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Breast Augmentation: Not nearly as Painful as you think…

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

I’m sure you’ve heard women who have had breast augmentation describing their painful, awful recoveries in graphic detail. “I felt like a truck backed over me.” “It feels like an elephant sitting on my chest.” I hear these same comments when I’m consulting with new patients about breast implants. “My friend had implants and she couldn’t get out of bed for a week and her breasts were black and blue and purple.”

I wonder how many women who would want and benefit from breast augmentation have balked because of stories like these. Probably a lot. Perhaps you’re one of them. It’s sad. Because though I believe those stories and experiences, it doesn’t have to be that way at all.

Here is how my typical patient describes her pain the day after surgery:

“It feels like I worked out too hard yesterday.” Ok, not a pleasant sensation. Tight, sore, uncomfortable. But nothing like an elephant, truck or bowling ball crushing your chest. A discomfort that most of us have experienced and made it through just fine.

Why do some breast augmentation patients have so much less pain than others?

The pain level you experience after breast augmentation depends mostly on what your surgeon does in the operating room. If he or she handles the tissues delicately, you will recover with less pain.

Unfortunately, most breast augmentations are done in a manner that is far from delicate. In most cases, the implant pocket is still made using something called, “blunt dissection.” That means that the surgeon tears the pec muscles off the rib cage. That really hurts. And it bleeds. And it’s not very precise.

The better way to do this is with electrocautery dissection. You can think of the electrocautery as an electric scalpel. The cautery gently divides the attachments between the muscle and the ribs. The current seals the blood vessels so bleeding is minimal. The pocket is opened up gently and precisely.

Electrocautery dissection is why my patients have much less pain after surgery. It’s also why most of them don’t even bruise. The recovery is quicker and easier and the results are prettier and more predictable.

Don’t let fear of pain keep you from breast augmentation. Your recovery won’t be painless but it will be a lot easier than you think.

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Dr. Daniel Kapp Now Offering LifeCell Tissue Matrices for Breast Reconstruction

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

 

LifeCell Tissue Matrices: advantages for women considering device (implant) breast reconstruction after mastectomy.

For many patients, preparing to have breast reconstruction after a mastectomy can be a difficult and emotional experience. You may feel anxious about having another surgery, worried about possible complications, and concerned about the way you will look and feel after the procedure is completed.
LifeCell Tissue Matrices offer a solution for the limitations of other tissue expander (TE)/implant techniques.

Over the last several decades, in an effort to achieve better aesthetic results for their patients, surgeons have increasingly switched from full muscle coverage to partial muscle coverage techniques for breast reconstruction procedures. Full muscle coverage has a number of benefits, but it also has numerous limitations. Over time, some surgeons migrated to partial muscle coverage for many of their patients because it provided a number of benefits that directly answered the limitations of full muscle coverage. Although partial muscle coverage provided many new benefits, it came with a host of limitations all its own.

LifeCell Tissue Matrices help Dr. Kapp attain optimum aesthetic outcomes for his patients without an increased risk of complications.

LifeCell Tissue Matrices:

  • Provide an additional layer of tissue that may help hide implant visibility
  • Provide additional tissue creating a hammock that allows for a natural looking breast
  • Help control the location of the implant and to define the breast fold

For more information about LifeCell Tissue Matrices call Dr. Daniel Kapp today at (561) 833-4022 to schedule your consultation.

*This blog post contains content directly from www.lifecell.com.

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Silicone Breast Implants: FDA Approved

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

 

West Palm Beach based board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Daniel Kapp offers both silicone and saline breast implants for breast augmentation procedures.  Breast augmentation can achieve dramatic and beautiful results on its own as well as in conjunction with other cosmetic surgery or non-invasive procedures. Dr. Kapp sometimes recommends combining breast augmentation with other procedures such as a breast lift for more satisfying results. 

Breast implants are silicone shells filled with either saline (salt water) or silicone gel. Both implant types are very safe, and each offers its own advantages. Dr. Kapp will help you decide which kind is right for you. During surgery, he will place the implants behind each breast, underneath either breast tissue or the chest wall muscle.
Although silicone implants received criticism in the nation media for many years, in 2006, after rigorous scientific review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the marketing of silicone gel-filled breast implants made by two companies for breast reconstruction in women of all ages and breast augmentation in women ages 22 and older. 

“The FDA has reviewed an extensive amount of data from clinical trials of women studied for up to four years, as well as a wealth of other information to determine the benefits and risks of these products,” said Daniel Schultz, M.D., Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA.  “The extensive body of scientific evidence provides reasonable assurance of the benefits and risks of these devices.  This information is available in the product labeling and will enable women and their physicians to make informed decisions.”
If you are considering breast augmentation surgery, please call Dr. Daniel Kapp at (561) 833-4022 to schedule your consultation.

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