Category: Breast lift Surgery

Breast augmentation cost includes the surgeon’s fee, operating room cost, anesthesia, and the implant costs. The cost of breast augmentation varies widely, depending on factors such as the surgeon’s skill, the region where the surgery is performed, whether the surgery takes place in the office or in a hospital, what type of surgery is chosen, and what type of anesthesia...

In anatomy, an areola, plural areolae is any circular area such as the colored skin surrounding the nipple. Careful inspection of a mature human female nipple will reveal several small openings arranged radially around the tip of the nipple lactiferous ducts from which milk is released during lactation. Other small openings in the areola are sebaceous glands, known as Montgomery’s...

Current medical information does not demonstrate an increased risk of breast cancer in women who have breast implant surgery for either cosmetic or reconstructive purposes. An individual with a personal or family history of breast cancer may be at higher risk of developing breast cancer than a woman with no family history of this disease. Doctors recommend that all women...

Breast augmentation is considered cosmetic and therefore not covered by health insurance companies. The health effects of most complications associated with breast implants is covered by insurance companies. The process begins by consulting with a plastic and reconstructive surgeon as soon as possible. Documenting the nature of the problem in severity, character, and length of time it has been ongoing,...

Everyone has uneven breasts to varying degrees. Naturally asymmetrical or uneven breasts can become more noticeably uneven after breast augmentation as the breast implants can accentuate the difference in size between the two breasts. Placing different sized or shaped breast implants in each breast corrects moderate breast asymmetry. In those with breast implants, breasts may become asymmetrical after pregnancy and...

Breast lifts can results wide or raised scars, altered nipple sensation, asymmetry in breasts, and enlarged areolas. Mastopexy revision corrects problems from previous breast lifts. Scars associated with the formal mastopexy or vertical lift can be very unpredictable. Patients must have realistic expectations when undergoing any form of mastopexy or breast reduction surgery. Scarring can never be predictable. There is...