Breast Augmentation, Lift and Reduction: Nursing O.K.?

admin @ August 14, 2009 # Comments Off

You probably already know that nursing provides many health benefits to newborns.
Now, new research shows breast feeding is more important than anyone ever thought to mom’s health, too.
But what about nursing and cosmetic surgery on the breasts like:

Breast augmentation
Breast lift
Breast reduction

Will any cosmetic plastic surgery procedure on the breasts affect a woman’s nursing ability?
Its’ an [...]

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Breast Lift for Smaller Breasts: the Crescent Lift

admin @ March 3, 2009 # Comments Off

It’s not named after the New Orleans area, but one type of breast lift shows that breast lifting procedures are not a one-size-fits-all-situation.
Women with smaller breasts who find they have some sagging after breast feeding, normal aging or a large weight loss may be candidates for the Crescent breast lift which leaves the smallest scar [...]

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Breast Asymmetry – Surgery on Unbalanced Breasts

admin @ February 2, 2009 # Comments Off

Plastic surgeon James Matas, M.D. says that he sees many women when they have breasts of two different sizes. He even sees some patients who have a drooping DDD on one side and a pointy A cup on the other side.
Medically known as breast asymmetry,  Dr. Matas cautions new patients that surgical correction sometimes offers [...]

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Breast Reduction: Stopping Scarring in Darker Skin

admin @ January 8, 2009 # Comments Off

While many women of color want to lift their self esteem (and stop a few health problems) by having a breast reduction, some are stopped in their tracks due to the possibility of scarring. Why? The procedure requires long scars on the breasts.  (A breast lift will also produce long scars.)
Over time, the scarring lightens [...]

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Sagging Breasts May Not Be Due to Nursing

admin @ December 30, 2008 # Comments Off

If a recent report is true, plastic surgeons from Los Angeles to New York are going to quit making nursing the bug bear of drooping breasts.
Until now, when a woman requests a breast lift, the surgeon usually explained the drooping of her breasts to one of three things:

Breast feeding
Loss of massive amounts of weight (MWL)
Older [...]

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