Archive for October, 2009

Great question. I thought about this when I was putting my photo album together so I included best and not so best results.

Don’t worry, there’s no deception to this. It’s like everything else, we’re just showing our best work. What you need to keep in mind is that is is helpful because you can see what your plastic surgeon has done before and see his comments about the photos.  He may say, “look how beautiful this result is” and you think it looks like terrible. That’s an important evaluation to consider.

The other point to those photos along the same line is that you have to have something to strive for. If the best aren’t so hot, then that’s an answer as well.

Probably more importantly that all of that is that if you don’t look like any of those photos then ask if he has someone with your body frame. Although that doesn’t guarantee anything, it may help you feel a little more comfortable with where things are headed.

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This is an interesting question since you have lost some weight in the breast causing it to sag but it’s still a C. Unfortunately, no matter how many people blog about this subject we could all be talking about a different thing. Your board certified plastic surgeon must evaluate you and see what his thoughts are on the lift with an implant.

Many times a lift will achieve the more youthful breast that you seek. It will not give you any change in your upper pole fullness though. The breast lift repositions the nipple and areolar complex and tightens the breast envelope so that it’s once again somewhat more perky. I typically don’t do breast augmentations on women with C cup breasts. It may be necessary for upper pole fullness but if your breasts are already sagging with their own weight and an implant is put in there, the result is fairly predictable. Sutures can tighten the breast for a nice lift at one stage and then the implant can be placed once the wounds have healed and the tissues are strong enought to tolerate an implant.

This is a controversial topic because many will simply put the implant in under your breast tissue then perform a lift of the skin and areola of your breast. Again, the only way to know for sure will be to consult with your plastic surgeon. Hopefully these concepts help you ask him more direct questions on his logic for the choices that you’re considering.

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It sounds reasonable but it really depends on what you’re wanting your look to be.  I use high profile implants in patients that are your dimensions because they are the only way to get that size in when you’re so thin.  Because you were pregnant, I’m hoping that your tissues stretched some and will accomodate these implants reasonably without having stretched beyond retraction (the taffy effect).

At first, these implants will look and feel tight.  That’s because you put a big implant under a small breast.  it’s clear to me that you are small, and that you know that you are small.  It also seems clear that you know that these implants are nothing to scoff at.

Remember, what makes these look fake is when your breast tissue is tiny and the implants are huge.  If you make a major exagerated change, then it will be a major exagerated augmentation (that’s not the case with you I’m just making clarification for other readers wanting to make major exagerated changes).  We could blog about this all day but only the plastic surgeon that examines  you will be able to communicate clearly because you have to get the measurements properly and feel the tissue elasticity and general breast tissue strength.

Also, who is to say what ‘fake’ means.  The only way I communicate that to a patient is my looking at a bunch of pre and postop photos with the patient and give my opinion on if I think it looks fake or natural.  That way you can see what I think looks natural or not.

I recently had someone tell me “I want them to look fake but natural”.

She may as well have said that because until you look at photos, it doesn’t matter what you or your plastic surgeon actually mean .. each of you could be imagining a totally different look.  Rememer, a picture is worth around 7000 words (for silicone BA).

Best Wishes,

doctorMEade

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10 days should be fine.

As everything, there’s a spectum of possibilities in the recovery for this surgery. There are many varying techniques in performing a full abdominoplasty that your ABPS Board Certified Plastic Surgeon will be familiar with.  If you discuss return to work at this deadline, I believe that it will in fact help your recovery since you are so motivated to get out of bed and mover around.  A technique of internal suturing can help get your drains out sooner than usual (typically a week).

Even if you go back to work with your drains, depending on what you do at your work, it is achieveable. Your recovery will depend greatly on your anatomy, your stamina, tolerance and the actual operation performed. The plan you’ve made thus far is reasonable.

They’re really totally different options. Thermage can help if there’s a minimal amount of tightening expected, such as lower lids maybe. Sometimes the pre and postop photos on some of the new technologies out there are really difficult to reproduce. If you’ve seen Thermage results on an abdomen, I’d be pretty hesitant to expect much. It just has been really underpowered in those areas.

If your ABPS board certified plastic surgeon has told you that you are a candidate for a tummy tuck, then you should consider that and not thermage. There are different variations in tummy tuck (such as mini tucks or float abdominoplasties) for those that have very little extra skin. Those may be more worth your while to look into with more detail.

10 days should be fine.

As everything, there’s a spectrum of possibilities in the recovery for this surgery. There are many varying techniques in performing a full abdominoplasty that your ABPS Board Certified Plastic Surgeon will be familiar with. If you discuss return to work at this deadline, I believe that it will in fact help your recovery since you are so motivated to get out of bed and mover around. A technique of internal suturing can help get your drains out sooner than usual (typically a week).

Even if you go back to work with your drains, depending on what you do at your work, it is achievable. Your recovery will depend greatly on your anatomy, your stamina, tolerance and the actual operation performed. The plan you’ve made thus far is reasonable.