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Tips & facts

Tips, facts and expert information about breast implants, aesthetic surgery procedures and patient experiences. Whether you are considering breast augmentation, mastopexy or reconstruction, you will find answers to all your questions in this category. Implant types, incision choices, placement techniques, recovery timelines, which questions to ask your surgeon and commonly confused medical terms — all in plain language. What you will find here: • Implant types and technologies: anatomical, round, BioQ micro-textured, smooth surface, polyurethane • Surgical techniques: inframammary, periareolar, transaxillary incision; subglandular, submuscular, dual-plane placement • Sizing guides: CC to cup-size conversion, recommendations by body type • Consultation preparation: questions to ask your surgeon, measurements, expectation management • Decision-making: when is the right time, realistic outcome expectations GC Aesthetics® aims to inform rather than replace your surgeons advice. All articles draw on published clinical research, FDA and EMA data, and are written to help you make confident, well-informed decisions about your aesthetic journey.