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Orange County Plastic Surgeon Q & A

Ask Doctor Grover – Preparing For Your Consultation

You should seek a board-certified plastic surgeon to perform your liposuction procedure.  A nice place to start is at www.surgery.org, the website for The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.  During your consultation, ask your surgeon about their training, experience, experience with different modalities,  type of anesthesia, operating room facility and staff, their safety record and precautions taken, etc.

For more information, contact Orange County Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sanjay Grover.

Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon Q & A

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Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon Q & A

Liposuction Combined with Tummy Tuck Provides Great Results

Liposuction may be combined with an abdominoplasty many times. Some times this is only performed on the flanks, other times, some surgeons will perform liposcution on the front of the abdomen as well. There are different forms of liposuction available such as Power Assisted Liposuction, Vaser ultrasonic liposuction, and traditional hand assisted liposuction. All of these techniques are viable options in the right hands.

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Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon Q & A

Ask Doctor Grover – Will I get used to my butt implants?

Most of my buttock augmentation patients feel they are part of them. As with breast implants, patients tend to feel that implants are incorporated into their body and self image and do not think about them. Some of the buttock implants used now are softer than previously used. It also helps if you have a decent amount of padding or fatty tissue to cover the implants.

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Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon Q & A

Methods for Buttock Augmentation

Two methods for buttock augmentation include:

1) Fat grafting using your own fat cells; and

2) Buttock augmentation using silicone implants

Patients with adequate donor fatty tissue elsewhere on the body may be a candidate for fat transfers. However, many patients who desire buttock augmentation do not have much excess fatty tissue and must rely on a silicone implant to achieve an augmented or fuller buttocks.

For more information, contact Orange County Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sanjay Grover.

Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon Q & A

Ask Doctor Grover – Breast Implants Surgery Cause Stretch Marks?

Although most patients who undergo breast augmentation do not experience any stretch marks or striae, some can.  A person usually develops stretch marks or tears in the dermis during periods of rapid growth in the presence of high circulating hormontes (steroids), for example, during puberty or pregnancy.  If one’s skin envelope is quite tight and desires a large augmentation, this type of patient could potentially suffer from some stretch marks, depending on their genetics.  These stretch marks initially are red in nature but whiten with time.  Usually post partum women with stretch marks find that breast implants improve the appearance of their stretch marks.

For more information, contact Orange County Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sanjay Grover.

Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon Q & A

Swelling and Tightness After Breast Implants Surgery

Some swelling and tightness following breast augmentation is not uncommon. This will depend on how tight the skin envelope is prior to augmentation, whether the implant is on top of the muscle, completely under the muscle, or partially under the muscle and the size of the implants used and your chest wall dimensions.

It may several weeks before you feel more relaxed and may be two to three months before the implants feel completely ‘settled’.  Having said this, some patients have very soft breasts one week following surgery.

For more information, contact Orange County Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sanjay Grover.

Orange County Cosmetic Surgeon Q & A

Ask Doctor Grover – Is there an industry standard of when I should replace my implants?

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Orange County Plastic Surgeon Q & A

Ask Doctor Grover – Implants Don’t ‘Fall Out’ of their pocket

Patients may sometimes incorrectly feel that their implants have ‘fallen out’ of their pocket. The implants do not have anywhere else to go. When patients describe this, they are usually affected by an overly large pocket which may allow the implant to move outwards towards the underarm. This can often be corrected with internal sutures or a lateral capsulorraphy.

For more information, contact Orange County Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sanjay Grover.

Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon Q & A

Ask Doctor Grover – Labiaplasty

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