The breast implants’ approval by the FDA was not fine-print free. Women must weigh the impact, and costs, of follow-up care.
By Melissa Healy, Times Staff Writer November 27, 2006
The days before Thanksgiving are typically quiet in the offices of plastic surgeons. But a long-awaited decision to approve silicone breast implants for women older than 22 prompted a flurry of excited calls and inquiries last week from prospective patients.
The giddy welcome may not last. Even as the two U.S. manufacturers of silicone implants gleefully projected a surge in demand for their products, physicians began poring over the fine print of […]
Dr. Laurie Casas is quoted in an article posted in the March 2008 issue of Health Magazine. The article, Plastic Surgery by the Decade, covers 3 different age brackets of women who get breast enhancement procedures.
35 to 50 year old women account for more than half of all cosmetic breast procedures. Dr. Casas accounts for this saying,
“Most women want to get rid of the sagging due to the combined effects of gravity and years of having babies”
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Dr. Casas is quoted in a Web Exclusive with Newsweek about the importance of weighing out the pros, the cons and the long-term consequences of breast implants:
“It’s like any decision you make,” Casas says. “You listen to the pros and cons and you weigh them.”
Since breast implants have boomed in popularity in the past number of years, it is now the most common cosmetic procedure for women; therefore it’s easy to overlook the potential complications involved with this surgery. Dr. Casas adds:
“Women must think of this as a very, very serious decision, because you are electively choosing to put a […]
Dr. Casas is quoted in a WebMD Feature discussing “How Will Breast Implants Change Your Life?” This feature discusses the life changing effects of breast implants, realistic surgical expectations and different reasons patients seek-out breast procedures.
“They truly feel they have a deformity,” Casas tells WebMD. “They don’t feel they have a normal body part. It’s a body image issue, not a self-esteem issue. They want that body part to look more normal, to look better in clothes and bathing suits.”
The journey potential patients undertake with this surgery can be a painful and emotional one. Doctors are often pre-screening their patients […]
NewImage.com quotes Dr. Laurie Casas in a discussion regarding “Are you too old for plastic surgery?” According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, people over the age of 50 account for 31% of all plastic surgery procedures done in the United States. Therefore Dr. Casas ensures her patients have realistic expectations for procedures requested.
“Whether a patient’s reasons for having surgery are emotionally healthy or unhealthy can be obvious or subtle,” says aesthetic plastic surgeon Laurie Casas, MD, FACS, of Glenview, IL. She gives an example of good motivation. “I don’t have people coming in saying, ‘I want to […]
Dr. Casas, clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Chicago Pritzer School of Medicine is quoted in Endless Beauty discussing “The Breast Ideas Post-Baby”.
“If a person nurses five to nine times a day, their breasts get larger, then deflate after each session,” says Dr. Laurie A. Casas. “This enlarging and shrinking takes a toll on skin elasticity.”
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CNN Health quotes Dr. Laurie Casas in a discussion regarding the injury President Obama suffered Friday: “Split lip an injury known to many”.
“Dr. Laurie Casas, a clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Chicago Pritzer School of Medicine, said that 12 stitches aren’t a lot, since each stitch can be as small as two to three millimeters.
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Dr. Laurie Casas is quoted in an article posted by Merge Magazine in a discussion about running a successful medical aesthetic practice, titled “Voices of Experience”. Merge asks,
“What one pearl learned since your residency has been most helpful to running your practice?”
Dr. Casas says,
“I’ve learned to have the practice philosophy and mission statement and focus be patient-centric, especially in terms of their experiences and their outcomes.”
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Improved Cosmetic Procedures Let You Be You
Dr. Laurie Casas is quoted in the Chicago Tribune in an article about cosmetic procedures which allow patients to feel like the best version of themselves. Dr. Casas says that four times as many of her patients, including senior patients, get injections as they do surgery. Various injections can do things like ease lines in the forehead, plump a wrinkled upper lip, or fill out a sunken cheek.
“All of this has made a difference and I’m very satisfied with the results,” she says. “It took five to seven years off, and when you’re working […]
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