breast Augmentation

24 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast augmentation (350cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the natural tear-drop shaped breasts.


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24 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast augmentation (350cc round high profile saline implants)


Breast Augmentation

43 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral natural Breast Enhancement (450cc round high profile silicone implants). This patient specifically wanted as much cleavage as possible and wanted her breasts to be fuller on top. Notice the natural result even with her arms pulled back and even though the implant is located under the muscle


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43 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast augmentation (450cc round high profile silicone implants). Notice the fuller breast


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47 year old female patient before and 6 months after bilateral breast augmentation (280cc smooth round high profile silicone implants). She had implant insertion through the areolar scar and mini lift, which was accomplished through the same scar. The lower areolar scar from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock will continue to fade and flatten.


Breast Augmentation

19 year old female patient before and 4 days after bilateral Chicago breast augmentation (175cc round saline implants). Notice the minimal swelling and bruising. The implants are always initially "top heavy" and "bottom out" to look more natural or tear drop shaped within 1-3 months


Breast Augmentation

40 year old female before and 6 months after removal of bilateral leaking silicone breast implants with Grade 3 contracture on left side. She had them inserted by another surgeon in different country 18 years ago and she wanted them removed without reinsertion. She could have benefited from an areolar lift at the same time but did not want to pay for that at this time. She is very happy with her result.


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40 year old female before and 6 months after removal of bilateral leaking silicone breast implants with Grade 3 contracture on left side. She had them inserted by another surgeon in different country 18 years ago and she wanted them out. Her pain is completely resolved and her breasts are now soft and comfortable and all the hardness is gone and has not recurred.


CHICAGO BREAST AUGMENTATION SURGERY SCARS:

Anytime a human being gets cut (with surgery or trauma), scars heal the following way: Initially they are red, raised and hard. Within 6-12 months, they are flat, white and soft. Younger people ( <18 years old) have scars that might stay active or red for up to 2 years. Older people (>65 years old) have scars that might stay active or red for less than 3 months.
Inframammary Scars (Most plastic surgeon's make this 4-5 cm but mine are usually 2.5 cm since I use the endoscope)

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34 year old female patient before, 6 weeks after and 3 years after bilateral breast augmentation (250cc round saline implants). Even with the slight postoperative asymmetry, this is considered an average result.


Breast Augmentation

34 year old female patient before, 6 weeks after and 3 years after bilateral breast enhancement (250cc round saline implants). Notice the much improved and very natural breast shape.


Breast Augmentation

34 year old female patient before, 6 weeks after and 3 years after bilateral breast augmentation (250cc round saline implants). Her flat and fallen shape is replaced with a youthful and full breast shape.


Breast Augmentation

18 year old female patient before and 6 years after bilateral natural Breast Augmentation (385cc round smooth high profile silicone implants). This patient desired as much cleavage as possible and wanted her breasts to be fuller on top. Notice the natural result even with her arms pulled back and even though the implant is located under the muscle


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43 year old female patient before and 6 weeks after bilateral breast augmentation (260cc round saline implants). Notice her fuller breast shape


Breast Augmentation

43 year old female patient before and 6 weeks after bilateral breast augmentation (260cc round saline implants).


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27 year old female patient before and 2 years after bilateral breast augmentation (210cc round saline implants). Notice her fuller, natural breast shape.


Breast Augmentation

27 year old female patient before and 2 years after bilateral breast augmentation (210cc round saline implants). Notice her fuller, natural breast shape.


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20 year old female patient before and 2.5 years after bilateral breast augmentation (280cc round high profile saline implants). Notice her lasting projection.


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25 year old female patient before and 2.5 years after bilateral breast augmentation (250cc round saline implants). Notice her lasting result.


Breast Augmentation

25 year old female patient before and 2.5 years after bilateral breast augmentation (250cc round saline implants). Notice her lasting result.


Breast Augmentation

25 year old female patient before and 2.5 years after bilateral breast augmentation (250cc round saline implants). Notice her lasting result.


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21 year old female 1 year after breast augmentation by another surgeon. This patient had her surgery performed by another surgeon in the area - not by me! Notice the right side. The implant has been placed too low. This is a frequent problem seen after this procedure because plastic surgeons are traditionally taught to place the implant 2 cm below the crease - which is not correct, especially in older patients! Unfortunately this is a very difficult problem to correct. That is why it needs to be done correctly the first time.


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21 year old female after correction with an internal breast lift. No new scars were added and the same crease scar was used. This procedure is successful about 50% of the time. The best way to correct this problem would be a vertical breast lift - but this adds significant scarring.


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36 year old before and 1 year after breast augmentation (150cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the nice shape.


Breast Augmentation

36 year old before and 1 year after breast augmentation (150cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the maintained projection.


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18 year old before and 2 years after breast augmentation (225cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the improved symmetry and lasting natural appearance.


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18 year old before and 2 years after breast augmentation (225cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the lasting projection.


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18 year old before and 2 years after breast augmentation (225cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the maintained tear-drop shape.


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20 year old before and 3 months after breast augmentation (230cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the much improved symmetry.


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20 year old before and 3 months after breast augmentation (230cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the natural look.


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20 year old before and 3 months after breast augmentation (230cc round high profile saline implants). The projection will look even better and more tear-drop shaped by her 6 months follow up.


