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Category: Breast Augmentation


Los Angeles Breast Augmentation Incision Options

Posted September 18, 2013

Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Martin O’Toole offers women a number of breast enhancement options, allowing him to personalize each Los Angeles breast augmentation he performs. One of these options will be where the incisions through which your breast implants will be inserted are placed.

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FDA Approved Breast Implant: The Natrelle® 410

Posted September 03, 2013

   One of the newest types of breast implants is Allergan’s shaped gel implant called the Natrelle® 410. Technically named “Natrelle® 410 Highly Cohesive Anatomically Shaped Silicone-Filled Breast Implant,” these implants became FDA approved in February 2013. Allergan manufactures these implants to be shaped similar to a natural breast and filled with a thicker gel […]

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How Big is Too Big? (Breast Augmentation)

Posted August 25, 2013

For many women, the summer season is probably the most self-criticizing time of the year. From barely-there bikinis on the beach, to slinky summer dresses, this is the time when most women are dressed to keep cool. It’s also the time that we see more skin than any other time of year, which gives women […]

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What Plastic Surgery Procedures can be Combined in a Los Angeles Mommy Makeover?

Posted August 19, 2013

Pregnancy and nursing can change your body in ways that diet and exercise will never fully address. Physical postpartum changes can impact your clothing options, make daily activities less pleasurable, and even contribute to emotional duress, and these issues may even continue to present challenges well into the future. For these reasons and more, many women in Los Angeles look to the mommy makeover procedure for a full physical transformation.

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FDA Approves MemoryShape Silicone Breast Implant

Posted August 19, 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new silicone breast implant for use in women over the age of 22. The Natrelle® 410 Highly Cohesive Anatomically Shaped Silicone-Gel Filled Breast Implant is specifically designed to mimic the slope of the breast. Due to its cohesive silicone gel filling, the breast implant promises to retain its shape and remain natural-feeling for a longer period of time than other breast implant options.

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What can Breast Augmentation Correct?

Posted August 19, 2013

Breast augmentation is a procedure in which breast implants are used to improve the size, shape, and symmetry of your breasts. With this procedure, Pasadena breast augmentation surgeon Dr. Martin O’Toole can also create more defined cleavage and balance the contours of your chest with the dimensions of your frame.

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Breast Implant Placement Options

Posted July 12, 2013

Pasadena breast augmentation surgeon Dr. Martin O’Toole offers a number of breast implant options such as size, shape, type, and placement. The breast implant placement option Dr. O’Toole recommends for you will be based on factors unique to your anatomy and aesthetic desires. This will be discussed with you in greater detail during your initial consultation with our Pasadena breast implant surgeon.

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Am I a Candidate for Breast Augmentation?

Posted June 28, 2013

 

If you are unhappy with the size, shape, or contours of your breasts, you may be a good candidate for breast augmentation. If pregnancy, nursing, aging, and lifestyle choices have resulted in a loss of volume or womanly appeal, or if you were simply born with breasts that do not suit your frame, you may be a good candidate for breast augmentation.

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Breast Augmentation and/or Breast Lift?

Posted June 28, 2013

If you are considering breast surgery, you may be wondering whether breast augmentation is right for you. Although breast augmentation can achieve a minimal amount of lifting, it does not rejuvenate the breasts the way a breast lift does.

A breast augmentation procedure lets you achieve the breasts you've always wanted by:

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