Plastic Surgery in Northern California

For a breast reduction, incisions are placed around the areola in an effort to slide it into its proper position followed by removal of excess sagging breast tissue and skin. Sometimes the incision may be limited to just around the areola. In other cases, the incision may involve an incision in the shape of an upside down “T” or “anchor” that extends from the areola down the center portion of one’s breast and then into the inframammary fold. According to Dr. Pinsky, a West Palm Beach plastic surgeon, the amount of incisions are determined by the amount of lifting that is required.

Breast lift surgery restores a more youthful appearance to a woman’s breasts. Over many years, breasts usually lose their firmness and shape due to many factors including pregnancy, weight changes, and nursing with a loss of skin elasticity which causes them to sag. A mastopexy or breast lift, will raise and reshape the breasts slowing the effects of aging and gravity. The procedure is also able to reduce the size of a woman’s areola, which is the darker pigmented skin around the nipple. According to a West Palm Beach plastic surgeon, mastopexies are commonly performed in conjunction with breast augmentation to increase superior pole fullness, breast firmness, and size. This would likely appeal to a woman who has lost breast volume after a pregnancy.

Breast augmentation is a surgical procedure to enhance the size and shape of a woman’s breasts. Some candidates may feel that their breast size is too small. Breast augmentation is also a procedure to restore the volume of a woman’s breasts following pregnancy. Dr. Pinsky, a West Palm Beach plastic surgeon says, breast augmentation can also be performed to correct for differences in a woman’s right and left breast size. Some patients have different surgical goals – for example, a more natural breast shape in proportion to a woman’s figure. Others prefer a more rounded shape in the upper pole of their breast somewhat larger than their proportionate figure. These goals can be achieved by using larger or smaller saline breast implants, and by adjusting the fill volume for each of the implants. In the augmentation mammoplasty surgery, short incisions will be placed within the inframammary fold, which is around the lower portion of the areola (the pigmented portion of the nipple) or through the axilla.