Breast Surgery

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Breast Surgery
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Augmentation can give women with small or unevenly-sized breasts a fuller, firmer, better- proportioned look through the placement of implants in the breast. Women may elect to undergo breast augmentation for many different medical and aesthetic motivations, including balancing breast size and compensating for reduced breast mass after pregnancy or surgery. The procedure may be combined with others such as a breast lift for more satisfying results. Implants are silicone shells filled with saline (salt water) or silicone gel.

Breast Reduction is designed to lift and reduce breasts that are too large and sagging. Oftentimes women with large sagging breasts develop neck/back pain, rashes under breasts and grooves from bra straps that dig in across the clavicle. Breast Reduction surgery is life changing because it can make patients look and feel better. Breast reduction is often covered by insurance because of the benefits it provides are life changing.

Breast Reconstruction is designed to make women whole again after mastectomy.

Breast lift, or mastopexy, is performed to return youthful shape and lift to breasts that have sagged as a result of weight loss, pregnancy, loss of the skin’s natural elasticity or simply the effects of aging and gravity. The procedure can also reduce areolar size (the dark skin surrounding the nipple), and it can be combined with breast augmentation for added volume and firmness. It is usually done under general anesthesia, and lasts from one to three hours.