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• Breast Lift vs. Breast Augmentation: Which Procedure is Right for You 

  

  A breast lift addresses sagging, uneven breasts and dropping while a breast augmentation increases breast size and restores volume to the breast. Board-certified plastic surgeon, and President of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), Dr. Daniel C. Mills discusses when to consider a breast lift versus a breast augmentation. 

• Everything You Need to Know About Breast Implants 

  • By Aly Walansky

  

  With swimsuit season almost here, all of us are ready to have a better body. And for many, that means bigger breasts. So, should you consider breast implants? Maybe. But do your research: All breast implants are not created equal, and there are a few directions to go in when choosing your own. 

• Breast Feeding with Breast Implants - Is it Possible? 

  • By Mary Cunningham

  

  Like many others, I’ve been under the assumption that breast implants impeded the ability to breastfeed. My mother took this into account when she got her implants in the 1980s, after my little brother had moved on to solid food.  

  Thanks to a lot of scientific improvements since then, and with informative guidance in a recent article by What to Expect(R), I learned that yes, it’s still possible to nourish a newborn with your own breasts, even after augmentation.  

• How Your Breasts Change Through the Decades 

  • By Aly Walansky

  

  Our “girls” have quite a journey in life. Starting with our preteen years, we’re begging them to grow, eager to get that first bra – and then, we’re eager to have a bra bigger than our friends. (Never happened for me, alas.) Then, as we have babies, our breasts become more than just bra filler and man magnet – they become a source of sustenance to a tiny person! And we watch them inflate – only to later deflate, followed by sagging, much to our utter dismay. 

• How An Increase in Variety of Breast Implants is Influencing the Way Plastic Surgeons Perform Breast Augmentation 

  

  Breast augmentation was the second most popular surgical procedure in 2014 with 286,694 surgeries performed. Dr. Douglas L. Forman, a board-certified plastic surgeon based in Washington D.C. explains how an increase in breast implant variety has influenced the way plastic surgeons perform breast augmentation.