CRS Plastic Surgery

A: The answer is that this depends on your insurance policy. Some policies do not cover breast reductions at all, and some do but with certain parameters. This may be based on your weight and height, the amount of breast tissue you need reduced, and sometimes they even require photos and documentation from your plastic surgeon to be authorized. I suggest calling your insurance company to find out if this surgery is covered by your policy. If not, I suggest seeing a BC plastic surgeon to see what the costs of the surgery would be. 

A: Every surgeon has a different postoperative protocol.  It's best to speak to your surgeon because he/she may prescribe something different due to something specific in your case.

I usually tell patients that they can return to normal activity between 4-6 weeks.  I have them keep the binder on for at least 4 weeks. No heavy lifting for 4 weeks minimum. 

Usually at about 4 weeks, your body will tell you what you can and cannot tolerate. 

A: If you like the way your left breast looks and you are happy with the size, then I would suggest a breast reduction/lift for the right side only. If you want to increase the size of the left breast, then you'll need an implant on the left and an implant with lift on the right. An in-person consult with a board-certified plastic surgeon should address all your questions and concerns

A: Twenty units injected as a single site injection for cosmetic botox seems a little too high. I routinely inject about 15-20 units of botox in the glabella area, divided into about 5 injections. One injection, 5 units, in the midline between the eyebrows. Then I ask the patient to activate the muscles that create the vertical lines, and then I do 4 injections, about 2.5 units on each side, in a "V" pattern. Total is about 15-20 depending on the patient.