Month: October 2015
Breast Implant update
Despite its apparent simplicity, correct decision-making in breast implant surgery takes years of experience and a thorough understanding of breasts anatomy, breast ageing and breast physiology. All breasts are different, and they all sit on different shaped chest walls, with differences in skin, support, nipple position and many more factors. Therefore, getting the best result […]
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What is “natural”?!
Purity Bridge Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Marc Pacifico, shares some thoughts on breast augmentation… I ask every patient I see about a breast augmentation whether they desire a “natural” appearing result, or one that looks “augmented”. Inevitably the majority ask for a natural look. But what does that mean? After years of experience, I can assure […]
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Breast enlargement using fat
A growing alternative to breast enlargement using silicone breast implants is to use the patient’s own fat. The fat can be taken from selected areas on the body using liposuction and carefully injected into the breast to go up around 2 cup sizes – although this sometimes requires 2 or 3 surgeries. This is known […]
MoreBreast reduction – why the grass is greener on the other side
With many of my patients, the grass always seems to be greener on the other side! Women with smaller breasts come for consultations about enlarging their breasts, whilst women with large breasts come to see me about reducing the size of their breasts. Large breasted women often comment to me that they can’t understand why […]
More To lift or not to lift?
For a range of areas of the body, as Plastic Surgeons, we often have to guide the patient to a modification or alternative to the procedure they initially thought they might need. A typical situation frequently occurs in breast enlargement surgery. Typically a patient will come desiring a breast enhancement, but may not have noticed […]
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