Raleigh NC Plastic Surgeon: Big News in Breast Implants is Small
by Michael Law MD
Breast implants in Raleigh and elsewhere for cosmetic augmentation first became available in the 1960's and rapidly gained popularity in the 1970's. By the 1980's breast augmentation was the second most popular plastic surgery (after liposuction), and the motto seemed to be "the bigger the better". The oversized implants seen everywhere in the popular media in the 80's and 90's clearly served to alter the public's perception of what breasts are supposed to look like: large, taut and high. The kind of breasts that formerly appeared only in cartoons.
Now, breast augmentation surgery is more popular than ever. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (www.plasticsurgery.org/, 329,000 breast augmentation surgeries were performed in 2006. This is an almost thirty percent increase from 2003. Today patients and the public are 'rediscovering' the fact that the ideal breast is soft, supple, fuller in the lower than the upper pole, and in proportion to the rest of the figure.
Patient demographics are changing, too. Women in their thirties and fourties (especially mothers) are a fast growing group of people seeking breast enhamcemnet surgery today. These women don't want to look like they've had surgery; they instead wish to 'fill out' clothing better and feel confident out of clothing. Today, young women who have not had children are opting for smaller, more realistic appearing breast augmentation. These gals want to look their best, but they don't want to look "done".
"It is very common in my practice to perform an enhancement that changes the breast profile from and 'A' cup to a 'B' cup," says Dr. Michael Law, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Raleigh, NC, formerly of Beverly Hills. "I rarely have patients requesting large implants anymore, although there are still a few who express a desire for that busty, 'done' look. I counsel those patients that it is certainly possible to achieve that look, if it is truly what they want, but that I simply won't perform any aesthetic surgery that doesn't look natural. A woman with very large breast implants that doesn't match her frame looks like a cartoon character, and that is not my aesthetic ideal. And these patients never have any problem finding someone who will give them the look that they want.
"Potential breast augmentation patients should also give serious thought to the following consideration: one great advantage of a conservative breast enhancement is that small implants are much more likely to feel natural. It is possible to provide an enhancement that is soft, supple and even undetectable (by touching) with a small implant, something that is never achieved with very large breast implants.
"One of my most recent breast enhancement patients (another physician) siad fol at her three-week follow-up appointment: 'If I hadn't written a check to pay for them, I wouldn't know they're not really mine.'
Implants of a conservative (and in my opinion, natural -looking) volume, both saline or silicone gel implants, look natural.
Michael Law MD of Raleigh, North Carolina is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. His Raleigh, NC plastic surgery practice has been featured on the cover of Plastic Surgery News, the official news journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Law performs surgery in a hospital Operating Room to make sure they're comfortable and receive the best possible postoperative care. Dr. Law's philosophy is that great plastic surgery doesn't look like surgery, it just looks great.
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