Breast augmentation can have a dramatic result on the appearance of a woman’s chest. Certainly, it is designed to enlarge the patient’s existing breast. Women with well formed breasts have the optimal outcome as the breast implant merely enhances the naturally well shaped breast. In some cases where severe breast underdevelopment occurs, the augmentation virtually…
Category: Breast Augmentation
Breast Explantation Surgeons – use Caution!
Breast explantation surgeons- use caution! I perform a fair number of breast implant explantations. The reasons women chose to remove their implants is varied. In some cases, their implants have aged, failed, ruptured, or developed a contracture which distorts the breast or causes pain. In many cases, the patient’s breasts have changed or grown larger,…
Do I Need a Breast Lift or a Breast Reduction?
Dr. Glenn Lyle is a Board Certified plastic surgeon in Raleigh, NC, and an expert in Breast Surgery. Patients often come to his practice with a particular procedure in mind only to discover that, after an evaluation, they are better suited for a different procedure. Breast lift surgery and breast reduction surgery are very similar,…
