While breast augmentation remains the most popular plastic surgery procedure performed on women, breast lift procedures are actually increasing in popularity at a faster rate. Recent statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) showed a 70% increase in breast lift procedures since 2000, while breast augmentation procedures have only increased by approximately 37%. According to the ASPS, more than 90,000 breast lifts…

Serious complications after breast augmentation are rare. You can expect moderate swelling and bruising during the immediate aftermath of your surgery, but these effects should fade over time. If your swelling seems to worsen and cause increased pain, this may be a sign of a more significant complication called a hematoma. Usually, hematoma after breast augmentation involves the following symptoms: Significant bruising (black and blue discoloration under the skin) Progressively…

When you come to our Philadelphia office for your breast augmentation consultation, Dr. David Bottger will discuss your aesthetic goals and assess your frame to help determine the best breast implant option for you. This will include considerations of breast implant size, shape and profile. For women with slimmer builds, a popular choice is a high-profile breast implant, which provides a more pronounced upper-body profile. The final…

A new bra has been developed with the intention of increasing breast size. The bra uses electricity to stimulate stem cell activity in the breasts of the women who wear it. This electricity accomplishes two goals: Recruits stem cells to the breast tissue from fat, bone marrow, and circulating blood in order to increase breast size in a non-invasive manner Improves blood flow to breast…

Women choosing silicone gel breast implants for their breast augmentation need good information to make the right decisions about their procedures. It is often difficult to find comparisons between results achieved using implants by the two major breast implant manufacturers in the US: Allergan and Mentor. Now they have a little more information after a study by breast surgeons. Breast surgeons compared results achieved using…

In the last few years, RealSelf.com has become one of the most popular sites for people seeking information about plastic surgery procedures like breast augmentation. The site gives patients a comprehensive resource, allowing them to interact with plastic surgeons and other actual or potential patients. They can ask questions about breast augmentation and get answers from plastic surgeons across the country. In addition, the site…

Breast augmentation incision is one of the options women have for customizing their procedure. The three incisions allow women and their surgeons to select the most concealing location for incisions and resulting scars. Some surgeons have expressed concern that the periareolar incision, in particular, may be associated with increased risk of certain complications. In the past, research associated the periareolar incision with breastfeeding difficulty, and…

One of the most hotly contested issues in breast augmentation is the best incision for performing the procedure. There are three commonly used breast augmentation incisions, and although some breast surgeons use all three, many of them are staunch advocates of one or the other. Even breast surgeons in the same practice may fight years-long running battles about this issue. Some studies show that there…

Breast augmentation represents a sudden change in your body mass and the distribution of the body mass, which some think might cause negative posture changes. However, according a study in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the mood changes that result from breast augmentation are more significant than the mass changes in terms of determining the posture of women after plastic surgery. After breast augmentation, women tend to…

According to a study published in the journal Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, breast augmentation can not only increase a woman’s quality of life, it can decrease her risk for eating disorder symptoms. According to the authors, the impact of breast augmentation on quality of life has not been fully studied, and deserves greater attention in talking to patients about what to expect from the procedure. The study used…