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Thigh Lift and Body Lift Combo Improves Tummy, Back and Thighs, Raleigh, NC

This patient's weight loss journey has been going on for just over 10 years. She had an initial bariatric procedure in 2013 that had to have a revision to a Roux-en-Y a few years later. She was able to lose about 80 pounds Additional weight came off with tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) Which helped her lose an...

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 a minimal incision to perform liposuction and/or skin tightening of the neck and placement of a percutaneous support suture, which helps to define the jawline with an internal suture. For properly selected patients, it can be quite sufficient...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

Non-Invasive Facial Rejuvenation: Where To Start?

Dr. Glenn Lyle, board certified Plastic Surgeon in Raleigh NC sees a lot of patients concerned with the early signs of aging who ask - What can I do to look younger and How much does it cost?Dr. Lyle believes the foundation is good skin care. Obviously, a good diet and overall good health are...

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 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...

All Explants Are Not the Same

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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