07
Jun
Patient Communication Is Important
We absolutely treat our patients like we would expect to be treated if we were patients, or our family members were our patients. And that’s always been how I handled nursing like, you know, I wanna treat you like I would treat my sister or my mother if they were the one I was t...
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Jun
What to Expect From Breast Implant Removal
Hi My name is Dr. Effie Politis with Politis Plastic Surgery. Breast Implant Surgery removal has been very popular lately, especially with all the social media concerns around this Breast Implant illness. So I tell the patients it’s their body, if they want their implants removed...
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Jun
Saline vs Silicone Breast Implants
Hey everyone, it’s Dr. Effie Politis and I just want to compare and contrast saline versus silicone implants, as we know women often undergo breast enhancement surgery to get a breast volume and shape that is more proportional to their body. So, let’s start out with saline impla...
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Jun
Do Breast Implants Make You Float?
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Effie Politis, MD, FACS (@dreffiepolitis) Do breast implants make you float? Will it save you from drowning? Those are some questions that a few may have wondered about breast implants at some point. Here’s the thing, breast implants ...
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Jun
What Happens when Implants Too Large for Your Chest/Thorax Are Placed?
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Effie Politis, MD, FACS (@dreffiepolitis)What happens when implants too large for your chest/thorax are placed? Implant displacement, stretched-out thin breast tissue, and asymmetry. This can only be fixed with revision, implant exchange...
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Jun
What Is the 14 Point Plan?
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Effie Politis, MD, FACS (@dreffiepolitis)During your consultation, an important question that you need to ask your surgeon is whether or not they follow the 14-Point-Plan. What is the 14-Point PlanThe 14-Point-Plan is designed to mini...
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Jun
Can I Still Breastfeed with Implants?
You can still breastfeed after breast augmentation surgery. A typical breast implant surgery involves an incision made in the inframammary fold (crease under your breast) to place the implant behind the pectoral muscle which is below the breast tissue. With this procedure, the im...
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Jun
Removing Ruptured Historic Dow Corning Implants
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Effie Politis, MD, FACS (@dreffiepolitis)Removing ruptured historic Dow Corning implants in my patient after 30 years. She presented clinically with hardening of her left breast (capsular contracture). Further workup including clin...
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Jun
What Are Breast Implants?
A breast implant is a medical device (prosthesis) inserted under breast tissue or chest muscle to change the size, contour or shape of the breast. In plastic surgery, breast implants are used to increase breast size, replace breast tissue removed due to trauma or cancer surgery...
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Jun
“Breast in a Day” Surgical Technique
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Effie Politis, MD, FACS (@dreffiepolitis)Another ‘Breast in a Day’ case, but executed differently since she has much larger ptotic breasts (sagging breasts). She basically had a mastectomy performed through a Wise pattern skin mastope...
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Jun
“Breast in a Day” Direct-to-Implant Breast Reconstruction
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Effie Politis, MD, FACS (@dreffiepolitis) Surgical Technique Type of Recon: Single Stage Direct to Implant Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy, Galaflex Ravioli constructType of Mast...
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Jun
Breast Augmentation With 24-Hour Rapid Recovery Method
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Effie Politis, MD, FACS (@dreffiepolitis) Here's a before and after of a primary breast augmentation with 24-hour rapid recovery method. When I was training in my residency at USF, Dr. Tebbe...
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