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    High Profile Breast Implants

    Posted on February 13, 2011 by drlcorbett

    A common situation I encounter in my Louisville Breast Augmentation practice is the woman with more narrow breasts. It is this patient where a high profile breast implant is useful. The high profile implants are made for a woman whose breast is more narrow. These implants fit behind the natural boundaries of the more narrow breast giving a more natural appearance.

    In addition there are moderate profile and low profile implants available for women with a more broad based breast.

    The choice of implant is best determined at your consultation.

    Lee Corbett, MD

    www.CorbettCosmeticSurgery.com

    Insurance Coverage for Cosmetic Surgery

    Posted on January 17, 2011 by drlcorbett

    This is a repeat of older blogs but the issue comes up every year so I thought it was worth reminding everyone.

    Over the weekend I received several e mails from my Louisville Plastic Surgery practice website inquiring about various procedures I perform. Blepharoplasty, otoplasy, facelifts, tummy tucks, breast reductions, breast lifts and augmentations, and liposuction were all mentioned. At least half of these information requests also were accompanied by inquiries into insurance coverage.

    Very simply, Health Insurance never has and never will pay for cosmetic surgery. Any operation we do that is intended to improve your appearance is considered cosmetic. In order for insurance to cover a surgery the “problem” with that particular body part has to negatively affecting your health. And being depressed because you don’t like the way something looks does not count.

    If you have a question about your particular case please give my office a call.

    Lee Corbett, MD

    https://www.corbettcosmeticsurgery.com/

    All posts of this blog are presented by Louisville Cosmetic Surgeon, Dr. Lee Corbett.

    Will a tanning bed hurt my breast implants?

    Posted on January 11, 2011 by drlcorbett

    I am commonly asked by my Louisville breast augmentation patients if they can tan after surgery. The answer is “Yes”, it’s ok to tan as far as the implants are concerned.

    The UV rays that tan beds emit are not like an X-ray. They do not go through your skin, so the light only affects your skin surface.  The underlying breast tissue and implants are safe. Now, if you tan immediately after surgery, you do run the risk of the skin along your incision darkening more than the skin around it. The pigment producing cells along the incision line are in a kind of an “excited” state as a result of the surgery. They are prone to producing extra pigment as is so if you tan this can amplify the problem and leave you with a very tan incision line. This is called hyperpigmentation.

    I will refrain from jumping on my tan bed soap box but suffice to say that tan beds are not great for your skin on several levels.

    Lee Corbett, MD
    https://www.corbettcosmeticsurgery.com/

    Why do my Implants feel cold?

    Posted on January 11, 2011 by drlcorbett

    I thought this an appropriate topic for the day as it’s 25 and snowing outside here. Breast implants, silicone or saline, do change temperature. In the summer months they will warm up and in winter they cool down.

    The reason is that the implants sit under your skin and breast tissue but outside of your chest cavity. Most women who have implants don’t have a lot of breast tissue or they wouldn’t have implants to begin with. So the implants adjust a few degrees to the outside temperature. That’s why they feel cold. The temperature change won’t hurt the implants but some women do complain that their breasts get a bit tender when this happens.

    Lee Corbett, MD
    https://www.corbettcosmeticsurgery.com/

    All posts on this blog are presented by Louisville Breast Implant expert, Dr. Lee Corbett.

    ‘Non-Invasive” Facelifts

    Posted on January 5, 2011 by drlcorbett

    Folks, it has happened again, in my Louisville cosmetic surgery practice. The e mail requesting the “non-Invasive” facelift.

    They go by several trade marked names. Quick Lift, Lunch Time lift, Life Style lift and they sound great. Quick, easy, minimal recovery and minimal expense.

    There is no such thing as a non invasive facelift. Doesn’t exist. It is impossible to tighten the deep structures of the face to produce the lift effect without an incision and by definition an incision is invasive.

    My advice would be to really look at these procedures, which all amount to variations on a typical mini facelift. You cannot get a maximum result if you are going to buy a minimum product. A couple of old expressions come to mind…”you get what you pay for” and “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”.

