Mark your calendars for September 26. All of us have been touched by breast cancer. For me, my inspiration is my grandmother Rose, who was diagnosed at age 50. She died at age 93. I see women on all sides of breast cancer. I am proud to race for the cure.
The 20th Anniversary Komen San
You are not the only one who finds medical insurance difficult.
I have been around medicine my whole life. My father was a plastic surgeon as well. Back in his day 30 years ago when a patient had insurance, he billed insurance for x amount, and they paid x amount.
What a concept.
When I started my practice
I fielded a question from a young woman who had small implants placed (less than 200cc) who at 2 months out wanted the implants removed. Her concern was what are things going to look like?
Breast implant removal and leaving them out (ie you don’t put new implants in) is a rare thing. I have done
Yes, this is something my patients think about.
Breast implants do have a weight. In general, the number of cc’s is equal to the number of grams. So a 400 cc implant weighs about 400 grams. Since we live in the San Francisco Bay Area and not Europe, how many pounds is this? 1000 grams =
First, let me say I, like the majority of my colleagues who do a lot of breast implants, primarily use round smooth implants.
Anatomic implants have been talked about a lot recently at our meetings. The style 410 gummy bear implant is not available in the US. Even when it does become available (which I have
Here is a shocker: men and women are different. When it comes to breasts (and yes, some of you guys have them), the way to fix a large chest is different too.
Breast reductions reduce the size of breasts. For men, this would be the area they consider “chest.” When a man comes to me for
I had a patient who came in today. I did her first breast augmentation 10 years ago. She is very happy with her implants. They are soft, lovely, in a good position. I was happy to see her. It is good for me to see patients in long term follow up and see how the
I feel like a broken record.
I got an email today from a patient looking for breast augmentation using fat. I DO think this will be a good, viable way to augment the breast in the future. (Except for you super skinny athletic Bay Area women- You don’t have any fat to harvest. Start eating ice
Catchy title, eh?
People worry a lot about change in nipple sensation after surgery. I would love to say, “No no! don’t worry. You’ll be exactly like you are now.” But I can’t say that.
Why? Because I don’t know.
Don’t go freaking out about this. Most women end up with about the same sensation as they started with. Trust
I am doing many preops today. The most common question I get asked is “what is normal healing after surgery?” (Corollary to this: When can I drive/exercise/go back to work/lift my baby/ have sex.)
My answer: I don’t know.
Egads. Shouldn’t I know? Am I not the doctor? If I don’t know, then who will? How can
Lauren Greenberg M.D.
750 Welch Road, Suite 117
