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Aug 25

How you prepare for Breast Augmentation

By Mayo Clinic Staff
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Initially, you’ll consult with a plastic surgeon about your preferences for size, feel and overall appearance of your breasts. The surgeon will describe specific types of implants — smooth or textured, round or shaped like a teardrop, saline or silicone — as well as options for surgical techniques.
 
Review any documentation carefully, and keep copies of all pertinent information for your records.
 
Before you decide to go ahead with surgery, consider some important factors about breast augmentation:
 
Breast implants won’t prevent your breasts from sagging. To correct sagging breasts, you might need a breast lift in addition to breast augmentation.
Breast implants aren’t guaranteed to last a lifetime. Implant rupture is a possibility. Also, your breasts will continue to age after augmentation — and factors such as weight gain or weight loss might further change the way your breasts look. Any of these issues might lead to additional surgery.
Mammograms might be more complicated. If you have breast implants, in addition to routine mammograms, you’ll require additional, specialized views.
You might need routine MRI scans. The Food and Drug Administration recommends monitoring silicone breast implants with routine MRI scans every two years, starting three years after the initial implant surgery.
Breast implants might hamper breast-feeding. Some women are able to successfully breast-feed after breast augmentation. For others, however, breast-feeding is a challenge.
Insurance might not cover breast implants. Unless it’s medically necessary — such as the need for implant reconstruction after a mastectomy — breast augmentation isn’t covered by insurance. Be prepared to handle any expenses that accompany breast augmentation, including related surgeries or future imaging tests.
You might need additional surgery after breast implant removal. If you decide to have your implants removed, you might need a breast lift or other corrective surgery to help your breasts maintain an aesthetically pleasing appearance.
If you decide to have the surgery, you may need a baseline mammogram ahead of time. Your doctor might adjust certain medications before the surgery as well. For example, it’s important to avoid aspirin or other medications that can increase bleeding.
 
If you smoke, your surgeon will ask you to stop smoking for a certain period of time before the surgery.
 
Arrange for someone to drive you home after the surgery and to stay with you for at least the first night.

Aug 22

The Knifeless Facelift

“The LazerLift is the first procedure that tightens the facial skin and underlying supporting tissues without a scalpel,” says cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Bassin. “Using a new fiber-optic laser device, the LazerLift tightens and smoothes the skin from the inside out, safely and effectively. The LazerLift is done with the patient awake, with no stitches and no scars,” says Bassin.

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Jun 28

Redefining Plastic Surgery

by  Chandra, Ramesh MS, MS, FRCS; Agarwal, Rajiv MCH, FRCSEng, FACS, FRCSEd; Agarwal, Devisha MBBS Scholar

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Plastic surgery is one of the most ancient forms of surgery, and its roots can be traced back to the time of Sushruta, the father of surgery (600 BC),1 who is credited with performing the first ever reported plastic surgical procedures. The name, however, defies a clear understanding and an appropriate definition that could cover the entire scope of activities performed at the present moment. An extensive search of the plastic surgery literature was performed to find out the best available definition, but a comprehensive definition could not be found. This led the authors to explore the modern and ancient literature, including the thousand-year-old sacrosanct Indian epics, Gita, and Vedas in their quest to redefine plastic surgery. This review of the age-old fundamental secrets of life made it possible for us to extract the coveted relevant information to redefine plastic surgery, which is being presented in this article.

The term “plastique” was first used by a French anatomist and surgeon, Desault in 1798.2 The word “Plastic” is derived from the Greek word “Plastikos,” which means the ability to mold tissues. The procedures were being performed on body parts from the head to the toes. However, the term “Plastic” was first incorporated by von Graefe3 in his monograph “Rhinoplastik” published in 1818. The term “Plastic Surgery” was used by Zeis4 of Germany as part of the title of his classical work Handbuch der plastischen Chirurgie published in 1838, and the term thereafter became popularized.

