Breast Augmentation in Nashville with Dr. Olivia MaDan
What defines your femininity?
Nashville breast augmentation can help to renew your femininity by enhancing your breast shape, volume, and projection, balancing your bodily proportions, and enriching your overall confidence. No matter your reason, Dr. Olivia MaDan and our compassionate all-female staff at BEYOND Collective are dedicated to helping you achieve your cosmetic goals and feel more confident in your own skin.
Are you interested in learning how breast augmentation surgery can enhance your figure and boost your confidence? Contact us at (615) 327-0303 or request your consultation to begin your breast augmentation journey today! We are located in Nashville, TN, and we proudly serve patients from the Nashville and Murfreesboro areas.
At A Glance:
Breast Augmentation
- Anesthesia: General
- Procedure Time: 1 to 1.5 hours
- Recovery Time: 4 to 7 days
What Is Breast Augmentation?
Breast augmentation is a procedure to enhance the shape, volume, projection, appearance, and overall symmetry of the breasts. The procedure is performed as outpatient surgery and typically takes less than an hour. At BEYOND Collective, we ensure natural-looking breast augmentation results by offering a variety of implants in different styles and materials—silicone or saline, as well as multiple placement options—above or below the pectoralis major muscle.
The most common place for breast augmentation incisions is in the inframammary fold or the crease underneath the breast; however, it can be made in different locations based on anatomical needs. Through the incision, a pocket is created for the implant. To ensure your safety and well-being, Dr. MaDan uses the Keller Funnel for a sterile, “no-touch” implant insertion technique that allows for smaller incisions.
Benefits Of Breast Augmentation in Nashville, TN
Breast augmentation enhances the appearance of the breasts and:
- Increases breast volume and fullness
- Improves breast projection
- Restores youthful shape
- Balances overall bodily proportions
- Corrects breast symmetry concerns
- Boosts self-confidence and restores self-image
- Renews femininity
- Allows a more flattering fit of clothing or undergarments
Autologous Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation
As there is no one-size-fits-all option for breast augmentation, Dr. MaDan offers a variety of implants and placement techniques as well as autologous tissue breast augmentation to ensure natural-looking results custom-tailored to each patient’s unique anatomy.
Autologous fat transfer breast augmentation, or fat grafting, involves harvesting fat via liposuction from a donor area, such as the abdomen, buttocks, flanks, or thighs. The fat is then processed to remove impurities and strategically injected into the breast tissue to enhance volume.
While fat transfer breast augmentation can create subtle, natural-looking plastic surgery results with fewer worries, breast implants deliver more predictable results.
Choosing Dr. Olivia MaDan and BEYOND as Your Nashville Breast Augmentation Provider
At BEYOND Collective, we view patient care as an honor and a privilege. Our mission is to provide patients with a broad range of effective aesthetic treatments and procedures with proven results. As such, we explore countless options to empower our patients with the information necessary to make educated decisions about their aesthetic choices. We also strive to understand our patients’ goals and motivations to deliver outcomes that exceed expectations and an outstanding experience from consultation, treatment, and beyond.
Dr. Olivia MaDan is one of Nashville’s premier female plastic surgeons, specializing in breast and body contouring surgeries. For Dr. MaDan, one of the most rewarding aspects of plastic surgery is helping her patients restore their self-image and confidence to improve their quality of life by resolving their most bothersome areas. She appreciates getting to know her patients and fostering meaningful connections.
When Dr. MaDan isn’t performing surgery, she enjoys projects that require her to work with her hands and engage her problem-solving skills. An avid sportswoman, Dr. MaDan participates in many sports like snowboarding, golf, fishing, and shooting sports. She also loves spending time with her two dogs, Blaze and Townes.
Your Nashville, TN Breast Augmentation Consultation
At BEYOND Collective, we understand that thorough patient consultations are essential to building a trusting relationship. During your consultation, Dr. MaDan aims to get to know you as a person—your hobbies, career, and day-to-day life—to understand your breast augmentation concerns and goals. Dr. MaDan encourages your input and listens to empower you to achieve beautiful, natural-looking plastic surgery results you’ll love. As one of Nashville’s premier female plastic surgeons, Dr. MaDan will review your implant options and utilize 3D imaging software to help you visualize your potential results.
Consultations with Dr. MaDan always begin fully clothed. Once you are ready for the physical assessment, Dr. MaDan will lead you to our welcoming examination rooms where you’ll change into one of our hand-dyed robes to ensure your comfort. After Dr. MaDan concludes her exam, you will have photos taken for our 3D imaging simulation.
