Chapter 1. Shaping the Breast: Optimizing Outcomes in Breast Augmentation -- Chapter 2. Shaping the Breast in Augmentation Mastopexy -- Chapter 3. Composite Breast Augmentation.-Chapter 4. Optimizing Aesthetics with Reconstructive Breast Surgery -- Chapter 5. Shaping the Breast: Managing Complex Breast Issues.

This book fills the gap for lack of a precise roadmap to approach the fundamentals of implant-based breast surgery to achieve optimal results. Despite the vast number of publications on breast surgery, there is a deficit in easy to process yet detailed source of information which brings all of the concepts together. With observation, surgical experience, and better devices the approach to implant-based breast surgery must evolve from "volumizing" the breast to "shaping" the breast. In a concise and accessible fashion, Shaping the Breast covers the best practices in breast surgery covering topics of primary augmentation, augmentation mastopexy, composite augmentation, revision breast surgery and breast reconstruction. In a methodical and logical approach, it provides the successful pillars for reproducible outcomes which includes patient assessment, biodimensional planning, surgical techniques and patient care along with pearls and pitfalls. It includes dozens of before and after images alongside case studies to illustrate the management of variety of complex issues