Every year, women in Los Angeles choose to have a breast augmentation (augmentation mammaplasty) to enhance their figure and acquire a larger breast size. Many women also decide to have a breast augmentation to help supplement their breasts after experiencing a breast reduction due to pregnancy, age, significant weight loss, or after having breast surgery.
Whatever the reason, breast augmentation (breast implants) can make the positive change you've been looking for. Well-known and respected for his expertise and individualized patient care, Dr. Thomas strives to help each patient achieve her desired breast size and shape.
Dr. Ivan Thomas has been serving the women of Los Angeles with safe and successful breast augmentation surgery since 1983. Patients have a choice of either saline filled or silicone breast implants.
For your breast augmentation, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, Dr. Thomas, prefers to use the periareolar submuscular technique, where the breast implants are inserted under the chest muscles, reducing the chance of capsular contracture (hardening of the breast tissue), and allowing more accurate reading of mammography x-rays by radiologists.
During the surgery in our Los Angeles location, breast implants are inserted into each breast, under the chest muscles, giving you a more natural result both in shape and feel.
Breast augmentation alone may not be able to correct the sagginess as result of pregnancy, weight loss or aging. In mild cases of sagging, breast implants are capable of filling the extra skin and therefore correcting the sag. In severe cases, a breast lift operation is required. Patients with moderate sagging will benefit from our own unique internal mastopexy (breast lift) procedure which Dr. Thomas performs during breast implantation using the same small incision with no additional scars. The procedure lifts the breasts and repositions the nipples to a higher and more natural position. This combined breast augmentation and a "scarless" breast lift is performed safely by our Los Angeles Breast Augmentation surgeon in Beverly Hills or Lancaster.
Breast Augmentation is performed under general anesthesia in both our Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Lancaster offices. The recovery time is between 7 to 10 days. Post operative discomfort lasts a few days and is minimized with prescribed pain medication. Suture removal is not required since suturing is under the skin. A tight fitting sport bra should be worn and later switched to a support bra after a few weeks. For the first 6 weeks, patients should refrain from heavy lifting and upper body exercises.
Click here to see Before and After Photos of Breast Augmentations.
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