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 Implants for a New Jersey Housewife

admin @ June 20, 2009 # Comments Off

On a recent episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Jacqueline, Caroline and Dina joined Teresa as she took her 34A chest to see a plastic surgeon about breast augmentation.
The housewives were having a lark but, actually, taking a friend or two or a relative to your first surgical rejuvenation consultation is a pretty [...]

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The First Silicone Breast Implant Patient

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 [...]

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Silicone Breast Implants? Is Baby’s Milk O.K.?

admin @ March 30, 2009 # One Comment

Many prospective breast augmentation patients like the natural feel of silicone breast implants, but worry that silicone may somehow affect baby’s milk if and when the patient gives birth.
Plastic surgeons and other scientists studied the effect of silicone on health for about 14 years, but could find no link. That’s why the implants were allowed [...]

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Breast Augmentation’s Hidden Scars

admin @ March 24, 2009 # Comments Off

While breast enlargement is the most favored cosmetic plastic surgery (347,500 were performed during 2007) , one of the first questions any patient asks her plastic surgeon is: “Will I have a scar?”
All invasive plastic surgeries leave a scar because the skin must be opened somewhere.
So sure, you’ll have a scar when that incision heals. [...]

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