The Plastic Surgery Blog

Video: Susan’s Tummy Tuck Story

by RSPS Web Team on March 17th, 2008

Susan describes her tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) experience.

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Breast Implant Sizing III - The Great Implant Guess-A-Thon

by Dr. Robert Schwartz on March 16th, 2008

Different SizesYour plastic surgeon lays out a bunch of breast implants on the table in front of you. He asks you which size you like. You point to your favorite. That’s the implant he uses. Do you get the result you were hoping for? Not very likely.

I am stunned and amazed that anyone actually does this. Yet I see it on plastic surgery TV shows. And I’ve heard of it being done here in Dallas. It does not work.

You cannot choose a breast implant by looking at it.

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Breast Implant Story - “I finally feel like a woman”

by Dr. Robert Schwartz on March 12th, 2008

type-thank-you.jpgI’m extremely pleased with the results and how everything turned out.  Dr. Schwartz is such an amazing surgeon.  His eye for detail and artistic ability is truly a work of art on the human body.  The image he gave me is one that I could never have sculpted in the gym.  I finally feel like a woman.  And for that I am tremendously grateful for. 

Many thanks to you and Cynthia for all your knowledge,support and time before, during and after my surgery.  Dr. Schwartz is blessed to have such a talented and caring staff.  Your compassion for patients is remarkable!

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Breast Implant Sizing II- The Bra Stuffing Sham

by Dr. Robert Schwartz on February 29th, 2008

Measuring CupsIn the last post, we saw how choosing breast implants by naming a cup size is, at best, a guessing game that can lead to disappointing results. With this next method, things only get worse. I can sum this one up quickly - trying to find the right size breast implant by putting implants in your bra completely, totally, absolutely does not work. In, fact it’s almost guaranteed to get you the wrong size.

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Getting the Right Implant Size: What Doesn’t Work

by Dr. Robert Schwartz on February 26th, 2008

Cup SizesIn my last breast augmentation post, I said I would next explain a method for finding the right size breast implants. Before we do that, let’s discuss some methods that don’t work. This is important because these are the most commonly-used sizing techniques. And they often lead to the wrong size breast implants.

Here’s how a typical sizing conversation goes:

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Video: Breast Implants Over or Under the Muscle?

by RSPS Web Team on February 24th, 2008

Dr. Schwartz explains the important benefits of placing your breast implants underneath your pec muscle. This is true for both silicone gel and saline breast implants.

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