It is quite common for women to decide upon breast implant removal. Motivation for this varies but includes concerns about breast implant illness, implant related pain, implant malposition, capsular contracture as well as feeling the breast implants are now too big for their body. This often occurs later in life when women have gained some…
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My Ellevate : Minimally Invasive Neck lift-Great Technology with Limitations
My Ellevate Is a minimally invasive procedure pioneered by Dr. Gregory Mueller in Beverly Hills. It involves minimal incision to perform liposuction and/or skin tightening of the neck and placement of a percutaneous support suture which helps to define the jaw line with an internal suture. For properly selected patients, it can be quite sufficient…
Breast Asymmetry and Tubular Breast Deformity Treated with Mastopexy
Breast asymmetry is very common, affecting over 50% of women. This can be as subtle as just a slight amount of volume difference or perhaps the nipple position being lower on one side. The condition can also involve marked asymmetry with underdevelopment of one breast compared to the other or significant shape changes. Tuberous breast…
Tummy Tuck and Hernia
Many women with desire for abdominoplasty have an umbilical hernia or other hernia associated with large diastases rectus. Provided that these are not complex hernias, they can be repaired safely during the performance of the diastases repair and generally, do not need any supporting mesh as the umbilical hernia repair is reinforced by the correction…
Chest wall asymmetries and deformities and Breast Augmentation
Preoperative photograph showing pectus excavatum deformity Breast augmentation with symmetric breasts is a fairly routine procedure. The plastic surgeon must take account of asymmetries which are very common. Careful measurements of the sternal notch to nipple distance and breast diameter are part of a thoughtful preoperative plan. These asymmetries must be pointed out to the…
Tummy Tuck and BMI
What is the ideal body weight to undergo abdominoplasty?. In general, patients with body mass index equal or below to 30 are good candidates for abdominoplasty. Excellent results and safe outcomes are pretty typical. As body mass index increases, complications also increase. Many studies have demonstrated this. Complications such as fluid collections or seromas, wound…
Top 5 Reasons for Breast Implant Removal in North Carolina
Many women decide to remove their breast implants without replacement. I do a large number of explantations and had found that the reasons for my patient’s decision varies. Although there are a number of more recent concerns about implant safety, the majority of women choosing explanation do not have those as a primary concern. The…
Beautifying the Chest-How Breast implants can have dramatic results.
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…
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,…
Common Reasons For Breast Implant Revision
Breast augmentation is typically among the most popular procedures in plastic surgery. With the ability to increase the size and fullness of the breasts, it’s no wonder why over 300,000 women underwent breast augmentation last year. While this procedure consistently produces satisfying results that are long-lasting, revision surgeries are sometimes needed. A breast revision is…
