Autologous breast augmentation uses the patient’s own tissue to enlarge the breast. The main thrust is the use of the patient’s own body fat. It is harvested by liposuction and injected into the breast. In an abstract sense the concept sounds ingenious. Usually fat is available, it is not a foreign body, all complications (capsular […]
Six Packs and the Male Abdominal Wall
A not infrequent request by male clients is the “six pack” stomach and if there is a cosmetic procedure to enhance/produce it. The look of a “six pack” stomach is created by a very well trained midline muscle group – two about 10cm wide muscles on each side of the midline running from the chest […]
Breast Implants for Breast Augmentation and Enhancement: Teardrops, Gummy Bears, Furry Brazilians and the Baywatch
In our Caribbean plastic surgery practice at Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery we are able to offer a wide variety of the latest breast implant choices such as gummy bear, teardrop or furry Brazilian breast implants for breast augmentation and breast enhancement. The variety of breast implant options is overall beneficial with respect to optimizing […]
Breast Enlargement, Breast Implants Size
Plastic surgery in Trinidad, Caribbean, is all about the individual client. The art of a board certified plastic surgeon is crafting individualized solutions and then carrying them out as technically perfect as possible. An individualized solutions begins with exploration of the individual client’s desires and expectations. These are usually not numbers or cup sizes, but looks and the effects of appearance on self image and environment.
Cosmetic Breast Surgery – Breast Enhancement
Understanding of the “ideal, beautiful, normal” is always the first step preceding any cosmetic breast enhancement surgery, such as breast augmentation, breast implants, breast lift or breast reduction in our Caribbean plastic surgery clinic at Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery, Trinidad and Tobago.
Options in Breast Reconstruction
Breast cancer affects one out of eight women over their life time in the US. All current treatment strategies have a surgical component, which ranges from a lumpectomy to a modified radical mastectomy. As a consequence, different degrees of deformity arise, from mild asymmetry to complete absence of both breasts. The physical deformity has a […]
Plastic Surgery – A Plastic Surgeon’s Perspective
Despite its overwhelming media presence plastic surgery continues to be the most misunderstood surgical specialty. It is my contention that this is the case because plastic surgery does not claim any specific disease (e. g. coronary artery disease in case of cardiac surgery) as its own nor does it focus on any single organ system […]
The Culture of Aesthetic Surgery
It is entirely personal. The motivation to seek enhancement of physical appearance (e. g. shape) or rejuvenation (e. g. the reconstruction of a youthful shape) should come from within the individual person. The individual perceives some aspect of his/her shape, which in their totality makes up his or her appearance, as a problem in a […]
Electrical Injuries – The “Great Masquerader” in Burn Surgery
Electrical injuries comprise only a small fraction of burn injuries admitted to specialized centers. High voltage injuries may not be survivable. The flow of current through the body interferes with tissues conducting electricity on their own (nerves, heart) and expends its energy on tissues with highest resistance, the bones, causing high temperature damage from the […]
Incisions for Breast Augmentation
Incisions in breast augmentation serve to get access to the plane under the breast gland or pectoralis major chest wall muscle where the pocket to hold the implant will be created. Factors such as patient preference, choice of implant, choice of plane and size and shape of the non augmented breast and areola influence the […]