Category: Breast Surgery

With first-hand experience helping survivors overcome the physical changes, and improve their self-esteem through breast reconstruction surgery, Naples Plastic Surgery is intimately familiar with breast cancer. Annually, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we feel we should do our part to educate our patients and other readers about this disease that impacts one out of every eight women. Read on to learn more about breast cancer causes, risk factors, and other facts regarding the...

Breast augmentation and breast lifts may be among the most popular procedures in the field of cosmetic surgery, but cosmetic procedures for the nipples and areolas can also deliver significant aesthetic enhancements. This is because the nipple and surrounding areola—the pigmented skin around the nipples—serve as a central focal point for each breast. Their look, shape and placement help define the overall appearance and symmetry of the breasts.As found with other physical features, potential...

October may have been Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but given that one out of every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, “awareness” should be a factor every month. Naturally, the first line of awareness should consist of education about the disease, along with early detection efforts through self-exams and regularly scheduled mammograms. Educational awareness about the disease types and stages can help those receiving a breast cancer diagnosis determine...

Breast augmentation has long been among the most popular plastic surgery procedures performed in the U.S., with more than 290,000 augmentations performed in the country in 2016, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Breast augmentation surgery is generally sought by women who feel that their breasts are not in proportion with the rest of their body, and women unhappy with changes to their breasts that occur as a result of childbirth, nursing and/or aging. Breast augmentation...