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Visualize Your Breast Augmentation Results with Crisalix

3D imaging technology lets you see your new look before surgery One of the biggest roadblocks for women who consider breast augmentation surgery is a sense of uncertainty about the possible results. No matter how many glowing patient testimonials or gorgeous before-and-after photos they’re shown, prospective patients are always asking themselves one little question in […]

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Wireless Tissue Expanders Promising for Breast Reconstruction

New system could provide a more convenient tissue expansion procedure. Until recently, tissue expansion, a procedure that enables the body to grow extra skin in breast reconstruction, was limited to injections, which involved time-consuming office visits. A silicone balloon expander was inserted under the skin near the area to be repaired, then gradually filled with

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Round or Shaped Implants: Study Looks at Breast Implant Satisfaction

If you’re about to get breast reconstruction, you have options like: Implant reconstruction or autologous? Delayed or immediate? Saline implants or silicone implants? Your plastic surgeon can guide you through these choices. When it comes to implants, a recent study of women who chose round vs. anatomical “shaped” silicone implants may help you even further.

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Brave Day

March 21, 2013 from 5-7 pm at Meridian Park Hospital CHEC center will be a an event promoting awareness for breast cancer reconstruction and other breast cancer rights/options. BRAVE stands for Breast Restoration Advocacy Education. The idea is to let people know that there is a federal law that states that if an insurance company

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FDA Approves Natrelle 410 Silicone Breast Implants from Allergan

New Implant Offers Natural Looking Silhouette and Cohesive Gel Recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Natrelle 410 breast implant offers yet another option for women undergoing breast reconstruction. Unlike the “round” look usually found in implants, the anatomically shaped silhouette closely mirrors the natural curves of a woman’s breast while remaining soft

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New Option in Autologous Breast Reconstruction

Nipple-sparing mastectomy uses patient’s own tissue “Nipple-sparing” procedures are a relatively new but increasingly popular option for women undergoing reconstructive breast surgery. In these procedures, the surgeon preserves the nipple-areola complex (NAC) for immediate use. Although technically challenging and requiring careful planning, a nipple-sparing mastectomy with autologous (using one’s own tissue) breast reconstruction can be

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Breast augmentation can make you happier

Recent survey reveals higher satisfaction and quality of life after augmentation While undergoing reconstructive surgery and subsequent augmentation may not always be a woman’s first choice, it can lead to increased satisfaction and quality of life, according to a recent article in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal. Using a questionnaire, the BREAST-Q, to analyze patient-reported reactions

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Exercising after Reconstruction: How Much, When, How Long

Breast surgery can affect your shoulder and arm One of the biggest questions out of the gate after reconstructive surgery is: When can I resume normal activity and exercise? The answer varies with each woman and situation and depends on the type of procedure and amount of surgery involved. And indeed, the various surgeries can

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Lumpectomy Beats Mastectomy in Early Stage Breast Cancer Survival

Study shows that, for early-stage breast cancers, survival rates are higher for women opting for lumpectomy rather than mastectomy A new study questions previous research that lumpectomy and mastectomy are similarly effective in terms of beating breast cancer. Published online in the journal Cancer, the study revealed that, in early stage breast cancer, “lumpectomy is

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National Statistics Show Rise in Immediate Breast Reconstruction

Research shows that more women are opting for immediate breast reconstruction with implants. Researchers are somewhat flummoxed by a new bump in breast reconstruction. Not only are more women undergoing immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy, according to the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, but an increasing number are opting for implants, rather than

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