Santa Barbara Breast Lift doctors
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Brent Moelleken, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
120 S Spalding Dr Suite 110, Beverly Hills |
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Adam David Lowenstein, MD
Santa Barbara Plastic Surgeon
1110 Coast Village Circle, Santa Barbara |
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Douglas J. Mackenzie, MD
Santa Barbara Plastic Surgeon
225 W Pueblo St Suite A, Santa Barbara |
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10 answers |
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Michael Sundine, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon
1640 Newport Blvd #450, Costa Mesa |
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David L. Buchanan, MD
Santa Barbara Plastic Surgeon
427 W. Pueblo St. Suite A, Santa Barbara |
Recent Answers
how come a breast lift cost more than breast implants?
There are many factors of cost, such as type of lift and whether implants are being placed with the lift. Just comparing a lift versus an implant surgically, placing an implant requires making a pocket, and putting in an implant and closing a small incision with a few stitches. It's much quicker than doing a lift which involves a complicated and extensive dissection that takes a lot of time to close, using a lot of stitches. Obviously, adding implants to a lift procedure increases the cost even more.
Had vertical lift a month ago very disappointed of the scar going all the way to my rib and still have lots of pleating. I had a horrible benelli and thought that this was going to resolve the pleating. What lasers if any can help this I have waited too long to see results. Second surgery.....Also what laser for scar below the breast visible with a bra.HELP.
The issue after a vertical lift is that large amounts of skin are gathered into a small line. Inevitably, gathering results. The best way to resolve this issue is to convert the old Benelli style or aggressive vertical lifts to a Wise (anchor) pattern lift.
Patients are generally much happier at the appearancve of their breasts and nipples afterward.
While each lift technique has its pros and cons, it is generally best to use powerful lifts for cases that need it, and not use weak lifts for cases where lots of lifting or shaping needs to be done.
I am 37. I am seriously considering a breast reduction or a lift or both. I have had a hx of tachycardia (controlled with low dose of beta blocker) and PVCs. I have had bad experiences with locals in the past (BP drops, BAD instant headache, heart racing). Can one have these surgeries without the use of a local? The only thing holding me back at this point is a fear of dying of severe complications. I am already terrified of GA...but now fear locals as well. Thank you for your time.
Almost all larger surgeries nowadays are performed with a combination of local and light general anesthetic.
The advantage of having an anesthesiologist there during the surgery is that they can administer medications that block the effects of the epinephrine. The patient's body literally feels none of the effects of the local anesthesia. The safety of having an accredited facility with a board certified anesthesiologist is quite high. This does not mean that any patient can just have any surgical procedure using local anesthesia in an office, especially one without accreditation, safety measures, and anesthesia staff!
By far most patients who are "allergic" to local anesthesia are not truly allergic at all, just sensitive, and can have safe and uneventful surgeries if their anesthesiologist is prepared.
In fact we assume patients are sensitive to the effects of local anesthesia until proven otherwise, and routinely administer blocking medications.
Why have a surgery with considerable blood loss when the surgery could safely be performed with almost no blood loss?
Of course patients with cardiac conditions should have a workup by their cardiologist prior to their surgical procedure.
