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Breast enhancement surgery is a procedure performed on women who desire fuller, shapelier breasts. Breast augmentation can correct asymmetries of the breast or restore natural breast volume that may have decreased following pregnancy.
Breast lift
Over the years, factors such as pregnancy, nursing, weight
loss, and the force of gravity can change the appearance of a woman's breasts. As the skin loses elasticity, the breasts often lose their shape and firmness and begin to sag. A breast lift is a surgical procedure that raises and reshapes sagging breasts and lifts them to a more aesthetically pleasing position. If the size of the breasts is also a concern, a breast lift can be combined with breast augmentation.
Breast reduction
Breast reduction surgery is a procedure designed to remove
excess breast tissue and skin in women with exceptionally large breasts who suffer from symptoms such as back pain, shoulder pain, grooving of the shoulders, and skin breakdown. Breast reduction surgery not only helps alleviate these symptoms, but also improves patients' quality of life by eliminating many of the physical restrictions placed upon them preoperatively.
Laser breast lift
Laser breast lift, or the laser bra, is a new, innovative procedure used to raise and reshape sagging breasts and lift them to a more aesthetically pleasing position. This procedure has been integrated with traditional breast lift surgery to provide patients with a less invasive treatment approach that has the added benefit of increasing the longevity of cosmetic breast lift results.
In this procedure, lasers are used to treat the excess skin that, previously, would have been discarded with traditional breast lift surgery. Using lasers on this excess skin creates an "internal bra" that is attached to the patient's chest wall, which then holds up the breast tissue. This technique requires less surgical time helps minimize bruising, and offers an equally aesthetically pleasing breast shape, when compared with traditional breast lift surgery.