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32 year old female before, 1 month and 3 months after breast enhancement surgery with high profile round silicone implants. Notice the higher left IMF before surgery, overcorrection and droopier left side at 1 month, and corrected symmetry by the 3 month mark. During the surgery, the dissection, internal sutures, and most of the work is done differently on both sides to try to make people as symmetric as possible. The truth is as soon as you stand up, things can fall differently, and things can scar down differently. No matter what you look like a few weeks after surgery, at the 3 month mark we have a good idea where you’ll end up but realistically by the six month mark what you have is usually what you will have. Sometimes it can take up to a year at certain patients, especially revisions. At that time, revisions to further enhance asymmetry can be discussed. Patience is required during the initial postoperative period. I always tell my patients that 100% of people are asymmetric before surgery and they can expect to still be asymmetric after surgery.


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48 year old before and 2.5 years after breast augmentation (240cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the natural look.


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41 year old female before and 3 months after revision of her breast augmentation with exchange to silicone and internal breast lift. The same inframammary fold scar was used (it was also repositioned higher because it was too low). The left picture shows her 2 years after two separate breast augmentation procedures by two other plastic surgeons. This patient had her surgery performed by two other surgeons in the area - not by me! Notice the right side. The implant has been placed too low and too far to the side. This is a frequent problem seen after this procedure because plastic surgeons are traditionally taught to place the implant 2 cm below the crease - which is not correct, especially in older patients! Unfortunately this is a very difficult problem to correct. That is why it needs to be done correctly the first time. This is a great result, especially considering no breast lift scars were used!


Breast Augmentation

41 year old female before and 3 months after revision of her breast augmentation with exchange to silicone and internal breast lift. She had her old 450cc saline implants removed and exchanged with bilateral 650cc silicone high profile implants. Notice the dramatic difference in shape.


Breast Augmentation

41 year old female before and 3 months after revision of her breast augmentation with exchange to silicone and internal breast lift. Notice the improved fullness of her upper breast. The internal breast lift is successful about 50% of the time. The best way to correct this problem would be a vertical breast lift - but this adds significant scarring.


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82 year old 9 years after breast reconstruction with saline implants after breast cancer who noticed decreasing breast implant volume over the previous four weeks. Patient has the following options at this point - exchange as an outpatient procedure, removal of the implant as an in-office procedure under local anesthesia, or continuing to watch the deflated breast implant if they refuse any surgical intervention (I do not recommend this, but some older patients opt for this choice as did this patient). I kept following up with her in clinic every 6 months until she passed away from other causes 8 years after this picture.


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25 year old before and 1.5 years after breast augmentation (260cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the much improved symmetry and lasting natural appearance.


Breast Augmentation

25 year old before and 1.5 years after breast augmentation (260cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the lasting tear-drop shaped appearance.


Breast Augmentation

25 year old before and 1.5 years after breast augmentation (260cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the lasting projection.


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22 year old before and 3 years after breast augmentation (275cc round saline implants). Notice the improved symmetry and maintained natural appearance.


Breast Augmentation

22 year old before and 3 years after breast augmentation (275cc round saline implants). Notice the nice projection.


Breast Augmentation

22 year old before and 3 years after breast augmentation (275cc round saline implants). Notice the lasting result.


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23 year old before and 3 months after exchange of implants from saline to silicone with internal breast lift (250cc round saline implants replaced with 200cc round high profile silicone implants). Her first surgery was done by another plastic surgeon in the area and not by me! Her implants were previously placed under the breast but I exchanged them and put them under the muscle. She had a lot of rippling and wrinkling of the implant especially when she leaned over. She complained that they did not feel natural and were very palpable. These are the complaints I usually hear from women who have implants under the breast and not under the muscle. She also wanted a slight reduction in size. Only her old periareolar scar was used.


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23 year old before and 3 months after exchange of implants from saline to silicone with internal breast lift (250cc round saline implants replaced with 200cc round high profile silicone implants). Her first surgery was done by another plastic surgeon in the area and not by me. Notice the improved projection and decreased nipple to inframammary crease distance, which recaptures her youthfulness and perkiness.


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42 year old female before and 3 years after bilateral breast augmentation with saline implants. Patient expressed a desire for cleavage and a fuller look on top.


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42 year old female before and 3 years after bilateral breast augmentation with saline implants. Notice the improved shape and natural slope.


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42 year old female before and 3 years after bilateral breast augmentation with saline implants. Notice the nice projection and maintained fullness superiorly.


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24 year old female before and 6 years after bilateral breast augmentation with saline implants. Notice the maintained natural result with well-concealed scars.


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24 year old before and 2 years after breast augmentation (255cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the improved symmetry and lasting result.


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38 year old before and 3 months after breast augmentation with areolar lift (250cc round high profile silicone implants). Notice the lift has given the patient more fullness. An areolar lift can always be done or redone in the office under local anesthesia as the patient ages once she feels like her breasts are falling and she would like them to be perkier. In this manner, we are now able to sometimes avoid the longer scars from breast lifts altogether.


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45 year old before and 11 years after breast augmentation surgery (240cc round high profile silicone implants). Notice the lasting lift obtained even without any lifting scars. The patient has only a 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock periareolar scar. The scar can be reused to lift the breast in the office under local anesthesia as the patient ages and she desires a more lifted appearance, while leaving the implant alone.


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45 year old before and 11 years after breast enlargement (240cc round high profile silicone implants). Notice the lasting natural result without any additional breast lifting scars.


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26 year old male before and 3 months after breast augmentation (150cc round high profile saline implants). Notice the nice contour.