Am I an Ideal Candidate for Breast Augmentation?
Candidates for Tennessee breast augmentation are those looking to enhance the fullness, shape, proportions, projection, or symmetry of their breasts. Ideal candidates interested in breast augmentation surgery in Nashville should:
- Be at a healthy, stable body weight
- Be in good overall health and living a healthy lifestyle
- Be a non-smoker or willing to quit all nicotine at least 6 weeks before and after surgery
- Have no medical conditions that may impair healing
- Have a positive outlook and realistic goals for the procedure
- Understand the surgical risks and benefits
- Have no immediate plans for pregnancy and childbearing
Meet Dr. Olivia MaDan
Nashville Plastic Surgeon &
Founder of BEYOND Collective
As one of Nashville’s premier female plastic surgeons, Dr. MaDan and her dedicated all-female team at BEYOND Collective understand that each patient has a unique motivation for choosing plastic surgery. Our experts strive to help you accomplish your aesthetic goals to restore your self-image and improve your quality of life. By delivering an outstanding experience with a personalized touch, Dr. MaDan and our compassionate staff want to exceed your expectations and empower you to feel more confident in your own skin.
Preparing for Breast Augmentation
Before your Nashville breast augmentation, it’s essential to be in good overall health. Here’s some information to help you prepare.
• Stick to a consistent exercise program, and eat a healthy, well-rounded diet with plenty of protein to help you maintain your stable weight and avoid weight fluctuations.
• Stay well-hydrated before and after surgery.
• Visit your primary physician for an examination and appropriate testing to ensure you’re medically fit for surgery. For any person aged 40 and over, we require a baseline mammogram and routine labs, such as CBC, BMP/CMP, and EKG for anyone aged 50 or older.
• Stop taking medications, supplements, or vitamins that increase bleeding or bruising risks for at least two weeks before and after surgery. For example, avoid fish oil, garlic, ginseng, vitamin E, and ibuprofen or other anti-inflammatory medications.
• If you currently smoke, vape, or use nicotine products, you should quit. As smoking is detrimental to your overall health and recovery, Dr. MaDan requires that patients stop smoking at least 6 weeks before and after surgery. A urine nicotine test will be performed on the morning of your procedure.
• Prepare your home and allow time in your schedule for recovery. Take adequate time off work, complete necessary chores and activities before surgery, and create a comfortable place to recover. It’s also helpful to freeze meals or set up a food delivery service. All necessary medications, supplies, and garments will be provided at your pre-operative appointment.
• Arrange for assistance. First, you will need a responsible adult to drive you home after your procedure and stay with you for at least 24 hours. You may also need help with household management or childcare for a few weeks following surgery.
Breast Augmentation Procedure Overview
On the night before surgery, don’t eat or drink anything after midnight; however, take necessary medications with small sips of water. Avoid wearing makeup, lotions, or deodorants, and remove all jewelry. Wear comfortable, loose clothing that is easy to put on after your procedure.
Review your paperwork to ensure your surgery location and arrival time. At check-in, you may need to provide identification and emergency contact information.
On the day of your procedure, you’ll meet with Dr. MaDan and your anesthesia provider to review the details of your surgery and answer any final questions.
According to the procedural plan developed during your consultation, Dr. MaDan will begin your breast augmentation by making the appropriate incisions—usually a 4 cm incision in the natural crease of your breast. While you are asleep, Dr. MaDan will create a pocket to accommodate the implant through this small incision.
Then, Dr. MaDan will use a Keller Funnel and the no-touch technique to insert the implant to ensure safety and decrease contamination complications.
After the breast implants have been placed, Dr. MaDan will use dissolvable sutures to perform a meticulous multi-layer closure, ensuring the implant is protected. She will cover the incisions with steri-strips that will remain in place until your first post-operative appointment.
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Nashville Breast Augmentation Recovery
• Breast augmentations in Nashville are performed as outpatient procedures, meaning you will go home on the same day after surgery. Arrange for someone to drive you home from your procedure and help you with household tasks, including childcare or pet care, for a few days.
• For the first few days following your breast augmentation, you will experience mild to moderate pain and feel tired and sore. You should expect mild bruising, swelling, numbness, and tightness across the chest.