Davis,5 in his book Plastic Surgery—Its Principles and Practice, defined the scope of plastic surgery from “top of the head to the sole of the foot.” Gillies,6 in his book Plastic Surgery of the Face, laid down 16 principles of plastic surgery to be followed. He defined reconstructive surgery as an attempt to restore the individual to normal and aesthetic surgery as an attempt to surpass the normal.

Esser,7 a Dutch surgeon, pointed out that “plastic” was a poor term that did not define the specialty and that the term “Structive” derived from the Latin word “structo” (I build) was more appropriate, and it was adopted to be used for the European Journal in December 1936.

McGregor,8 in his book on the fundamental technique of plastic surgery, has very clearly expressed his view about the use of eponyms because they lack precise meaning and are liable to cause confusion as they have different meaning in different countries.

Converse (1964) stated that “Plastic Surgery is a specialized branch of surgery devoted to the treatment of the deformities of the face and other areas of the body, notably the hands. Because of the special nature of plastic surgery, it is largely concerned with form, as is implied in the term plastic.” The scope of plastic surgery kept on continuously expanding ever since then, and many new techniques such as microvascular surgery, craniofacial surgery, endoscopy, lasers, distraction osteogenesis, transplantation, implantations, and reimplantations were introduced in the sixties and seventies. This definition hence fell short of its range and spectrum, and a need for revision was felt.9

In 1965, Manekshaw, an Indian plastic surgeon, in his book Plastic Surgery in the Tropics, ratified Gillies’ definition that “Reconstructive surgery is an attempt to return the tissues to normal. Cosmetic Surgery is an attempt to surpass the normal.” The definition implies a lot, but the scope and spectrum of activities covered by the definition are difficult for students and beginners in the field of plastic surgery to comprehend.10

Aufricht (1972) stated that “Plastic Surgery like all forms of surgery is besides a science, a manual art and craft.” The qualifying statement adds grace to the specialty and gives a distinct status to the surgeons, but it gives no idea of its scope to the general practitioners and the medical students.11

Barron and Saad (1980) opined that plastic and reconstructive surgery has no anatomical or systemic boundaries and in essence is the “study of anatomical defects and disabilities.” The definition acknowledges the broad spectrum of activities of the specialty, but no specific details can be grasped mentally about the organs and organ systems to be treated.12

Jurkiewicz et al (1990) proposed a conceptual definition, “Plastic Surgery brings back, refashions and restores to wholeness the features which nature gave but chance destroyed, not that they may charm the eye but that they may be an advantage to the living soul.” This definition covers restoration of anatomy of the part destroyed by chance, but the scope of activities is difficult for students and beginners to mentally visualize and realize.13

McCarthy (1990) defined plastic surgery as a “problem solving specialty” and that the plastic surgeon helps other surgical specialists when dealing with tissue defects. This definition again does not encompass the whole spectrum of activities being performed in plastic surgery in general.14

Mathes (2006)15 again professed that plastic surgery is a problem-solving specialty where the plastic surgeons treat skin and its contents with no anatomical boundaries.

Thorne (2012),16 in Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery, defines “Plastic Surgery as a unique specialty that defies definition, has no organ system of its own, is based on principles rather than specific procedures and because of the cosmetic surgery is the darling of media–No complete definition exists.” This definition is a very broad generalization. It is an equally mystifying statement about the activities being done by the plastic surgeons best understood by themselves but not by their colleagues in allied specialties. Neligan (2013)17 defines plastic surgery as the last real general surgery and the plastic surgeon as the last real general surgeon.

Thus, a review of literature revealed that a complete and comprehensive definition was lacking. The plastic surgeons have a moral obligation for documenting a suitable definition.

