Breast Procedures
What is breast augmentation surgery? A breast enlargement or augmentation is a personal decision. However there has to be a good communication and knowledge between the patient and the cosmetic surgeon to enhance the size, shape and fullness of the breast to achieve the patient’s realistic expectations as much possible One of the defining representations of beauty, vitality, and sexuality…
What is a Breast Lift? Many women refer to a breast lift as restoring perkiness to their breasts, or returning to their pre-baby breast. Over time, breasts can lose their shape , size and firmness due to pregnancy, nursing, loss of skin elasticity, the natural atrophy of breast tissue after having children, or massive weight loss. The resulting loose skin…
Description Breast reduction surgery reduces the overall size of the breast, while maintaining a beautiful shape, and lifts the breast mound and nipple to a more youthful position. The incision for breast reduction surgery is typically the “anchor” pattern which means around the nipple, vertically from the nipple to the crease under the breast and horizontally in the fold of…
Fat grafting to the breasts is used to create or restore natural fullness to the breasts. It can be used in breast reconstruction cases to correct for asymmetries, add volume to small breasts, or to soften the look of rippling from existing breast implants. The fat is harvested from parts of the body that have excess fat stores with special…
Sometimes to improve the appearance of the breast has very little to do with the breast and everything to do with the nipple and or areola. Nipples may appear too long or large in comparison to the breast, and even droopy. Alternatively, nipples may be tethered by the lactiferous ducts and become inverted. Areola’s may also appear oversized, swollen (puffy)…
Breast augmentation is one of the most frequently performed cosmetic surgical procedures. Even if your breast augmentation was performed perfectly, your breast implants can migrate or bottom out over time. Sometimes, implants that were placed above the muscle develop capsular contracture, or women have intervening pregnancies after their breast augmentation procedure that changes that appearance of their breasts. Other times,…
In some situations, a scar revision is necessary following breast lift or breast reduction procedures. Patients may heal with scars that are too thick or too dark. For scars that are too dark (“hyperpigmented”) there are lightening creams that can be very effective in lightening the color of the scars. If scars are too thick, that may improve over time,…