With modern anaesthetics and surgical techniques, recovery is now much quicker following breast enlargement surgery. Generally, we do advise people in manual work to take a week off work and then they find they can return to normal activities. During the week after surgery most people do have some discomfort in their chest which they […]
Aurora Surgeon Adrian Richards shares his insights about Cosmetic Surgery on the NHS… In the old days when I was a trainee plastic surgeon, procedures such as breast enlargement and surgery for inverted nipples and even tummy tucks and rhinoplasty (nose surgery) were permissible on the NHS. However, in the last few years the government […]
Generally, breast surgery is not as painful as many people think. Of the 3 main procedures, breast uplift, breast reduction and breast enlargement, breast enlargement tends to be the most uncomfortable. This is because the tissues are stretched and most people have a feeling of tightness in the chest following surgery. In the 8 hours following surgery […]
There are a number of techniques that you can use to improve scarring and help it settle down and become less noticeable. Generally, in the first instance I advise massage of the scar twice daily with Bio-Oil. If this fails to control or improve the scarring within 4 weeks then progress to the application of […]
Jowls are the areas of excess tissue which you can get along your jawline approximately 1/3 of the way from your chin to your ear. Jowls are caused by downward movement of the facial tissues as a response to gravity. The central area which lies inner to the jaws is fixed, near where the bone and […]
As a guide if you have developed unsightly scars in other areas of the body you are more likely to developed unsightly scars following breast enlargement surgery. If you do developed more or lumpy scars I would think very carefully about having breast augmentation surgery as what is discussed are lumpy and unsightly they are […]
This is a question we’re asked frequently and our general advice is in the very early stages when the jawline becomes slightly less defined and the jaws become slightly more prominent the best approach is Botox treatment. There is a relatively new type of Botox treatment called the Nefertiti lift. Nefertiti lift is a treatment named after […]
Steroid injections act by decreasing any inflammation within the scar. It is the inflammation within the scar that produces the lumpiness and prominence of the scar by reducing the inflammation as the scarring is slightly to be improved. We generally recommend that certain injections are performed every 6 weeks until the scars have settled down adequately […]
Following tummy tuck surgery the circular incision around the tummy button that your surgeon has created does tend to constrict slightly with time. This can result in your tummy button becoming smaller and slightly tighter. If this does occur we generally ask our patients to massage their tummy button gently on a twice-daily basis. They do […]
The main types of breast implants used in the United Kingdom are those made by the following companies: 1. Allergan 2. Mentor 3. Nagor 4. Eurosilimed 5. Sebbin. All these breast implant manufacturers have different pros and cons but all have a long safety track record and are among the best implants available today in […]
