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How Long is the Recovery for Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Day One Upon waking from surgery, you will have a surgical bra in place with gauze pads on your chest covering the incisions. Typically, you will have tape or glue under the gauze, directly covering the incision sites. Your surgeon will tell you what to do with these...
How Long is the Recovery for Mommy Makeover
Day One Upon waking from surgery, you will have a surgical bra in place with gauze pads on your chest covering the incisions. Typically, you will have tape or glue under the gauze, directly covering the incision sites. Your surgeon will tell you what to do with these...
How Long is the Recovery For Breast Implant Revision Surgery
Day One Upon waking from surgery, you will have a surgical bra in place with gauze pads on your chest covering the incisions. Typically, you will have tape or glue under the gauze, directly covering the incision sites. Your surgeon will tell you what to do with these...
How Long is the Recovery for Breast Augmentation
Day One Upon waking from surgery, you will have a surgical bra in place with gauze pads on your chest covering the incisions. Typically, you will have tape or glue under the gauze, directly covering the incision sites. Your surgeon will tell you what to do with these...
How Long is the Recovery for Breast Reduction Surgery
Day One Upon waking from surgery, you will have a surgical bra in place with gauze pads on your chest covering the incisions. Typically, you will have tape or glue under the gauze, directly covering the incision sites. Your surgeon will tell you what to do with these...
What To Do After Your Plastic Surgery Consultation
Reflect The most important thing to do after a consultation for plastic surgery is to reflect on what you learned through the process. Firstly, you should evaluate how your experience compared to other consultations if you have been on multiples. Everything from the...
Axillary Breast Tissue Removal
What is Axillary Breast Tissue? Axillary breast tissue presents as increased thickness of the breast tissue closest to the underarms. Studies have shown that this kind of axillary breast tissue can occur in anywhere from 2% to 6% of women. Problems Associated with...
What Happens After an Implant Rupture
Detecting A Rupture A saline implant rupture often requires no imaging to detect. A simple clinical evaluation demonstrating volume loss is sufficient. If mammography imaging is obtained, then the implant will often demonstrate a wrinkled appearance. An intracapsular...
How Long is the Recovery For a Breast Lift?
Day One Upon waking from surgery, you will have a surgical bra in place with gauze pads on your chest covering the incisions. Typically, you will have tape or glue under the gauze, directly covering the incision sites. Your surgeon will tell you what to do with these...
Will I Need a Breast Lift After Implant Removal?
Common Reasons for Breast Implant Removal Your breast implants are causing pain or discomfort Painful or uncomfortable implants can indicate several issues that require a breast implant revision, including capsular contracture, damaged lymph nodes, a developing...
What are Gummy Bear Breast Implants?
“Gummy Bear” is the non-medical terminology used to refer to silicone gel breast implants that are form stable. These implants are filled with a highly cohesive version of silicone gel that holds shape, even when the implant is ruptured. Pros and Cons When Selecting...
When is the right time to get a Mommy Makeover?
Planning To Get A Mommy Makeover Breasts are often left elongated and deflated from the size fluctuations and trauma caused by pregnancy and childbirth. The round, compact and perky breasts you once had may stretch and sag while the nipple-areola complex enlarges and...
What to Know Before a Breast Implant Removal
What Is a Breast Implant Removal? The goal of breast implant removal surgery is to remove breast implants from breast augmentation or breast reconstruction patients. During these procedures, the surgeon may also remove silicone material from implant rupture and the...
Which Breast Implant is Right for You?
Determining Which Type of Breast Implant Is Right For You Breast augmentation with implants can offer a new aesthetic, renewed confidence after pregnancy, improvements after a weight loss journey, or restored breasts after treatment related to breast cancer. Your...
How Long Does Breast Reconstruction Last?
How Long Do the Results of a Breast Reconstruction Last? There are many factors that may contribute to the longevity of breast reconstruction. Like all surgeries, the changes achieved are permanent. Surgery, however, does not stop the natural aging process or the...
Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
Benefits of Breast Reconstruction Breast reconstruction is performed to restore the shape, size, and symmetry of one or both breasts after treatment for breast cancer, benign breast tumors, accidents, or a congenital breast deformity. The complexity of reconstruction...
Determining If Breast Implant Revision Is Right for You
Breast Implants Can Be Revised While it is expected for patients to replace their breast implants after 10-20 years, there are several reasons they may need to be replaced sooner. If your breast augmentation does not deliver the natural-looking results you...
Is Reverse Abdominoplasty Right For You?
Reverse Abdominoplasty A reverse abdominoplasty is chosen for the patient who has loose excess skin in the upper abdomen and generally does not have full diastasis rectus affecting the lower abdominal contour. The patient may also have excess fatty tissue in the lower...
Determining if Breast Reconstruction is Right for You
Candidates for Breast Reconstruction Breast reconstruction is a highly individualized procedure utilized to restore a natural, feminine silhouette after mastectomy. You should do it for yourself, not to fulfill someone else’s desires or try to fit any ideal...
How Long Does Breast Augmentation Last?
How Long Do The Results of a Breast Augmentation Last? It is a common myth that breast implants need to be replaced every 10 years. This is not true. Spontaneous implant failure rate does increase by about 1% per year, after 10 years. How long...Request A Consultation
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