Procedures

Select a procedure to learn when a procedure can help, how it's performed and what results you can expect so you can make a well-informed decision.

For more information, ask our staff about brochures, videotapes and booklets on specific procedures. Since circumstances vary with every person, feel free to discuss your concerns directly with our surgeons.

Breast Reduction

Women with very large, pendulous breasts may experience a variety of medical problems caused by the excessive weight. These include back and neck pain, skin irritation, skeletal deformities and breathing problems. Bra straps may leave indentations in their shoulders. And unusually large breasts can make a woman or teenage girl feel extremely self-conscious.

Breast Enlargement

The best candidates for breast augmentation are women who are looking for improvement, not perfection, in the way they look. If you're physically healthy and realistic in your expectations, you may be a good candidate.

Breast Lift

Over the years, pregnancy, nursing, and the force of gravity take their toll on a woman's breasts. As the skin loses its elasticity, the breasts often lose their shape and firmness and begin to sag. Breast lift, or mastopexy, is a surgical procedure to raise and reshape sagging breasts--at least for a time. (No surgery can permanently delay the effects of gravity.) Mastopexy can also reduce the size of the areola, the darker skin surrounding the nipple. If your breasts are small or have lost volume--for example, after pregnancy--breast implants inserted in conjunction with mastopexy can increase both their firmness and their size.

Male Breast Reduction

Gynecomastia is a medical term that comes from the Greek words for "women-like breasts." This oddly named condition is rarely talked about, but quite common. Gynecomastia affects an estimated 40 to 60 percent of men. It may affect only one breast or both. Although certain drugs and medical problems have been linked with male breast overdevelopment, there is no known cause in the vast majority of cases.