• Swelling and muscle tightness will obscure your final results but will gradually subside over the next few months as your implants “drop and fluff” or settle. To alleviate discomfort throughout your recovery, Dr. MaDan may prescribe pain medications or recommend over-the-counter medications.
• After your breast augmentation, you will be fitted with a surgical bra to minimize swelling and support your new implants. You will need to wear your support garment at all times, except when showering, for several weeks. Dr. MaDan will advise you about wearing underwire bras following recovery.
• To protect your sutures and allow tissues to heal properly, avoid strenuous activities like exercise and heavy lifting for at least 6 to 8 weeks. Typically, patients can resume light exercises like walking or riding a stationary bike within 2 weeks.
• Overall, the length of breast augmentation recovery depends upon the extent of the procedure and the body’s individual healing abilities. Most patients need 1 to 2 weeks for initial recovery, but most feel well enough to resume working in 3 to 5 days. Essentially, when you no longer need pain medications and can abide by Dr. MaDan’s restrictions, you can return to work.
How Soon Will I See My Breast Augmentation Results?
Following breast augmentation surgery, patients typically see immediate results. However, it’s important to be prepared for the initial swelling and mild bruising that may obscure the final outcome. In 3 to 4 months, residual swelling will resolve, and implants will settle, revealing your full breast augmentation results.
While scarring is most pronounced in the first few months, your incisions will begin healing and form a pinkish scar. It may take a year or more for the scar to mature and match your skin tone. The scar will never disappear entirely. Dr. MaDan will provide you with her medical-grade scar therapy regimen to optimize the appearance of your scars.
Following all post-operative instructions and maintaining a healthy diet and exercise routine will help you maintain long-lasting results from your Nashville breast augmentation.
Partner with Nashville’s Premier Female Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Olivia MaDan
As one of Nashville’s premier female plastic surgeons, Dr. Olivia MaDan understands the challenges patients experience when navigating their options for breast augmentation. As an expert in breast procedures, Dr. MaDan and her experienced team strive to help you enhance your overall appearance and increase your body positivity.
Learn about breast augmentation near me options in Nashville by calling (615) 327-0303 or completing our online form to schedule your consultation today!
Breast Augmentation in Nashville FAQs
Selecting the best implant for you is determined by many factors. First, we will discuss your ideal look whether it’s an athletic, more natural look or a round, shelf look with more cleavage. A higher-profile implant usually creates more roundness and cleavage. Inspiration photos can be helpful to understand your goals.
Dr. MaDan will take breast measurements and assess your natural breast tissue. The most important measurement is your breast width, which indicates the maximum base width of an implant that can fit on the chest wall. This ensures your implants won’t interfere with your hobbies and daily activities—no one wants an implant in their armpit. We will use our silicone insert sizers to try out different volumes to give you an idea of the look in clothing. We will also use our 3D software to simulate what that size may look like on you. We review before and after photos to visualize the differences various implant profiles and volumes could make.
Skin quality and soft tissue envelope are also important factors that affect implant selection. A thin patient with a tight skin envelope may only be able to hold a certain implant volume. During your consultation, Dr. MaDan can help you determine what is realistic and anatomically possible. With secondary breast procedures, like implant exchange, patients are often able to increase size as the soft tissue has already expanded and stretched.
We use multiple methods to help you choose your desired volume. We use a sizing insert system that shows you what your desired volume looks like in clothing. Our 3D software simulates what your desired volume will look like on you. Another method is reviewing before and after photos of patients with a similar build and starting volume as yourself. Physical characteristics, such as breast width and soft tissue envelope, may influence or limit possible volume.
It is important to understand that breast implants are not considered lifetime devices. This means you will require future surgery for implant exchange or removal depending on your goals at that time. It is easier to exchange implants for a larger size than downsizing as soft tissues expand to accommodate the larger implant. However, tissues may not bounce back or tighten up if smaller implants are placed. Sometimes, downsizing implants requires a breast lift at the same time to remove the excess skin that previously stretched with larger implants.
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Silicone implants will feel the most supple and similar to natural breast tissue. The silicone gel is form-stable while still feeling soft, which minimizes the risks of unnatural-looking rippling and wrinkling. Saline implants may feel harder and more unnatural, depending on the fill volume. Due to the property differences between silicone and saline, saline implants have less height retention in the upper pole in a standing position. The cohesive silicone gel maintains its shape in the upper pole, giving you more shape and upper pole fullness in all positions.
