Regardless of the location of implant placement (under the muscle or not), the fill material (silicone or saline) and the implant size, having a breast augmentation does not interfere with breast self-examination, physician breast exams, mammograms, ultrasound, MRI or any other cancer detection techniques. Breast augmentation will not change your personal risk of breast cancer, nor will implants interfere with cancer screening. If you are over the age of 40 years, you should have a baseline preoperative mammogram before breast augmentation (or any surgery of the breast). If you are under 40 years, routine mammography screening is not recommended as long as there is no history of breast or ovarian cancer in your immediate family. Your surgeon will take a complete history at your consultation and will make recommendations for breast imaging or other referrals, if necessary. When you have implants in place, please notify the mammogram technician and they will perform additional images (known as “Eklund displacement views”) to ensure that all breast tissue is fully visualized around the implant.