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breast augmentation

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Breast Augmentation can enhance one’s appearance and help build self-confidence and self esteem. Dr. Weeter has offered women a number of options to achieve their goals for breast augmentation throughout his career. He has been a Clinical Investigator for the two major manufactures of FDA-approved breast prostheses (implants). He is Certified by both Allergan (INAMED implants) and Mentor Breast Implant manufacturers to implant SiliconeGel Breast Implants, in addition to Saline filled implants. He has experience helping women seeking cosmetic breast augmentation as well as those with unique reconstructive needs.

WHO IS A CANDIDATE

•	A woman who has small breasts due to lack of development.
•	A woman who is looking for improvement in her figure and is bothered by the feeling that her breasts are too small.
•	A woman who seeks to restore the size and shape of her breasts which has been lost due to pregnancy, weight loss or aging changes.
•	A woman with a congenital condition in which one breast develops to be much larger than the other. Some insurance companies may cover reconstruction for this.
•	A woman with a small, narrow base of the breast with elongation of the projection, usually with an enlarged nipple areolar complex, called a tubular breast.

INTENDED RESULT

Before and After
Breast Augmentation

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•	Breast Augmentation can enhance your appearance and help build your self-confidence and self esteem, by giving you more aesthetically pleasing breasts that are larger, but still in proportion to her body.

PROCEDURE

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Your breast augmentation will be done in the safety of an accredited outpatient surgical facility or hospital under general anesthesia or local anesthesia with sedation.

Before and After
Breast Augmentation

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The procedure is done through a small incision that is hidden at the edge of the areola or the fold beneath the breast.

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After the incision is made, a pocket is created either under the breast tissue or under the pectoralis muscle. This pocket is made just large enough to accommodate the implant.

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The implant is then positioned to give the best cosmetic result.

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Saline filled silicone breast implants (prostheses), which are FDA approved, are used. Silicone gel implants are no longer available for elective new breast augmentations because of FDA restrictions.

RECOVERY

•	Immediately after your procedure, you will have dressings applied to the incision sites and be placed in a bra for support. Sometimes an elastic garment that wraps around the top of your breast is used over your bra so as to push the implant downward and stretch the tissues.
•	Immediately after surgery, the enlarged breasts will also appear somewhat swollen and firmer. The final size will be more apparent in several weeks. The final shape and softness may take up to 3 months to evolve.
•	You will be able to shower the day following the surgery.
•	Initial discomfort is easily controlled by oral medications.
•	Activities requiring raising the arm above the level of the upper chest should be avoided for 10 days after surgery. Clothes that button in the front are better that those that pull over your head. With great care, you can drive 3 to 7 days after surgery. Patients can usually return to work in 3 to 4 days unless your occupation requires particularly strenuous movements and/or lifting.

OTHER OPTIONS

•	Along with a breast augmentation, patients with natural breast that have experienced a large amount of sag, with the level of the nipple below the fold, where the breast meets the chest, may opt to have a breast augmentation with a lift (mastopexy).

Today's Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants — An Approved Option of Breast Implant Surgery

Each individual breast augmentation patient deserves the One Right Result that is perfect for her. With the FDA approval of Allergan's INAMED^® Silicone-Filled Breast Implants for augmentation and reconstruction surgery, women like you now have more options than ever to ensure that you get just that. Our practice has undergone a rigorous certification process to gain access to the wide range of options in the INAMED^® Matrix of breast implants. That's important because the more options we have to choose from, the more certain we can be of delivering your One Right Result. Understand the risks or learn more about the INAMED® Matrix of breast implant options.

Our unique ability to provide such a wide range of options is possible due to the FDA approval of Silicone-Filled Breast Implants. The approval is based on preclinical testing, a European rupture prevalence study and four years of data for 715 women from Allergan's Core Clinical Study. In addition, numerous published peer-reviewed studies and research demonstrates that silicone and silicone gel-filled breast implants are safe. Click here for articles supporting the safety of INAMED® Silicone-Filled Breast Implants.

Are you a good candidate for silicone gel-filled breast implants?

Additional information about breast implants is available at www.breastimplantsafety.org.

NOTE: The specific risks and the suitability of this procedure for you may be determined only at the time of consultation. All surgical procedures have some degree of risk.

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