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What Makes for a Natural Breast Augmentation?

One basic preoperative concept of breast augmentation has taken on a contemporary approach of tissue-based planning. Such an approach strives to achieve a ‘natural breast augmentation’ result by not overwhelming the breast tissues with implants that are more than the tissue can accommodate. By having good tissue support for the implant there is a  lower Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Hispanic Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast augmentation is a common body contouring procedure. Of the many pictures of breast augmentation results on the internet, the vast majority are of Caucasian type. The main difference with Hispanic or Latin women is their increased propensity to develop dark pigmentation at incision/scar sites. While they almost never develop hypertrophic or keloid scars, Read More…

The Dual Chambered Design of the Ideal Breast Implant

Historically the choice for women considering breast augmentation were either saline or silicone devices. These very contrasting breast implants choices have very well known advantages and disadvantages. Saline breast implants offer the most economical approach to the procedure with aesthetic device issues such as rippling, an unnatural feel in some patients and the risk of Read More…

Concepts of Transgender Breast Augmentation

As transgender plastic surgery becomes more prevalent, the number of patients seeking such face and body transformations are steadily increasing in number. In the male to female transgender patient, facial feminization surgeries and body enhancements of the breasts and buttocks are the mainstays of the physical metamorphosis. In considering breast augmentation, there are initial obvious Read More…

Successful Placement of Large Breast Implants

While there many important issues to consider in breast augmentation, the size of the implant is one that women spent the greatest amount of time pondering before surgery. There are a variety of implant sizing methods and they all have their merits, but the reality is that breast implant sizing is not an exact science. Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Fat Injection Breast Augmentation

Background: The consistent success of breast augmentation over the past five decades has been because of the stable volume provided by an implant. But breast implants are not perfect, are prone to failure and need to be replaced over one’s lifetime, For these reasons some women understandably would prefer a more natural breast augmentation method. Read More…

Techniques in Fat Injection Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation remains as one of the most popular female body enhancement procedures in the world. It creates an instantaneous and assured effect because of the placement of an implant into the breast tissues. While an implant creates a dramatic and sustained long-term effect, it is an implant which incurs all of the potential risks Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know – Mondor’s Cord

A Mondor’s cord is a painful and hardened ridge which  may appear weeks after breast augmentation surgery emanating downward from the lower breast crease. (if an inframammary incision was used) It may also develop in the upper arm if a transaxillary breast augmentation technique was used. This is not a complication of breast augmentation surgery Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Breast Implants in Small Saggy Breasts

Background: Breasts that are either deflated or have developed sagging are prime reasons to pursue breast augmentation surgery. Pregnancy and weight loss are the most common culprits for causing this type of breast shape change. Breast augmentation surgery is the solution to these breast shape concerns. With loss of the supporting breast volume combined with Read More…

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