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WhichBreastProcedure
isrightforyou?
“Breastsurgeryisoneofthemostpopularplasticsurgery
procedures,â€saysDr.WilliamP.Adams,Jr.Infact,hisprivate
practiceinDallasperformsbreastsurgerymorethananyother
procedure.Womenfromalldifferentagegroupsandbackgrounds
wanttoimprovetheirbreasts.Nomattertheirinitialreasoning,
thereisoneaspectallpatientsdesirefrombreastsurgery.“Atthe
endoftheday,patientswanttohaveagreatbreastshape,â€
explainsAdam.“Inordertogetthat,somepatientsmaybesuited
forabreastimplantalone,orsomepatientsmayneedalift,or
sometimespatientsneedacombinationofthosetwoprocedures,
calledanaugmentation/mastopexy.â€
ABreastLift
Amastopexy–commonlytermedabreastlift–isanextremely
importantprocedurenecessaryformanyolderwomenwhohave
notonlylostvolumeintheirbreasts,buthavealotofskinlaxity,
orlooseness.Thelaxityofapatient’sskinistrulywhatdecides
whichprocedureapatientshouldundergo.“Wewantto
determinehowmuchskinloosenessisinyourbreast,â€saysAdams.
“Ifthereisalot,abreastimplantalonewillnotreliablyllthat
overtime.Infact,ifyouplacealargebreastimplantintoabreast
withskinlaxity,ittendstostretchitoutovertimeandlongterm
wehavemoreproblems.â€
MeasurementsandPrecisePlanning
Dr.Adamsusesmeasurementstophysicallyassessthebreast,
determiningwhichsurgicaloptionwouldbebestbasedonthe
results.“Wejustpublishedapaperonthisandwewereableto
assessthebreastwithsomemeasurementsandthendetermine
whoisagoodcandidateforabreastimplant,whoisagood
candidateforamastopexy,andwhoisagoodcandidateforan

