Patient Comment: Tummy Nipntuck
September 14th, 2011
Teri writes:
I am now 6 months from my abdominoplasty or tummy tuck surgery last March. After losing 112 pounds, I had quite a bit of extra skin. Dr. Bashioum and his staff took care of this for me. He tightened up the ‘lazy’ muscles and tightened up the skin. It looks great!
I would recommend Dr. Bashioum to everyone. He and all of the staff did a great job!
Dr. Bashioum replies:
Thank you for your kind comments, Teri. Over 150,000 women chose tummy nipntucks in the US each year. Many patients opt for this surgery as part of the mommy make-over , while others have lost a significant amount of weight like Teri has done before considering surgery. I find that patient satisfaction is extremely high following this kind of surgery.
Lipofilling Safe for Mastectomy Patients
September 8th, 2011
Women who have fat graft injections or lipofilling after mastectomies face no greater risk of disease recurrence than those who do not undergo lipofilling, according to a recent study by European plastic surgeons.
Following surgery, many cancer patients are left with severely damaged skin and tissue. Lipofilling is a specialized fat grafting surgical procedure in which aspirated (liposuction) fat tissue is first taken from a donor site. Typical donor sites are the abdomen or flanks. Then it is centrifuged, treated and injected into the breast. The fat grafts naturally contain a population of adipose cells and the regenerative properties of the cells are particularly beneficial in healing tissue damaged by radiation.
Fat grafting is a less invasive technique to fill the void of tissue loss in reconstruction of the breasts. Liopfilling offers women another choice and it is a technique that does not require immediate action following a mastectomy.
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