Thorne’s definition in the textbook Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery was subjected to a critical evaluation to find out how an organ is defined. An organ is defined as a part of the body composed of 2 or more tissue types and performing 1 or more specific functions. The organs are further classified into external and internal organs. Plastic surgery deals most commonly with external organs: the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin, hand, feet, and all body openings, which are controlled by respective organs. Therefore, we do not accept the statement that there is no organ system for plastic surgery as mentioned in this definition.16

The earlier definition by Davies8 that plastic surgery extends from top of the head to the toes is a very correct statement because we deal most of the time with external organs spread all over from the top of head to the foot. The biggest lacuna in our understanding was that the organs being treated by us could not be classified as a distinct group, and this semantic dilemma remained unsolved.The ancient Indian texts written some 5050 years ago contain the essentials and values of all aspects of life and even the medical science that stand true even to this date. The sacred text “Bhagvat Gita” is a quintessence of the Vedas enunciated by the Almighty at the beginning of the creation of the Universe.18  The authors came across relevant verses in the Gita, which are based on pure scientific knowledge of anatomy and physiology that existed at that time.

The human body has 9 gates consisting of paired eyes, ears, nostrils, and a mouth, all located in the head, while the organs of reproduction and defecation are situated in the lower part of the trunk. In females, there are 3 additional passages, the reproductive passage and a pair of nipples for the excretion of milk. Totally there are 12 external passages in females. All the passages are connected to the respective organs.19 The plastic surgeon is dealing with these passages and thus correcting the functions and the appearances of all these organs within the body.The human body is a congregation of organ systems, pathways, and interconnections, which perform all their personal, social, and worldly activities from day 1 until the last day through 5 organs of perception and 5 organs of action regulated by a super control mechanism of mind, intellect, and soul.20

The 5 organs of perception, called sense organs, known as Gyanendriya,21 are eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin. The 5 organs of actions, known as Karmendriya, are mouth (larynx), hands, feet, organs of reproduction, and organs of defecation. The plastic surgeons are directly involved in performing surgery on these organs. The impact of these 2 verses on our mind was thrilling, and a eureka like feeling was there. These verses gave us the coveted information, which we have been postulating and we consider it as a gift to us for the new definition.

The verses provided us with the information regarding the use of the nomenclature for the group headings of the 19 organs in males and 22 organs in females whom we have been treating. These organs of perception and organs of action are distributed all over from the top of the head to the soles of the feet. All of these are external organs on which plastic surgical activities are performed. Thus, we have been able to find that an organ system exists.

The plastic surgeons need to adopt this terminology in the new definition, so that whenever somebody is asked to define plastic surgery, the answer should be universally the same and there should be no ambiguity as it exists today. The definition should be able to cover and assign all the chapters in our books to one organ or the other. In other words, the entire scope of plastic surgery should be covered by the new definition.

The latest textbook of plastic surgery17 has 6 volumes and 199 chapters. The draft of the new definition devised by the authors was able to cover 191 chapters, which could be assigned to 1 organ or the other except chapters on innovation, implantation, transplantation, and replantation. Therefore, it was decided to include these exceptions in the new definition.

Hence, we propose a new definition of plastic surgery, which covers the entire scope of this specialty as discussed earlier. “Plastic surgery is a specialized branch of surgery, which deals with deformities, defects and abnormalities of the organs of perception, organs of action and the organs guarding the external passages, besides innovation, implantation, replantation and transplantation of tissues, and aims at restoring and improving their form, function and the esthetic appearances.”

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CONCLUSIONS

 

A new definition for plastic surgery based on the organ system has been devised. A review of literature of existing definitions was done, and the need for a new definition was felt keeping in view the vast scope of the specialty.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 

The authors gratefully acknowledge the help of Dr. Mrs. Padam K. Agarwal and Dr. Mrs. Preeti Sinha in providing technical inputs and insights into ancient literature search and reviewing this manuscript.

