Question: What causes saggy breasts and will breast feeding increase my chances of sagginess? If a breast lift is deemed necessary will my cup size change? What is typical recovery time for a breast lift?
Answer: There are two main factors that cause breasts to sage; one being changes in breast size and the other is poor skin elasticity! Changes in breast size most often occurs when you lose weight or during the pregnancy and nursing period. Keep in mind that deciding to breast feed will also increase your chance for sagginess, more so if you have poor skin elasticity.
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Question: I’m interested in Breast Augmentation. What are the main ingredients to success in choosing the best Plastic Surgeon for me? Is it necessary to select a member of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery?
Answer: I believe there are several important steps to a successful Partnership between a board certified Plastic Surgeon and their Patient!
The key to picking your Plastic Surgeon for any procedure is that:
He or she is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. A handy list to refer to when interviewing or considering […]
Multisite Analysis of 177 Consecutive Primary Breast Augmentations: Predictors for Reoperation
McCafferty LR, Casas LA, Stinnett SS, Lin S, Rho J, Skiles M
Aesthetic Surgery Journal: May 2009;29;3.pp.213-222
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Background
Plastic surgeons and manufacturers of breast implants have been examining the complication and reoperation rates of primary breast augmentations for more than 18 years. The seemingly high rates reported by the manufacturers to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was the impetus for this multicenter study.
Objective
This paper reports on data pooled from three plastic surgery practices that were geographically distributed across the United States and examines the reoperation rate, time to reoperation, the […]
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Dr. Laurie A. Casas is a nationally recognized aesthetic plastic surgeon, honored for her excellence and named by The New York Times as a Top Plastic Surgeon for Breast Implants. She is also an accomplished educator and international speaker. For a full list of her accomplishments and education, please view her CV.
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Introduction to Laser Stretch Mark Treatment
Stretch marks tell a story, but that doesn’t mean you always want them to be the first thing you see. It doesn’t matter whether they developed after pregnancy, weight changes, or growth over time, because stretch marks can feel like one of those concerns that’s just “there,” with very few real options to improve them. For many patients, it’s about softening their appearance so they blend more naturally into the skin.
Laser stretch mark treatment at Casas Aesthetic Plastic Surgery offers a non-surgical way to do exactly that. Using fractional laser technology, Dr. […]
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Introduction to Mommy Makeover
Many women just want their bodies back after pregnancy and nursing. This process always starts with developing a healthy nutritional and exercise plan to restore your core muscle tone and strength.
But pregnancy changes the body in ways that do not always bounce back with diet and workouts alone. Skin stretches, muscles separate, and breast tissue shifts. That is where a tailored combination of treatments at Casas Plastic Surgery in the greater Chicago area can step in to refine what exercise cannot fully address.
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I have had man boobs for as long as I can remember. I’m 34 and I finally got up the nerve to ask my primary care doctor for some names. That’s how I found Dr. Laurie Casas, among others. Once I saw her there was no need to look further. She reviewed all my options and discussed my case with my primary care physician. We decided to go with a combination procedure to remove the breast tissue lump on each side […]
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Dr. Casas Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon & Clinical Professor of Surgery Dr. Laurie A. Casas FACS, is a board certified Female Plastic Surgeon & a Clinical Associate of Surgery, Section of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, who is committed to excellence in cosmetic medicine and cosmetic surgery of the face, breast and body.
Prior to beginning her Cosmetic Surgery practice in 1990, she was chosen to be an Aesthetic Surgery Fellow at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in NYC, and an Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery Fellow with Dr. Carl Hartrampf in Atlanta, Georgia, during […]
“Mommy makeover” is defined as a cosmetic surgical procedure designed to reverse physical changes in a woman after childbirth.In Dr. Casas’s practice, a Mommy Makeover is a term that describes the process that women undergo to restore their pre-pregnancy body shape. It is always customized to address an individual woman’s shape and goal(s).
Restoring your post pregnancy body starts with developing a healthy nutrition and exercise regimen.Dr. Laurie Casas can help you understand that it is only when you use a combination of rebuilding your core muscle tone and strength, adopting a healthy nutritional and supplement plan and then possibly considering […]
Dr. Laurie A. Casas – Female Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Laurie A. Casas, board certified cosmetic plastic surgeon, received a nice award and recognition for her outstanding work in the field of cosmetic plastic surgery last week. Click here for Dr. Casas’ profile on her website.
Based on a peer nomination process, Dr. Casas was named to the highly selective list of America’s Top Doctors with 7 of her peers for achieving national recognition for outstanding work.
Click here for the link for Dr. Casas’ profile on USNews.com.
Important to note is that Dr. Laurie A. Casas is one of the few […]
