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About laser hair removal (06/11/2010)
(...) Usually Miami Laser Hair Removal  won't take you for long. Usually it is about 10 minutes long.   Recommendations prior and after treatments. (...)

Appropriate surgical interventions for breast reconstruction (01/27/2010)
(...) What are my rights for coverage of breast reconstruction? Most women do not know-and often are not told- that insurance companies are required by law to cover any procedures of breast reconstruction and ablative surgery (partial or full mastectomy). This includes procedures determined by your cosmetic surgeon to achieve symmetry between the breasts following lumpectomy, mastectomy, or reconstruction. The enactment of this law is directly a result of the patient advocacy efforts led by the American Society of Cosmetic Surgeons that not only mandated coverage for breast reconstruction, but also for additional procedures on the opposite breast necessary for achieving symmetry. (...)

What can I expect during and after the breast reduction surgery (01/27/2010)
(...) In addition, good candidates for breast reduction are generally healthy women with no diseases that may impair healing such as diabetes, autoimmune diseases, or connective tissue disorders.Women who smoke, use any tobacco products, or consume large amounts of alcohol are not good candidates for breast reduction, and will be advised to stop for several weeks or months prior to surgery. If you fail to stop smoking and choose to undergo breast reduction, then you are putting yourself at a serious increased risk of complication and severely impairing your ability to heal properly. (...)

Surgical procedures for permanent enlargement of the breasts (01/27/2010)
(...) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval or marketing regulations, and therefore their claims are unproven in unbiased clinical studies. Additionally, there are rare circumstances where a patient’s own body tissue may be used for augmentation, but this is very uncommon. Breast implants are the primary choice to increase breast size. (...)

Before undergoing breast augmentation surgery talk to surgery (01/27/2010)
(...) Smokers should refrain from smoking for several weeks or months before surgery and during recovery. Breast augmentation is most commonly an outpatient procedure performed either under general anesthesia or local anesthesia with sedation, in an office-based, freestanding, ambulatory, or hospital-based surgical facility. An overnight hospital stay may be recommended in some cases. (...)

What benefits breast augmentation brings (01/27/2010)
(...) Breast implants are manufactured to defined specifications and approved by the U.S. FDA based on these specifications. (...)

Facts about cosmetic breast surgery and the ways this is performed (01/27/2010)
(...) Having like procedures performed together can benefit your recovery. It makes sense to be focused on only one general region of healing at a time. How are disproportionate breasts corrected? Disproportionate breasts are corrected by a combination of cosmetic surgery procedures that will correct differences between the breasts, and result in breasts that are proportionate to your body. (...)

Results of breast surgery are visible immediatley (01/27/2010)
(...) If you have any questions at all, ask them directly to your cosmetic surgeon and his or her staff, and keep asking questions until you get answers you understand. You must, however, accept and exhibit patience. There are trade-offs to quick recoveries and those are likely to affect outcomes and risks to your health. (...)

Women usually undergo breast surgery more than once (01/27/2010)
(...) Over time they don’t necessarily change with a woman’s body. Therefore, if you have breast implants, not only can they be replaced, they likely will need to be replaced. Will I always have visible scars from cosmetic breast surgery? Cosmetic surgery of the breast can create very natural results in nearly every case. (...)

Possible ways of treating breast cancer (01/25/2010)
(...) You must be proactive. It is up to you to discover what is needed from each party and make sure that all of the insurance paperwork has been received from the physician’s office. Keeping good lines of communication open will maintain the momentum of this process. (...)

What is masectomy and how is it performed (01/25/2010)
(...) In addition, skin-sparing mastectomy has recently become a very positive alternative to a standard mastectomy. How is a mastectomy performed? A mastectomy is major surgery and should always be performed in a hospital setting under general anesthesia. Your doctor will likely recommend a short hospital stay following your mastectomy. (...)

What is breast reconstruction and when is it performed (01/25/2010)
(...) However, much like nature is not always perfect, surgery to mimic nature does not result in the perfect replacement of a woman’s natural breast. All cases of breast reconstruction will leave some visible scarring on or near the breast. Reconstruction of the nipple and areola can look highly natural; however, it will not have the same sensation of a natural nipple. (...)

The individuality of each case of breast cancer requires different treatments (01/25/2010)
(...) Therefore, it is important that your oncologist and cosmetic surgeon consult prior to any surgery, and the pros and cons of immediate and/or delayed reconstruction be fully discussed relative to any planned radiation. Chemotherapy Women who will undergo chemotherapy may be advised to delay reconstruction depending on the extent of the cancer and the woman’s overall prognosis. However, immediate reconstruction is a safe option for many women who will also undergo chemotherapy, so long as chemotherapy may be delayed until initial wound healing has completed, which is generally three to four weeks following surgery. (...)

Tissue expansion and the use of breast implants (01/25/2010)
(...) The implant shell may have a silicone outer form and a hollow inner cavity that allows tissue expansion, or it may be an unfilled saline breast implant. Tissue expansion can begin an immediate reconstruction at the time of mastectomy, or be used in delayed reconstruction. In most cases, the procedure is performed under general anesthesia. (...)

What is a pedicled TRAM flap reconstruction (01/25/2010)
(...) In addition, if you smoke, you are not a good candidate for reconstruction of any kind and will be advised to quit smoking before any reconstructive procedure and for many weeks following. To quit smoking for life is in the best interests of your health. A pedicled TRAM procedure is performed as an inpatient surgical procedure, under general anesthesia. (...)