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May 19

Stage 2 Male Compression Shirt

SC-175 CDI Stage 2 Male Compression Shirt

Ideal for use during the extended recovery period following gynocomastia and liposuction of the upper body. Made from our exclusive SuperSilky fabric, the CDI SC-175 offers maximum compression to the chest, upper back and flanks and upper and lower abdomen. A tapered design provides a contoured fit and allows this shirt to be worn under every day clothing, ultimately contributing to increased patient compliance and a comfortable recovery.

 

Mar 29

Breast Reduction Scar Treatment

There’s more than one type of incision (and more than one type of scar)

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“Breast reduction, which is done to reduce the size of a woman’s breasts, usually includes removing skin and/or the breast tissue beneath it,” Gordon Lee, M.D., a plastic and breast reconstructive surgeon at Stanford Health Care, tells SELF. There are three incision types to do just that. Which one your surgeon chooses largely depends on how much excess skin and breast tissue needs to be removed. If you only need a small amount taken out, there’s the circumareolar incision—also known as a doughnut incision—which involves cutting around the areola and removing some of the surrounding excess skin. If you need to remove more loose skin and tissue than that, the next level up is the lollipop incision, which leaves a scar around areola and a second scar that goes straight down from the base of the areola. “When you sew it together, the final shape is like a lollipop,” says Lee. For more extensive reductions, there’s the Wise pattern, which has the same two incisions as the lollipop and an additional scar that runs along the underside, or crease, of the breast, creating a scar that resembles an anchor. In some cases, surgeons also tack on liposuction to help reduce breast tissue.*

During the formation of scars, the epidermal layers of the skin will produce high levels of moisture in an attempt to hydrate the scar site. However, most of this moisture evaporates once it reaches the stratum corneum, or upper layer of the skin. This moisture loss triggers keratinocytes in the skin to produce collagen. Left unchecked, excessive collagen production can lead to abnormal scarring.

Silicone Gel Sheeting in procedure specific configurations fully encapsulates the scar site, meaning that it completely covers the treatment site for even distribution of necessary moisture (hydration), and maximum exposure to oxygen. Although the entire site is covered, silicone is semipermeable, allowing oxygen to enter while maintaining necessary moisture. This is called “homeostasis,” otherwise known as an ideal healing environment.

Epi-Derm Silicone Gel Sheeting, provided by Contemporary Design Inc. is an ideal healing environment at the stratum corneum signals keratinocytes to scale back the production of collagen, thereby preventing abnormal scarring.

*http://www.self.com/wellness/2016/03/8-things-women-should-know-about-breast-reduction-surgery-but-dont/

Mar 15

My Beautiful Mommy

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Dr. Michael Salzhauer, a renowned plastic surgeon, wrote My Beautiful Mommy to help patients explain their transformation to their children. The story guides children through Mommy’s surgery and healing process in a friendly, nonthreatening way.

Through vivid illustrations and straightforward dialogue, My Beautiful Mommy explains a parent s physical transformation in a breezy, child-friendly manner from a young child s perspective. You and your child will follow along as Mommy goes through her plastic surgery experience and learn how the entire family pitches in to help Mommy achieve her beautiful results.

If you are a mother with young children and thinking about having plastic surgery – this book is a must have.

Undergoing a plastic surgery procedure can be an exciting and stressful time for you and your family. After you ve picked a board-certified plastic surgeon and a surgery date, take a few minutes to read through this book with your child.

This book will make your plastic surgery experience more understandable to your little ones.
Information For Parents: Plastic surgery has become extremely common among mothers with young children. In 2007 more than 400,000 women with young children underwent elective cosmetic surgery in the U.S. alone.

As any parent will tell you – children are very perceptive. It is nearly impossible to hide a plastic surgery transformation from your children. In my years of experience, trying to do so adds additional and unnecessary stress for both parent and child. Throughout the process young children can become confused.

During the initial consultation they may ask themselves questions such as Why is Mommy going to the doctor? Is Mommy sick? If these questions are not addressed, the child will often imagine fantastical scenarios to fill in the gaps of information they are lacking. This phenomenon becomes more pronounced after the surgery.