Maximum cleavage can be achieved with the most cohesive gel and a higher profile implant like full/high or extra full/extra high. When placing implants in the sub pec—behind the pectoral muscle—position, Dr. MaDan is limited by a patient’s anatomy to a certain degree. Some women naturally have a wider space at the midline between the breasts. Releasing too much of the pec muscle from the sternum can create a complication called symmastia. Generally, the breast footprint, where the breast is located on the chest wall, cannot be changed.
Placement of an implant does create a lifting effect due to the implant’s volume and projection (height). The entire breast position is not altered when a breast lift is performed. Rather, a breast lift functions to reposition the nipple and tighten the lower pole of the breast by removing excess skin.
The Keller Funnel is a useful tool that increases safety during the augmentation procedure. It resembles a pastry bag with the implant as the icing. With the implant in the Keller Funnel, squeezing the back, or the open end, of the funnel will propel the implant forward. With the Keller Funnel, Dr. MaDan can insert large implants through small, 4 cm incisions. The Keller Funnel also minimizes the risk of contamination because no one, not even Dr. MaDan, touches the implant with their hands. In essence, the implant goes from its sterile container, into the funnel, then into the breast pocket.
The no-touch technique is a method of handling the implant for optimal safety during the procedure. The Keller Funnel ensures the implant does not come into contact with the skin or other contaminants. Additional measures Dr. MaDan employs to maximize safety are nipple shields and antiseptic solutions. The breast is not considered a sterile organ as the nipple, which allows breastfeeding, is open and may allow bacterial contamination. Nipple shields are an occlusive dressing applied during the procedure to decrease the risk of bacterial contamination of the implant. All of these steps are performed as part of the ”no touch” technique to reduce complications.
GalaFLEX or Durasorb are brand names of an internal soft tissue scaffold made of absorbable, strong, synthetic suture material. While this mesh is usually not indicated for primary augmentation procedures, it can be placed for extra support if needed. The mesh is more often used in breast revision surgery. It can be used to correct a double bubble deformity, which is the disruption of the inframammary crease during a prior procedure. Some revisionary surgery requires a total capsulectomy after which the implant essentially has no support. In this scenario, the mesh can be placed for additional soft tissue support for the implant. The scaffold is absorbed and incorporated into the capsule around the implant over many months.
If the implant is not enough to fill out the soft tissue envelope and elevate the nipple to an acceptable position (ideally pointing forward and positioned on the most projecting point of the breast), a lift can be performed in combination with implant placement. The purpose of the lift is to reposition the nipple and remove excess skin from the lower pole of the breast. The “pencil test” is something you can try at home to assess your potential for needing a lift. Place a pencil in the natural fold below your breast. If there is breast tissue holding the pencil against your chest, you may be a candidate for a lift. If the pencil falls to the ground, you are less likely to need a lift. Learn more about Breast Augmentation with Lift
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Yes, breast surgery is performed in an accredited surgical center under general anesthesia provided by an anesthesiologist. Typically, an IV is placed in the pre-op holding room. You are given IV medications for relaxation and induction of anesthesia. After you are asleep, an airway (LMA- laryngeal mask airway or ETT- endotracheal tube) is placed to assist your breathing during the surgery. When you are awakened from anesthesia, the breathing tube is removed. Some patients may experience a sore throat afterward. This is temporary and usually resolves quickly. It is important to inform your plastic surgeon and the anesthesiologist of any adverse effects of prior anesthesia (including nausea) or family history of anesthesia problems. Anyone taking GLP-1 medications like Semaglutide or Tirzepatide should pause their injections for a minimum of 1 week before surgery to minimize the risk of aspiration. It is acceptable to resume those medications after surgery.
Yes, the minimum requirement is having someone drive you home from surgery and stay with you for the first 24 hours after anesthesia. Depending on your home situation, you may find assistance beneficial, especially if you have young children, pets, or other lifting requirements. You can drive 24 hours after stopping all narcotic pain medications.
Yes, you will be placed in a supportive bra following surgery. You should wear this bra at all times except when showering. This bra will support and protect the tissues throughout recovery. You will not be allowed to wear underwire bras for 6 weeks following the procedure. In approximately 3 months, you’ll see your final shape and implant position. At that time, it will be beneficial to be remeasured for your new bra size.
The recovery process is different for everyone. Generally, you may feel sore and tight after surgery. Swelling peaks 72 hours after your procedure. Ice packs and anti-inflammatory medications can help your recovery. The biggest risk of breast augmentation is bleeding. While the risk is extremely low, approximately 4%, we want to optimize your safety and minimize the post-operative risks.
