Breast Enlargement Surgery: What to Expect in India

Breast enlargement surgery is one of the most performed aesthetic surgeries in the world — and the reasons women choose it are as varied as the women themselves. Restoring volume after breastfeeding. Correcting asymmetry that has affected confidence for years. Achieving a body proportion that feels more aligned with how you see yourself.

Whatever brings you to this research, this guide gives you the honest, clinically grounded information you need to make a decision — and to find the right surgeon.

What Is Breast Enlargement Surgery?

Breast enlargement surgery — augmentation mammaplasty — is a procedure that increases the size and improves the shape of the breasts using implants. It is performed under general anaesthesia and takes approximately 1.5–2 hours.

The result: increased breast volume, improved projection, and enhanced shape. For most patients, the improvement in body proportions and in confidence is significant.

Breast enlargement is different from a breast lift. If significant drooping (ptosis) is present alongside desire for more volume, a combined augmentation and lift — augmentation mastopexy — is typically the procedure that achieves the correct result.

The Surgery: Step by Step

1. Anaesthesia

General anaesthesia is administered. You are fully asleep for the duration of the procedure.

2. Incision

The most common incision placement is in the inframammary crease — the fold of skin beneath the breast. This placement provides good access, allows precise pocket dissection, and produces a scar that sits in a natural skin crease and is not visible in standard clothing or swimwear.

Alternative incision placements (periareolar, transaxillary) are used in specific clinical situations and have different trade-offs.

3. Pocket Dissection

A space is created either behind the breast glandular tissue (subglandular), behind the pectoral muscle (submuscular), or in the dual-plane position (partly behind the gland, partly under the muscle). The dual-plane approach is most commonly used and produces the most natural-looking result for most patients.

4. Implant Placement

The implant is placed into the created pocket using a no-touch technique to minimise contamination risk.

5. Closure

Incisions are closed in layers with absorbable sutures. No external sutures to remove. A surgical bra is fitted before you wake up.

What Makes Breast Enlargement Look Natural?

The single most common concern at consultation: “I don’t want it to look obvious.” Here is what determines that:

Implant size in proportion to your anatomy. An implant that is appropriate for your chest width and existing breast tissue will integrate naturally. An implant that exceeds these dimensions will look augmented. This is why sizing is done based on measurements at consultation — not just a number you name.

Implant placement. Dual-plane placement creates a natural upper pole slope and reduces visibility of implant edges in patients with thinner tissue. Submuscular or subglandular placement may be appropriate in specific cases.

Surgeon’s technical precision. Symmetry, pocket dimension accuracy, and tissue handling determine whether the end result looks like the patient grew breasts or had surgery.

Post-operative settling. Implants placed behind the muscle often sit higher immediately after surgery and settle into natural position over 3–6 months — the “drop and fluff” process. Final results should be assessed at 6 months, not 6 weeks.

Breast Enlargement After Breastfeeding

The breasts change during and after breastfeeding — often dramatically. Volume that was present during nursing involutes as milk production ceases, leaving a breast that is frequently smaller and less full than before pregnancy. This is one of the most common triggers for breast enlargement consultations.

Post-breastfeeding breast enlargement requires specific planning:

• The amount of involution (volume loss) affects which implant size achieves the desired result
• The skin envelope quality after breastfeeding affects how the implant fills and supports the breast
• The degree of ptosis (drooping) determines whether augmentation alone or augmentation plus lift is the appropriate procedure

For post-pregnancy patients, the ZeroSize® approach to breast enlargement is part of a comprehensive post-pregnancy body reconstruction strategy — not an isolated procedure booking.

Recovery: What Actually Happens

Day 1: You will be tired and your chest will feel tight. This is normal. Take your prescribed medication, rest, and don’t try to do things.

Days 2–7: Tightness and some discomfort continue, managed by medication. You can walk around, manage basic self-care, and sit upright.

Week 2: Most patients feel significantly better. Light activity, desk work, and short trips out are typically possible.

Weeks 3–4: Discomfort minimal for most patients. Swelling continues to reduce.

Month 2: Physical activity cleared. Implants will still be settling.

Month 3–6: Final result visible. Scars have faded from pink-red to a pale line.

Dr. Sheetal Londhe provides a detailed written recovery protocol to every ZeroSize® patient before surgery.

Choosing ZeroSize® for Breast Enlargement Surgery in Pune

Dr. Sheetal Londhe is the only surgeon at ZeroSize® — and she performs every procedure personally. There is no case delegation to junior surgeons or residents.

Her qualifications: DNB- Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), fellowship-trained in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery at Broomfield Hospital and the Royal Surrey in the UK. These are not local credentials — they represent some of the most rigorous surgical training and credentialing standards internationally.

As a female surgeon specialising in post-pregnancy body reconstruction, Dr. Sheetal Londhe brings an uncommon combination: technical excellence at the international level, and genuine understanding of what these procedures mean to the women who pursue them.

ZeroSize® is located in Viman Nagar, Pune — accessible to patients from across Pune, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Maharashtra.

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