March 23rd, 2010 admin
1. Your surgeon should have a large inventory of different size and shape breast implants available in the operating room. Surgeons who do a lot of breast augmentations have this inventory provided by the manufacturers.
2. If an implant inventory is available, then the plastic surgeon can put sterile disposable implant sizers in your breast pockets during surgery to see what a particular implant actually looks like when it is inside you. This is the only way to make a choice without the chance of making an error. An implant sizer costs only $45 and it takes all of the guess work out.
3. We look at the appearance of your breasts with the implant sizers in place with you in the upright position. Of course, all of this is done while you are still under anesthesia. Only in the upright position can the actual size, shape and symmetry of the breasts be accurately judged.
4. When the best size has been determined by this process, the implant sizers are discarded, and only then are the correct breast implants opened from the operating room inventory and put inside your breasts to complete the operation.
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March 9th, 2010 admin
1. This is the most common type of question asked by women considering breast augmentation. The first thing to understand is that it is the surgeon’s job to pick the right breast implants. It is not your job. Implant selection is a technical decision requiring significant experience.
2. You need to make sure that your surgeon really understands the look that you want. Your surgeon’s idea of a beautiful breast may be quite different from yours. Just mentioning a cup size is not adequate. Your surgeon should show you pictures of different breasts so that you can point out what you like. If he or she does not show you pictures, you can provide your own. Then your surgeon has to tell you if your chosen look is appropriate for your anatomy. The most common mistake is to pick breast implants that are too big.
3. I strongly recommend that the plastic surgeon not make a final choice of breast implants in advance of surgery. This is just an educated guess. The best approach is to make the final implant selection during your surgery.
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March 5th, 2010 Dr. Beraka
New York City, NY- The February issue of “More” magazine has a useful article about abdominoplasty. It tells the story of a tummy tuck step-by-step, from thinking about it to final healing. The patient accurately describes the pain as quite tolerable.
I have one important point of disagreement with the article. We do almost all tummy tucks as outpatients in our Accredited Surgical Suite. The patient may go home or to a hotel, but always with one of our specially trained registered nurses.
Tummy Tuck Video
Follow this link to read the full article, http://www.more.com/11256/11433-the-truth-about-a-tummy
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March 5th, 2010 admin
How is a Revision Breast Augmentation Different
From a First Operation?
New York City, NY- The main difference is that the anatomy has been altered. When a woman first has implants, she has normal, undisturbed anatomy and so the operation takes a predictable course.
But if a patient has already had implants, and is not happy, the anatomy is no longer intact, and usually has been changed in an undesirable way. That’s why the patient wants a revision. So a standard approach is out of the question. The surgeon can not just go in and optimistically hope to make things better.
First, I need to understand exactly what you don’t like. Second, I have to identify precisely the anatomical problems that have produced the bad result. And finally, I write down a detailed step-by-step plan to correct the disturbed anatomy.
Revision breast augmentation is not hard if you know in advance what you have to do. No surprises.
Breast Augmentation Revision Video
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