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WhichBreastProcedure
      isrightforyou?

                                                     “Breastsurgeryisoneofthemostpopularplasticsurgery
                                                     procedures,”saysDr.WilliamP.Adams,Jr.Infact,hisprivate
                                                     practiceinDallasperformsbreastsurgerymorethananyother
                                                     procedure.Womenfromalldifferentagegroupsandbackgrounds
                                                     wanttoimprovetheirbreasts.Nomattertheirinitialreasoning,
                                                     thereisoneaspectallpatientsdesirefrombreastsurgery.“Atthe
                                                     endoftheday,patientswanttohaveagreatbreastshape,”
                                                     explainsAdam.“Inordertogetthat,somepatientsmaybesuited
                                                     forabreastimplantalone,orsomepatientsmayneedalift,or
                                                     sometimespatientsneedacombinationofthosetwoprocedures,
                                                     calledanaugmentation/mastopexy.”

                               ABreastLift

                                                     Amastopexy–commonlytermedabreastlift–isanextremely
                                                     importantprocedurenecessaryformanyolderwomenwhohave
                                                     notonlylostvolumeintheirbreasts,buthavealotofskinlaxity,
                                                     orlooseness.Thelaxityofapatient’sskinistrulywhatdecides
                                                     whichprocedureapatientshouldundergo.“Wewantto
                                                     determinehowmuchskinloosenessisinyourbreast,”saysAdams.
                                                     “Ifthereisalot,abreastimplantalonewillnotreliablyllthat
                                                     overtime.Infact,ifyouplacealargebreastimplantintoabreast
                                                     withskinlaxity,ittendstostretchitoutovertimeandlongterm
                                                     wehavemoreproblems.”

                               MeasurementsandPrecisePlanning

                                                     Dr.Adamsusesmeasurementstophysicallyassessthebreast,
                                                     determiningwhichsurgicaloptionwouldbebestbasedonthe
                                                     results.“Wejustpublishedapaperonthisandwewereableto
                                                     assessthebreastwithsomemeasurementsandthendetermine
                                                     whoisagoodcandidateforabreastimplant,whoisagood
                                                     candidateforamastopexy,andwhoisagoodcandidateforan
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