Women that seek breast augmentation usually either desire larger breasts or more symmetrical breasts or they seek to reconstruct breast that have been affected by disease. In the former case, the surgery is purely for cosmetic and aesthetic reasons. Women can enjoy increased self-confidence and improved self-esteem from increased breast size and improved symmetry. In the case of breast reconstruction, breast augmentation can restore one or both breasts in a woman who has had partial or radical mastectomy. This procedure can provides patients with a mastery of their disease and a physical manifestation of femininity that might otherwise be lost as a consequence of disease or trauma.

 

Breast augmentation surgery may be sought as part of sex-reassignment surgery or by transgendered individuals.