Once mommy is home and the child sees that mommy is bandaged and bruised, they can become even more worried and inquisitive. Finally, when the bandages come off and mommy looks somewhat different, their confusion may lead to responses that adults may find inappropriate or hard to understand.

This book is designed to explain to your child what to expect – from the initial consultation to the final result. It is recommended that you read this with your child (and spouse) at least three times during the plastic surgery process: once prior to the initial consultation (if they will be coming along), once more prior to the surgery, and then again during the post-operative healing phase. Encourage your child to ask questions as you read. Answer them in an honest and straightforward manner in language they will understand.

If you follow this advice, you will be able to calm your children’s fears, address their concerns, and help your family to sail easily through the plastic surgery experience.

The review on this one is still out.  My very smart grown daughter often shares my shortcomings and the things I have done to damage her and make life less than perfect.  Yes she also speaks of the good stuff, but that seems less memorable.  Per chance this book is one of those moments that may define you. One’s definition of beauty is often informed by their mother and what she does and doesn’t like about herself. Those vulnerable years between girlhood and womanhood shouldn’t be spent wondering if my mother’s complaints about her own shortcomings (short or nonexistent eyelashes, saddle bags, crow’s feet) wouldn’t suddenly be the only things you inherited.  Think about it.

 

 

Dec 21

bioCorneum®+ 1st and only quick drying silicone gel scar treatment with SPF30 cleared by the FDA.

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bioCorneum®+ is now available and value priced at Contemporary Design, Inc.  The invisible protective barrier is breathable, flexible, waterproof, and the only silicone scar gel that provides protection from the sun.

bioCorneum®+ binds with the stratum corneum (the outer layer of skin cells) to protect the underlying tissue against chemical, microbial and physical invasion of the scar.

bioCorneum®+ hydrates the scarred area and creates an environment which allows the scar to mature through normal collagen synthesis cycles and improves the physiological and cosmetic appearance of the scar.

Sun may hamper proper healing of scars and the SPF 30 UV protection ingredients in bioCorneum®+ may protect the maturing scar from the darkening effects of sun exposure, a feature unique to bioCorneum®+ as it is the only patented silicone scar treatment of this kind.

 

Dec 2

Plastic surgeons spur shatterproof windshields

CDI - History of Plastic SurgeryDuring the 1930’s Doctors concerned with the number and the severity of facial lacerations due to car accidents and the broken glass involved in those accidents lead to the development of the shatterproof windshield.  A group of plastic surgeons and emergency medical physicians approached a consortium of companies, and shatterproof windshields were born.

 Thanks in part to their lobbying efforts, shatterproof glass became a mainstay in all car windshields. And plastic surgeons didn’t stop there: Dr. Claire Straith, a member of the newly formed American Society of Plastic Surgeons, met with automobile manufacturers in 1934, leading to the development of numerous safety considerations for automobile interiors.

 

Aug 12

Is Bigger Better?

You know you’ve thought about it.  When  it comes to breasts…Is Bigger Better?

THE 24-HOUR BOOB JOB

If you could try out life with bigger breasts for a day, would you do it? Liz Krieger checks out the controversial new lunchtime lift.

By Liz Krieger

THE 24-HOUR BOOB JOB

Cinderella’s fairy godmother turned a tattered dress and a pumpkin into a shimmering gown and a lavish ride. Remember, though, there was one catch: The makeover lasted only until midnight. With his InstaBreast technique, Norman Rowe, a New York plastic surgeon, is playing fairy godmother to women temporarily seeking larger, fuller breasts, but his handiwork also lasts for only one night. In about 20 minutes, you can go from flat-chested to cleavage-proud.

Rowe’s method is remarkably simple: He designates a site at the edge of each nipple, and after the area is anesthetized, he injects about a half-liter of sterile saline solution—essentially salt water—into the patient’s breast tissue. He maneuvers the needle at various angles to different areas, expanding each breast until it reaches the desired fullness. The saline is gradually absorbed into the bloodstream, with the full effect lasting about 24 hours. (Rowe says that saline is considered perfectly safe; it’s the same stuff you would get in an IV if you were dehydrated.)

