admin @ May 28, 2009 # Comments Off
What do breast surgery patients want? Short answer: Satisfaction!
With over half a million U.S. women undergoing some form of breast surgery yearly, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), plastic surgeons and others want to know exactly what makes breast surgery patients happy at the end of the day.
So five researchers from Canada, [...]
admin @ May 26, 2009 # Comments Off
A newly released video, Breast Men, is loosely based on the history of the first woman to have silicone breast implants, back in 1962.
(The movie’s ad tag: “Never before has one invention given America such a lift!)
The video paints one of the surgeons as a get-rich-quick-artist who spots a surgeon friend’s invention – the silicone [...]
admin @ May 15, 2009 # Comments Off
Yet another option for breast enlargement is brewing in Europe and headed for U.S. shores.
Plastic surgeons there are using a thick, gel-like substance, Macrolane, made of the same chemical compound as the familiar Juvederm.
It’s made by the same Swedish firm that makes Restylane.
Injected deep into the breasts, Macrolane breast enhancement really is an augmentation without [...]
admin @ May 14, 2009 # Comments Off
Now that breast augmentation – with 307,230 patients — has proven to be the top invasive procedure for 2008, more potential patients are asking about what is involved in breast enhancement, its costs and possible downsides.
While the vast majority of breast enlargement patients were happy with their surgical outcome, breast surgery is like any other [...]
admin @ May 12, 2009 # Comments Off
Make no mistake about it: childbirth is hard on a woman’s body!
In this video, Jennifer, a young middle school teacher with four toddlers, sees a Minnesota plastic surgeon for breast augmentation and goes ahead with the procedure. Like many moms, Jennifer only wants to restore her bosom to where she was before marriage and children. [...]