Breasts
Breast Enhancement
Breast enhancement,
also known as breast augmentation, is one of the most frequently performed cosmetic surgery procedures in the U.S. and certainly one of the most common operations performed by our board certified surgeon. Breast enhancement involves the placement of silicone or saline breast implants behind the breast tissue and pectoralis muscle for improvement in the size and appearance of the breasts. Common patients are of all ages and sizes and have many reasons for enhancement. Patients desire breast augmentation for many reasons, including recovering breast size lost after pregnancy and breast feeding, trying to gain volume and fullness to breasts which are naturally small, issues related to poor self esteem, and correcting imbalance or congenital assymetry.
Dr. Vega also specializes in secondary or Re-do breast augmentation for cases where the patient has undesireable outcomes, asymmetry or poor balance. Although challenging to correct, patients can have the surgery done safely as a Re-do and be very happy with their newer more natural breasts.
Breast Lift or Mastopexy
Over time, the effects of gravity along with the loss of the skin’s natural elasticity, combined with pregnancies and nursing, will often cause the breasts to lose their youthful shape and firmness. A breastlift, or mastopexy, is a surgical procedure to raise and reshape sagging breasts. The procedure can also reduce the size of the areola (the darker skin surrounding the nipple).
Breast implants can be inserted along with a mastopexy which can enhance the fullness and appearance of the lifted breast. Dr. Vega also performs his lift through a short scar or vertical technique which can reduce scarring and give a very natural shape to the breast.
Breast Reduction
Women with very large breasts frequently experience symptoms of back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, grooving in the shoulders from bra straps, areas of rash under the breasts and difficulty performing athletic activities and finding the right clothing. For many women, especially younger girls in teenage years, this also leads to problems with self esteem.
Breast Reduction or Reduction mammaplasty is a technique that reduces symptomatically large breasts by surgically removing glandular breast tissue, fat and skin. This results is a lighter, smaller and more firm breast which is better shaped and proportional the entire body. The typical breast reduction incisions are in the shape of an anchor or inverted T, with moset incisions hidden under the breast. Another type of reduction is the short scar or vertical scar technique which results in fewer incisions and potentially longer lasting lift and roundess to the breast.
