Posted January 11, 2014
Breast lift surgery is intended to restore a perkier and firmer appearance to breasts that have begun to sag. With this option, Los Angeles breast surgeon Dr. Martin O’Toole can produce a shapely and firm bust, helping return a youthfully attractive aesthetic.
Breast lift surgery is a wonderful solution for women who have experienced ptosis following weight loss, pregnancy, or due to the aging process. However, lift alone is not designed to reduce the weight or size of overly large breasts.
Breast Reduction
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Posted December 13, 2013
Do you have overly large, heavy, or pendulous breasts? Do your breasts interfere with physical activities, limit your clothing options, and make you feel self-conscious? Are your breasts so large that they cause back pain and other physical discomforts? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, you may be the perfect candidate for breast reduction surgery.
Who can Benefit from Breast Reduction?
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Posted November 06, 2013
Gynecomastia has a number of more colorful names: Moobs, man-boobs, and he-breasts being among them. But despite the silly nature of these names, gynecomastia is no laughing matter.
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Posted November 05, 2013
Bariatric surgery can allow for significant weight loss in a relatively short period of time. Unfortunately, when you lose large amounts of weight in this way, loose and saggy skin are an unavoidable consequence. Excess skin is difficult to remove through diet and exercise alone, leading many people to look for post-bariatric surgery body contouring procedures to maximize weight loss results.
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Posted September 29, 2013
When your two breasts are significantly different in size or shape, you typically have the following options. First of all, make sure you are no longer noticing any more changes such as changes due to pregnancy, hormones or birth control or weight loss or gain. Then you can consider either augmenting the smaller one with an implant, reducing the larger one or a combination of both. A reduction will result in scars around the areola as well as vertical scar from the areola to the breast fold and perhaps a transverse scar in the fold. For best long term results, it is
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Posted July 01, 2013
Having excessively large breasts can affect women in many ways, both physically and mentally. One of the most common problems associated with oversized breasts is back pain. According to Webmd.com, nearly one million women suffer from back pain as a result of overly large breasts. The effects that large breasts have on the back may […]
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Posted October 16, 2011
Bullying is not a new for children. Although, there has been a lot of media attention on the subject lately. A recent ABC news story told of a young 13-year-old girl whose parents allowed her to have a rhinoplasty procedure following taunts and teasing on Facebook. The parents likened the decision to buying braces or a new wardrobe […]
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Posted September 13, 2011
A disturbing report recently stated that OB/GYN guidelines were largely based on opinion and therefore inconsistent. For women, this is a disturbing report because it casts a shadow of doubt on everything they are being told from their doctor. Dr. O’Toole requires his patients to share past medical history information prior to making any surgical recommendations […]
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Posted March 31, 2011
According to CBS 8 a shaky job market and a less-than-sunny economic outlook may be driving millions of American men to undergo what was once considered almost exclusively for women: cosmetic surgery.
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Posted March 15, 2011
According to The Los Angeles Times The “before” and “after” drawings are rudimentary, the wiggly lines and stick-figure depictions typical of a child’s untrained hand. But there is power in the expression.
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