Breast Augmentation Archives - Lyle Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Center

When Is a Breast Lift Better Than Breast Augmentation?

While breast augmentation is usually the treatment patients seek for improved breast aesthetics, there are situations where a breast lift may produce results more closely aligned with their goals. Dr. Glenn Lyle offers breast augmentation and breast lift surgery in Raleigh, NC, with personalized planning for patients who want better breast shape, volume, symmetry, and...

Why Do Combination Procedures Often Produce Better Results?

Author: Dr. Glenn Lyle Combining plastic surgery procedures is a great way to achieve high-quality, more complete results than with individual procedures. At Lyle Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics Center, Dr. Glenn Lyle commonly combines procedures to restore overall shape and symmetry and refine contour in a single, cohesive plan. For procedures like mommy makeovers...

Which Breast Implants Look the Most Natural?

Author: Dr. Glenn Lyle Many women considering breast augmentation are not looking for a dramatic transformation. Instead, they want to restore volume, regain balance, or feel more confident in their own bodies. For most patients, the goal is not to stand out but to look and feel like themselves, only better. That means a...

What To Do When You Want To Get Rid of Breast Implants

As a board-certified plastic surgeon in Raleigh, NC, Dr. Glenn Lyle understands that deciding to remove your breast implants is a deeply personal choice. Many women undergo breast augmentation at one stage of life but later feel that their implants no longer suit their lifestyle, health, or personal preferences. If you're considering breast implant removal,...

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...

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,...

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, and...

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...

Breast Implant Rupture Rates are Decreasing As Devices Improve

Breast implants have been around since 1962 when they were developed by 2 Houston plastic surgeons. The design and manufacture have come a long way. After a number of design flaws with the earlier devices, implant manufacturers improved the silicone gel devices. At one point however the shells of the implants were not very durable...

Can You Have a Breast Augmentation After age 50?

Dr. Glenn Lyle, a board-certified plastic surgeon with over 30 years of experience helping patients in North Carolina achieve their aesthetic goals. One of the most common questions he gets from women in their 50s and beyond is, “Am I too old for breast augmentation?” Breast augmentation continues to be one of the most popular...

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