While some doctors suggest that instant breast augmentation is just a fad, it’s hard to ignore its potential (consider the hundreds of thousands of women who don’t hesitate to have volumizers injected their face). And the desire for bigger breasts is as popular as ever: According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 313,327 breast augmentations and 137,233 breast lifts were performed in the U.S. in 2013. “Women want cleavage,” Rowe says matter-of-factly. “And this is fast.”

Fast results were just what Shavon Jovi, 28, a model and aspiring actress, was hoping for when she underwent the procedure with Rowe several months ago. After a few pricks of an anesthetic into the skin surrounding the nipples, Rowe injected anesthetic-laced saline solution into her 32A breasts, one syringe at a time. The effect was an instant fullness that brought her chest to a C cup. “For the longest time I’ve wanted to get a breast augmentation,” says Jovi. “I was sort of shocked when I saw them, but I loved it immediately.” Within two days she was back to her natural size (how long it takes depends on how your body metabolizes the fluid). So why have the now-you-see-’em, now-you-don’t procedure? Like many of Rowe’s patients, Jovi wanted to “try on” implants in a way that computer imaging just can’t mimic, says Rowe, adding that some of his patients go for the temporary inflation for special occasions, such as a wedding, a big birthday, or a beach vacation.

Nicole, a 30-year-old mother of two, spent a day walking around with saline-inflated breasts, and a few months later went under the knife for implants. “It was amazing to see what my breasts would be like,” she recalls. As for how it felt? “I’ve had Botox and fillers, and it’s similar.” About 75 percent of Rowe’s patients who opt for the $2,500 procedure go on to get implants. However, it isn’t a helpful test-drive for every woman. “If you need bother a lift and an augmentation, the saline won’t give you a realistic approximation,” explains Rowe.

Not everyone is singing the praises of the short-lived boob job, and there are limitations and risks to it. Since the skin of both breasts is pierced by the needle, bruising can occur. And like any procedure that penetrates the skin, infection is possible. Some doctors see other downsides as well, cautioning that undergoing the procedure repeatedly could cause the skin to stretch—”like a Slinky that you stretch out past the point of no return,” says Adam Kolker, a plastic surgeon in New York. Rowe counters that this is highly unlikely. “The skin has to be stretched for a much longer and continuous time period for it to display permanent stretching,” he says. Heidi Waldorf, a New York dermatologist, agrees, noting that having the procedure once is “probably okay. As long as it’s short-lived, the area should return to its normal contour,” says Waldorf, but she has concerns about stretching for those who return for more.

For her part, Jovi wanted to capture the results before they faded away. “I definitely posted a few #InstaBoob selfies that day,” she says. In the spirit of the procedure, though, perhaps she should have used Snapchat.

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/health/a4380/24-hour-boob-job-1215/

Pills or tablets can’t make your breasts grow, although eating fish has been known to increase the hormones which may encourage your breasts to grow.

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May 5

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Now that You’re Thinking Mexico, Think Plastic Surgery.

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Maybe you’re lucky enough to be able to do something just for you. Everyday stresses, age, pollution, lack of sleep…all this has impact on appearance.  So you’re contemplating plastic surgery.  Why not make this life changing venture a real adventure!   Pack up your post-op compression wear and combine it with vacation!

Head south of the border, to Mexico!  Even with the additional cost of plane fare, lodging and other incidentals, cosmetic surgery in Mexico is more affordable than in the United States.  Doctors are board certified just as in other countries and nurses and hospitals also cost much less. Procedure cost would be approximately 40 percent of what it costs in the U.S.

Check it out: http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/article/Mexico/Cosmetic-Surgery-in-Mexico/1088

– make an informed decision.

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