February 05, 2010
If you are considering breast augmentation surgery, it is important for you to realize that breast implants alone will not solve every breast problem. If I were to describe the ideal patient for breast augmentation surgery, she would have a relatively well-toned breast structure with very little of what plastic surgeons refer to as ptosis. The word is pronounced with a silent “p” and is perhaps a gentler way of saying, “sagging” or “drooping.”
February 05, 2010
There are a few special sports where it may make sense to consider placing the implant in the subglandular plane, a space that can be developed beneath the undersurface of the breast and above the pectoral muscle.
February 05, 2010
On the one hand the poses which body builders strike during competition involve forceful contraction of well-developed pectoral muscles. This places subpectoral breast implants at a disadvantage, since the contraction of the muscle will distort the shape of the breast.
October 13, 2009
If you are an athletic individual, I will not bore you with a dissertation on the benefits of fitness; you are already well aware of them! My purpose with this particular blog and its counterparts is to address the specific issues that are important to athletes who are considering breast augmentation surgery. In later blogs I will focus on issues that are important to athletes considering breast lift (mastopexy) or breast reduction surgery.
September 08, 2009
You may want to consider periareolar breast augmentation surgery if you have ever formed a thick or raised scar or if you have a family history of forming thicker scars. People of African or Asian ancestry have a greater risk of forming thick scars than people of northern European ancestry, so that may influence your decision.
There are also patients who prefer the periareolar incisions for breast enhancement surgery because the scar hides well along the color transition of the areolar border.
August 26, 2009
The advantage of this approach to breast augmentation surgery is that the incision is placed in a location away from the breast, the armpit. The incision will not be detectable when your arms are by your sides, but will be visible if you bring your arms above your head. Remember this if you enjoy sports such as swimming, volleyball, or racquet sports.
August 11, 2009
The inframammary fold, the natural fold under the breast, provides the most direct path for the placement of a breast implant. Because the incision rests in the natural shadow line of the lower breast curvature it tends to be inconspicuous after the early phases of healing.
August 06, 2009
One of the choices that you will make regarding breast augmentation surgery is the location of the incision through which the surgery is performed. If you are worried about this choice, I have some good news. For the vast majority of patients, an expert surgeon can provide an equally beautiful result through any of the commonly used incisions.
July 20, 2009
As a rule the best results in aesthetic plastic surgery occur when the surgeon respects and builds upon the natural structure of the body. Radical changes often lead to results that at least to my eye look overly “surgical.” I feel I have done my best for a patient when her friends tell her, “you look great” rather than “oh, what nice surgery you had.” This is particularly true when it comes to breast augmentation surgery.
July 13, 2009
Patients at the Whole Beauty Institue ® have a strong preference for silicone gel implants over saline breast implants. In a recent review of our data from the last 2 years of we found that 87% of our patients selected silicone gel implants for the various breast surgeries that I performed.
July 06, 2009
The patient considering breast augmentation has a number of choices. These include the location of the incision (in the fold under the breast, around the areolar border, or in the armpit areas), the type of breast implant (silicone gel or saline, rough or smooth surface, and a variety of degrees of projection and shape) and the location of the implant (under the breast or under the breast and the pectoral muscle).