    Lee Corbett, MD

    https://www.corbettcosmeticsurgery.com/

    All posts on this blog are presented  by Louisville Facelift Surgeon, Dr. Lee Corbett.

    Breast Implants… smooth or textured.

    Posted on December 8, 2010 by drlcorbett

    A recent journal article published in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery addresses an unresolved problem in breast augmentation surgery, Capsular Contracture.

    What the paper concluded was nothing new. Textured implants had lower contracture rates than smooth breast implants. Patients preferred the feel of smooth implants. Implants placed under the muscle, saline and silicone, have lower contracture rates.

    In my Louisville Breast Augmentation practice I more often than not prefer to use smooth implants. Placement is determined by your anatomy and preference.

    Lee Corbett, MD

    www.CorbettCosmeticSurgery.com

    A New Trend?

    Posted on November 30, 2010 by drlcorbett

    Many women seek Louisville Breast Reductions because of chronic neck, shoulder and upper back pain.  Usually these procedures are covered by insurance provided enough weight can be removed from each breast. The amount that needs to be removed is determined by your Body Surface Area (BSA).

    Recently we have had several of these cases turned down by insurance companies because the patient’s BMI ( Body Mass Index) was above 30. At a BMI of 30 one is considered “Obese” which is typically defined as being 20% over ideal body weight.

    I don’t know if BMI will become the new deciding factor as opposed to BSA. We will have to wait and see.

    If you are plagued by large breasts and would like to learn more about Breast Reductions at Corbett Cosmetic Surgery, join us for a complimetary consultation.

    Lee Corbett, MD

    www.CorbettCosmeticSurgery.com

    “Life Expectancy” of Plastic Surgery

    Posted on October 29, 2010 by drlcorbett

    Often times in my Louisville Plastic Surgery office I get questions about how long the results of an operation will last. The answer is there really isn’t an answer so here’s how I answer the question.

    Be it a Louisville Facelift, a Louisville Breast Lift or a Louisville Tummy Tuck, all of which are lifting/tightening procedures, some diminution of results is to be expected. The reasons are varied but all are based around the fact that our skin is a living breathing ever-changing tissue. So, with continued aging, health changes, sun exposure things will change. Now, what I also tell my patients is that though the results do fade over time, it isn’t like all of a sudden everything goes to “heck in a handbasket” at a certain point in time. You will always see an improvement vs. doing nothing at all.

    Some patients do come back in 10-20 years for a redo lift, be it face, breast, brow, etc… but many do not.

    Lee Corbett, MD

    www.CorbettCosmeticSurgery.com

    All posts on this blog are presented by Louisville Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Lee Corbett

    Replacing Implants

    Posted on October 29, 2010 by drlcorbett

    In my Louisville Breast Implant practice one of the most common misconceptions I encounter deals with breast implant replacement.

    A significant percentage of new patients come in with the belief that they have to get new implants every 10 years. This is 100% false. The failure rate for implants that are 10 years old, silicone and saline, is very low. Exact figures aren’t available for the 10 year point but we do know that at 7 years the failure rate on saline is about 2-3% and at 6 years the failure rate for gel implants is about 1%.

    So it makes no sense that at 10 years we would throw away 98% of the breast implants out there when they are fine. Said another way, “If they ain’t broke, don’t fix ’em.”

    Dr. Lee Corbett

    www.CorbettCosmeticSurgery.com

    Fat Freezing gets FDA approval

    Posted on September 22, 2010 by drlcorbett

    Louisville Liposuction is one of my more commonly performed procedures, but now it appears new technology in on the way that may replace liposuction in selected cases. The process has been used in Europe apparently for some time to treat small fat deposits close to the skin surface. The skin is pinched between cooling plates and the fat pad trapped between the plates is frozen and killed. The dead fat cells then are broken down by the body. The skin, due to its superior blood supply, is able to survive the freezing.

    The treatment is not applicable to deeper fat deposits nor for very large areas. Here Liposuction, a tummy tuck and of course diet and exercise are still the main players.

    Lee Corbett, MD

    www.CorbettCosmeticSurgery.com

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