Breast Reduction and Cancer Discovery

admin @ November 14, 2009 # Comments Off

Plastic Surgery researchers studied the skin and fat of 202 breast reduction patients; even though a mammogram showed nothing, 12.4 percent had suspicious lumps.

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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 Reduction – Did Britney Spears Go for It?

admin @ August 7, 2009 # Comments Off

Plastic surgeon/blogger Tony Youn, M.D. who writes the blog, Celebrity Cosmetic Surgery, sees evidence that songstress Britney Spears has gone smaller in the breast department.
Actually, there’s nothing unusual about that – at least when it comes to celebrities.
In the world of cosmetic breast augmentation, the most common reason for new patients having a breast revision [...]

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Star of Punky Brewster had Gigantomastia as a Teen

admin @ June 1, 2009 # Comments Off

You already know about breast reduction but there is a step beyond large breasts in which a woman’s bosom is so huge she is medically described as having gigantomastia. (It literally means giant breasts.)
To qualify, each breast must weigh at least 10 pounds. Today, many teens afflicted with the condition go under the knife before [...]

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What DO Breast Surgery Patients Want?

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, [...]

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