Patient Comment: Breast Enlargement
February 15th, 2012
Sara writes:
I had breast augmentation done at Bashioum Cosmetic Surgery Center back in July of 2010, after losing 90 pounds. After the weight loss, I ended up with saggy breasts. I was extremely pleased with the surgery and the way my breasts looked right after the procedure. But like many people, I wish I would of gone bigger. I guess at first when they are really swollen, they were huge. I loved that size, but when the swelling went down, I realized that I should have chosen a bigger implant size. Dr. Bashioum has various “sizers†available for patients to try on, but I underestimated how big I really wanted to be. He did EXACTLY what I asked him to do as far as size, but I just didn’t make the right decision on my part.
Dr. Bashioum did an amazing job and that is why I would like to go to him again. This is not uncommon, as other patients have mentioned this phenomenon on the blog. One of Dr. Bashioum’s patients also had difficulty deciding on size. In Melissa’s Blog, she wrote about how she wore different “sizers†for several days, to monitor reaction of others and to better understand what size she wanted to be after surgery.
So now I’m going to set up a consultation to consider changing my current implants for larger ones.
Click here to read Dr. Bashioum’s earlier discussion about implant size choices.
Click here to see Melissa’s Blog, where she talks about how she decided on the size of her implants.
Red Carpet Over-Plumping
January 30th, 2012
It’s Hollywood Award Season again. You might remember the Foster Farms ad campaign for their chicken products about over-plumping. In their television commercial, chickens are seen in a plastic surgeon’s office receiving injections to make them plumper. It is quite obvious that they are way too plump. This situation is underscored by the distorted facial appearance of the surgeon’s nurse when she finally reveals her face to the camera. It is a funny parody of the sometimes over-zealous use of fillers in Hollywood, perhaps on the Red Carpet this time of year.
I see over-plumping all the time, especially in the lips. The individuals, usually women, loose all of their natural lip shape and end up with what is often referred to as “trout pout.” They look as if the they have sausages for lips. The over-injection usually masks all natural proportion. The television commercial effectively uses this phenomenon for optimum comedic effect. However, I agree with the tagline, over plumping is never good.
A word of caution, the over-injection of any area of the body can lead to skin loss and terrible, uncorrectable scarring. The large volume of material simply reduces the blood flow to the treated area in such a way that the skin, muscle and fat die. Fortunately, this complication is very rare when only modest amounts of filler materials are used.
Finally, please avoid all silicone injections for any cosmetic reasons. The risk of chronic long term inflammation which arises is not worth it.
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