May 26th, 2010 admin
MYTHS ABOUT BREAST IMPLANTS
New York City, NY- FIRST MYTH ABOUT BREAST IMPLANTS: Breast implants need to drop or settle after surgery.
Many patients (and some plastic surgeons) think that you have to wait weeks or months after surgery for breast implants to drop into the right position. This is not true. If the implant pockets are made accurately, your breasts should look great right after surgery.
In fact, when we do breast augmentations in Manhattan, we put the patient in the sitting position before the operation is finished (of course you are still under anesthesia). This way, we can see exactly if the implants are in the right place, and if the size and symmetry of the breasts are as perfect as we can made them. If not, we keep working until we get the result that we want.
Breast implants should not look too high after breast augmentation.
For Before and After photos of breast augmentations, please visit us at www.drberaka.com
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May 12th, 2010 admin
New York City, NY- We have recently made an important advance in how we do a tummy tuck. The skin of the abdomen is lifted up in the course of doing the tummy tuck and traditionally at the end of the operation two drains are inserted under the skin. The drains are left in for several days and their main purpose is to prevent fluid accumulation under the skin, also known as a seroma. The drains works very well but are a little uncomfortable and patients look forward to their coming out.
We now use an alternative technique which has minimized the need for drains. We use either no drain or just one drain, and we leave it in for fewer days. The new technique consists of closing the cavity under the lifted skin of the abdomen with several buried absorbable sutures. The role of these internal stitches is to eliminate the potential cavity under the skin and therefore they are very effective in preventing fluid accumulation. Thus, much less need for drains.
Tummy Tuck Before and After Photos.
For more information on Tummy Tucks, please visit our website at www.drberaka.com.
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