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Introduction to Breast Surgery
Breast surgeries fall into four major categories: breast augmentation surgeries, breast lift surgeries, breast reduction surgeries, and breast reconstruction...

Finding a Surgeon for Your Breast Surgery
Breast surgery is one of the first procedures to come to mind when anyone mentions plastic surgery, and this fact points to its popularity and prevalence...

Recovering from Breast Augmentation Surgery
While your breast augmentation surgery may have only taken a few hours, the recovery period can take a great deal longer. While this is an elective...

The Financial Concerns of Cosmetic Surgery: Breast Augmentation
Cosmetic surgery is rarely covered by medical insurance, so funding breast augmentation surgery usually requires a different approach than non-elective...

Considering Cost When Contemplating Breast Augmentation Surgery
Now that you’ve made the decision to have breast augmentation surgery, it’s time to consider the financial implications of that decision...

A Primer on Robotic Surgery
When people first hear the term robotic surgery it is hard not to imagine a robot plucked straight from a science fiction movie standing over a patient...

Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery Demographics
Cosmetic procedures, both surgical and nonsurgical, continue to grow in popularity. While it used to be the case that certain plastic surgeries were...

Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Recovery Spas
The fantasy of cosmetic plastic surgery is to have some imperfection, some less-than-perfect feature of your face or body, changed without anyone...

Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Recovery
There is so much to do to prepare for plastic surgery itself that many patients forget that they also need to prepare for plastic surgery recovery...

Techniques in Plastic Reconstructive Surgery
Reconstructive surgery is a fairly unique form of plastic surgery. The goal of reconstructive surgery is to restore function and provide patients...

Surgery Demographics – Security and Confidentiality
Surgery demographics are the statistics compiled about the age, gender, race and other characteristics of those undergoing surgery. Essentially surgery...

Surgery Recovery Period
The period after your surgery, called the recovery period, is a very important part of your overall surgical experience. The ease with which you...

Considering Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Abroad
Many people in the United States and certain other countries seek to have cosmetic surgery in countries other than their own. There are several...

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery – Unlimited Choices, Realistic Expectations
In the world of modern aesthetic surgery, there is really no part of the body that cannot be revised. Aesthetic surgery, a discipline within plastic...

Payment Plans and Financing - Breast Reduction Cost
Breast reduction surgery is one of the more expensive plastic surgeries with costs in excess of $7,500. In contrast to breast augmentation which...

Direct and Indirect Costs of Breast Implants
Breast augmentation is the second most common cosmetic surgical procedure performed in the United States with about 400,000 breast implant surgeries...

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - The Science and the Art
If you are looking to have aesthetic plastic surgery, your choice of surgeon will be based on more than accreditations on the wall, the prestige associated...

Information on Gynecomastia Surgery
Gynecomastia is defined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as the development of abnormally large breasts in males. This is not to be confused...

Nipple Correction Surgery - Everted, Even and Ordinary
Surgeons will tell you that there is a huge range of different measurements and characteristics when it comes to defining the 'normal' nipple...

Fat Injections for Breast Augmentation - Do They Work?
The notion seems like something from a woman’s fantasy – take the unwanted fat from thighs, hips or stomach, and place it in a location that...

Teenage Plastic Surgery - Trends and Guidelines
For teenagers with obvious physical abnormalities, life can be a constant battle for normalcy. Even subtle imperfections in facial or bodily features...

Mammotome Biopsy
When a breast abnormality is detected, either through a mammogram or through breast examination, it is important to be able to accurately identify and...