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    Brickell neighborhood. He performs breast reconstruction procedures for women who have had a mastectomy. With breast reconstruction surgery, Dr. G can provide women with natural-looking, shapely breasts. Types of Breast Reconstruction Procedures Available Near Brickell For some patients, reconstruction can begin during their mastectomy. Other patients may choose to have their breast reconstruction at some point after their mastectomy. Typically, breast reconstruction surgery involves several surgical

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    Although each breast reconstruction procedure in Orange County is unique, this procedure is usually performed in one of two ways: A breast reconstruction with implants or a breast reconstruction with the use of a tissue expander, followed by implant placement. The procedure that Dr. Farbod Esmailian chooses to perform at his office in Orange County will depend on the natural anatomy of the patient who is undergoing the reconstruction procedure. He also takes into consideration the amount of tissue

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    importance for the woman as the breast. Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death among women.

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    Walker Breast Reconstruction Surgery 3853: Sociology of the Body March 10, 2016   Breast Reconstruction Surgery In this paper, I will examine the origins of breast reconstruction as well as evaluate the overall surgery amongst women, surgeons and our society today. The treatment of breast cancer has improved remarkably from the original surgeries that were developed by Halsted (Uroskie & Colen, 2004). The techniques such as Gilles’ “walking flap” or the idea behind the reshaping of a breast “mound”

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    Reconstructing a woman’s breasts following a mastectomy is one of today’s most rewarding procedures for the patient and for the surgeon. The innovative medical devices and techniques that Fort Lauderdale plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. John Michael Thomassen uses makes it possible for him to create breasts that are nearly identical in their form and appearance to the natural breast. The Benefits of Breast Reconstruction When a woman loses her breasts to cancer, or any other disease, her

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    Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in American women and around 12 percent of women will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime.1 Patients have the choice of 5 different types of mastectomy: total mastectomy with removal of breast tissue without lymph node removal, modified radical mastectomy where the entire breast and axillary lymph nodes are removed, radical mastectomy where entire breast and chest muscles are removed, partial mastectomy frequently referred to

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    Breast Cancer Surgeries that Involve Removal of the Entire Breast A modified radical mastectomy – during this procedure, the surgical oncologist removes the entire cancerous breast, the lining that rests above the chest muscles as well as most of the patient’s lymph nodes that are located under her arm. In addition, patients may also need to have a portion of their chest wall muscle removed. A total mastectomy (simple mastectomy) – during this procedure, the oncologist removes the entire breast

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    Celebrities like Ariel Winter from ABC’s Modern Family face ridicule within the plastic surgery debate as described by Winters in an interview with Glamour magazine. Winter, at the age of 17, faced societal pressure to do something about her size F breasts. She described her situation in the eye of the media as having “so little to wear that’s age-appropriate” which would lead to backlash for dressing too maturely in form fitting clothes. Social media has its own mockery. Winter described it as “The

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    Breast ptosis is the medical term for drooping/sagging breasts. Breasts begin to droop for a variety of reasons, including aging, gravity, genetics, pregnancy, vigorous exercising and weight loss. Today, advancements in the field of plastic surgery have made addressing this issue possible. Dr. Farbod Esmailian is a double board-certified plastic surgeon in Los Alamitos who frequently performs mastopexy procedures (breast lift surgery) to address sagging breasts. Dr. Esmailian’s skill, experience

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    Celebrities like Ariel Winter from ABC’s Modern Family face ridicule within the plastic surgery debate as described by Winter in an interview with Glamour magazine. Winter, at the age of 17, faced societal pressure to do something about her size F breasts (Radloff 1). Winter described her situation in the eye of the media as having “so little to wear that’s age-appropriate” which would lead to backlash for dressing too maturely in form-fitting clothes (qtd. in Radloff 3). Social media has its own mockery

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