Taking Care of Your Breast Implants
Breast augmentation surgery is the most popular cosmetic procedure in the country. With advances in implant placement techniques, as well as the implants themselves, breast augmentation surgery is safer than it has ever been. Once a woman has made the decision to move forward with her breast augmentation surgery or breast lift with implants, the correct size has been chosen […]
Continue ReadingBreast Reconstruction Awareness Day
This October was the first ever BRA — Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day. This day was designed to educate women about options after mastectomy. BRA Day was created in response to a recent statistic that revealed 7 out of 10 women are unaware of their options for breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. A lack of information about reconstructive options can make an […]
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Proper Healing Post-Plastic Surgery
The cosmetic surgery industry has seen significant growth over the last decade. The number of people who are both accepting of, and seeking out cosmetic surgery is at an all-time high. As a result, the most common procedures performed have become almost routine, and are often done on an outpatient basis. As such, more and more people are experiencing the […]
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How to Give the Gift of Cosmetic Surgery
The holiday shopping frenzy has begun. No sooner than the turkey was put away, shoppers were on pace to make this a record-breaking year when it comes to holiday gift buying. While many people are lining up to clear the shelves of this year’s hottest electronic bargains, or trendiest toy, there is one gift that a person can give a […]
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Harvesting Fat for Cosmetic Surgery
When it comes to fat, almost everyone is eager to get rid of a bit of their own. The mere mention of the word is enough to make many people cringe. It’s a dirty word that nobody wants anything to do with – unless that person is a cosmetic surgeon! To a plastic surgeon, body fat might just be liquid […]
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New Silicone Gel Minimizes Scarring After Surgery
While plastic surgeons go to great lengths to develop their craft, learn new techniques, and earn the proper certifications, they are factors that affect healing that are difficult to predict, and not always easily controlled with good surgical technique. While many steps can be taken to ensure that the healing process goes smoothly, the quality of scars also depends on […]
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Types of Breast Implant Incisions
Breast augmentation procedures are among the most popular plastic surgery operations performed in the U.S. Each year hundreds of thousands of women seek to enhance their breasts with the placement of implants, and the number continues to grow each year. When it comes to breast augmentation procedures, women are always concerned about the location of the incisions and the resulting […]
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Options for Breast Implant Shapes
Plastic surgeons have been performing breast augmentation surgery since 1963 and the tools and techniques associated have improved significantly over the years. The most common techniques and implants used today are safer than they have ever been, and as a result, more and more women continue to seek out breast augmentation procedures every year. Despite the improvements in the safety […]
Continue Reading Why Is Breast Augmentation So Popular?
Breast augmentation continues to be one of the most sought after cosmetic surgery procedures. As the demand for plastic surgery procedures increases 5%-10% or more, breast augmentation is always at the top of the list. What is it about this operation that makes it so popular? The reasons women seek out breast augmentation procedures have been discussed in this blog […]
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Cosmetic Surgery in College?
Classes chosen? Check! Books purchased? Check! Breast augmentation surgery? Excuse me? Cosmetic surgery procedures are becoming a back-to-school must-have for many students entering into college. Having graduated not only from high school but from childhood, young adults are looking to make the changes they may have wanted for some time as they chart out the future that lays ahead of […]
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