No exercise or intense activities for 2 weeks following your procedure. After 2 weeks, light activity is acceptable. Light activities are walking, stationary bike, slow Stairmaster—nothing high impact or causing excess bouncing like running or jumping. You will have a weight restriction of 10 pounds for the first 4 weeks following surgery. Upper body exercises should be minimized for at least 6 weeks.
Dr. MaDan recommends waiting to resume strenuous CrossFit-like exercises, bodybuilding, or heavy weightlifting with a barbell (heavy, intense, repetitive upper body exercises) for at least 3 months to minimize the risk of implant malposition.
Time off from work depends on your occupation and desired speed to return to work. When you no longer need narcotic pain medication and can abide by all restrictions, it is acceptable to return to work. A note can certainly be provided for you outlining your specific restrictions. Typically, Dr. MaDan recommends a weight restriction of 10 pounds or less for the first month, then 30 pounds or less for weeks 4 through 6.
Yes. Routine mammograms begin at age 40 and should be performed annually. High-risk screenings should begin at age 35. Inform your mammogram technician of your implants as certain views are needed to displace the implant to allow complete visualization of the breast tissue.
No, drainage tubes are not indicated following a breast augmentation.
No. Dr. MaDan performs a meticulous multi-layer closure to ensure the implant is protected. All sutures are absorbable and do not require removal. After surgery, Dr. MaDan covers the incisions with steri-strips that will remain in place until your first post-operative appointment. Once the steri-strips are removed, Dr. MaDan will start you on her medical-grade scar therapy regimen to ensure your scar becomes almost invisible.
Permanent sensory changes following breast augmentation are uncommon. However, temporary changes are common. The majority of Dr. MaDan’s primary breast augmentation patients experience more sensitivity during recovery. After things have healed and settled, nipple sensation typically returns to normal. However, the incision and resulting scar will always remain numb, like any other scar.
Yes. Breast implants are not considered a lifetime device regardless of material—silicone or saline. Generally, 10 years is the recommended time for replacement. At 10 years, the rupture rate is quite low. Implants left in place for many years, or even decades, can develop a calcified capsule or shell that can become hard and painful. If calcification occurs, the entire capsule is usually removed with the implant. Total capsulectomy is more invasive and is a higher risk than an implant exchange.
The most common complication following breast augmentation is bleeding. However, the risk is extremely low, at approximately 4% risk, and typically occurs during the first 2 weeks after the procedure. Dr. MaDan will never leave the operating room if something is bleeding; however, non-compliance with restrictions, such as exercising or overexertion, can cause a blood vessel to open and start bleeding. Bleeding can be a life-threatening complication that should be managed emergently. Other less common risks are infection, fluid collection, implant malposition, capsular contracture, permanent sensory changes, BIA-ALCL, BIA-SCC, and breast implant illness.
Yes, any surgical incision will leave a scar. The inframammary fold scar is approximately 4 cm, or about 2 inches, in length. Initially, the scar may appear red but will fade and soften over time. Dr. MaDan will provide you with her medical-grade scar therapy regimen to help the scar fade and achieve the best possible appearance.
Yes, implants can break or rupture. Shell failure is the most common reason for implant rupture. This can occur if the implant folds upon itself and is subjected to repeated friction and shearing forces. This is most likely to occur with an underfilled saline implant. The repeated shearing forces of the shell folding on itself cause shell failure. Saline implant rupture is usually obvious. These implants are filled with IV fluid or saltwater that is absorbed by your body upon rupture and can create a noticeable volume difference called a deflation.
The highly cohesive, fifth-generation “gummy bear” silicone implants may not show any outward signs or symptoms of implant rupture or shell failure. It’s called a silent rupture. Currently, MRIs are the gold standard for rupture surveillance of silicone implants. However, high-resolution ultrasound, like our Clarius L15, can be used in the office to evaluate your breast implants. Although the Clarius L15 is not the “gold standard,” it can be quite useful in obtaining information regarding your implant status before considering an MRI.
No. After surgery, your chest will feel tight. You may notice pressure from the implants with each breath you take. Swelling and muscle spasms will subside, and the pectoral muscles will relax and stretch, allowing the implants to soften and settle. Although your chest may feel tight and sore, you should be able to perform activities like brushing your teeth and washing your hair without causing surgical complications. It’s important to use your normal arm mobility as shoulder stiffness can occur.