Guided by the ethics of the profession and his own solid guiding principles of honesty and highly individualized treatment plans, which has been adopted by everyone on his team, he continues to provide high-quality service that has helped stored and rejuvenated the youthful look of his patients while putting a smile on their faces once again.

Breast Augmentation Doctor

The Breast Augmentation Boston citizens have had to patronize elsewhere usually comes with that artificial look that boldly pastes the “new plastic body” label all over the clients. Dr. Delia has made it a point of duty to never change his clients, but instead bring out their natural beauty and softening any harshness.

Dr. Delia has helped correct different Body Contouring Boston citizens had shockingly got in the careless hands of some doctors. His unusual personal touch is one of the reasons why all his clients love him. He knows how to help a client fall in love with her body again.

Body Contouring

Dr. Delia offers state-of-the-art Body Contouring Boston can’t get enough of. He has his unique way of safely practicing liposuction, by gently getting the fat out and getting the client back to shape in easy steps that leave no side effect.

Dr. Delia Awake Tumescent Liposuction allows him to remove any hard-to-reach unwanted fat deposits all over the body, from the abdomen and waist to the arms and legs. Whether you want to get rid of unwanted fat in your back, saddlebags, chin and neck areas, this procedure gets them out within hours.

The more spectacular part of this is that this procedure can be safely carried out. This is while you are awake, without any pain or anxiety. This gives you a unique opportunity to give your feedback on the job. Now, what other Body Contouring Boston service would you rather settle with?

As a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, he sticks only to solutions properly approved by the FDA. Dr. Delia presents only safe options to his clients. He also offers consultation to anyone who would like to know more about the various opportunities to improve their looks.

Because you are already beautiful, Dr. Delia’s job isn’t to change you. His mission is to reintroduce you to your inner beauty. Contact Dr. Stephen Delia today for your own unique experience.

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The increase in the size of the mammary glands is one of the most common operations in the field of plastic breast surgery. To mammoplasty, women, and girls resort, displeased with the natural form of their breasts. However, before deciding on an operation, it is necessary to know the best options for

There are not many medical indications for breast augmentation surgery. They concern the objective reasons why a doctor prescribes an operation. But there is also a natural desire to improve the aesthetic appeal of the breast if the natural shape and size do not satisfy their possessor. Among the “complaints” is not only the small size of the mammary glands but also their asymmetry.

Mammoplasty is often necessary and the most correct decision, if a woman feels embarrassed and dissatisfied with her external data, but she should be approved by a qualified plastic surgeon and a psychologist. Thanks to a successful operation, not only do self-esteem increase, but many psychological complexes and problems also disappear. In addition, an ideal body is a necessary requirement for some female professions from the field, for example, the fashion industry. To achieve the set goals in this area, you need to take care of the shape of your breasts. If, however, the cause of the operation for breast augmentation is exclusively dissatisfaction with by a partner, the achievement of the desired external characteristics will satisfy not only you but your loved one.

Breast Augmentation with The Use Of Implants

It is the most common kind of mammoplasty. Implants allow you to get a breast of any size or shape – it depends on the

type of endoprosthesis chosen. There are several ways to implant implants, they differ in the shape and location of the incision. Also, several types of placement of implants are distinguished: between the muscle and the mammary gland, completely under the pectoral muscle or partially.

Types of Implants

The main criteria for selection should be the patient’s anatomical features and the desired result. In this case, the final decision is left for the doctor, who, based on his experience, can take into account all the subtleties and features of mammoplasty. Depending on the implant chosen, the specialist will also select the most appropriate method for performing the operation.

Modern implants have a low weight, high safety characteristics, and a natural form. Implants differ according to several criteria: form, type of filler and density. In the form of round implants and anatomical, with a natural drop-shaped form. Anatomical implants allow you to make the appearance of the breast more natural. Round implants retain the shape of the breast even when they are displaced, while the anatomical ones can deform.

Dense soft and dense implants, as well as soft touch implants, are distinguished by their density. Soft implants in density correspond to the tissues of the breast and do not hold the form particularly well. Dense implants do not deform, but have a less natural appearance. Soft touch implants are a medium in density and keep the shape fairly well.

Implants also differ in structural features of the shell: they separate products with a smooth and textured surface. Textured implants are less prone to bias, that is, more stable. However, they can cause the appearance of wrinkles on the skin as a result of the friction of the subcutaneous tissue on the surface of the product. Smooth implants do not cause such problems, however, at their introduction the risk of displacement is much greater.

BREAST LIFT

Breast lift (mastopexy) can be performed with or without implants. Implants are introduced if the woman is dissatisfied not only with the shape of the breast but also with its size.

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Best Candidates for Breast Enhancement – Breast Enhancement Procedures

Women experiencing loss of volume after weight loss or pregnancy are great candidates. Those whose natural breast volume has diminished due to aging or significant weight loss enjoy the benefits of breast enhancement. Woman become satisfied with breast enhancement procedure results more often than not.

What Does the Procedure Entail? – Breast Enhancement Procedures

Breast surgery procedures usually take about one hour.  There are a variety of techniques utilized to obtain the best results. Small incisions minimize visible scarring. Dr. Delia will discuss which incision options are best for your desired outcome. Typical options include the fold under the breast. This is along with the areolar edge and in the armpit. After the incision, Dr. Delia will insert the implant into a pocket under the pectoral muscle or behind the breast tissue.

How Long is the Recovery? – Breast Enhancement Procedures

Following the procedure, patient’s breasts are wrapped in dressings, bandages or support bra. This minimizes swelling and add support during the healing process. Typically, patients are free to go home one hour after surgery. Patients may take pain medication as needed. Pain should subside after one to five days. In most cases, patients can perform light exercises after three weeks. Full activity usually resumes after six weeks.

How to Choose the Right Surgeon?  – Breast Enhancement Procedures

There’s a lot of choices when searching for reliable breast augmentation in Boston. Dr. Delia has been a leader in breast surgery in Boston for over 20 years. Contact us.  We’ll schedule you for a free consultation. Your ideal body is a phone call away.  Call now: 781-934-1599

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Some woman start off slow with non-invasive procedures such as Botox® and dermal fillers, while others  opt to have surgery.  The more popular procedures for a newly divorced woman include breast augmentation, liposuction, tummy tuck and eyelid surgery.

It is important that women who have recently undergone a divorce consider their emotional state of mind before making a decision to have Boston cosmetic surgery.  It is never advisable to make surgical decisions during an emotionally unstable time.

By waiting until the time is right, cosmetic rejuvenation procedures maybe  a way of improving ones physical appearance, increasing self-esteem, thus giving you a fresh new outlook on your life ahead.

Click here to view the 5 most common procedures.

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As USA Today stated in their article, ” They’ve created these kind of fast food courts where people go in, pick from a menu of what they want done and the physician who meets with them is not necessarily the doctor who operates on them and he’s not the one who follows up with them.  This is  a recipe for disaster.”

Making a decision to undergo plastic surgery is not something to be taken lightly.  It is important you find a surgeon you trust and feel entirely comfortable with.  In addition, it is important to research the physician’s credentials.  Experience and board certification is an important must when choosing your doctor.  You can be assured that the same ASPS board certified plastic surgeon you see in your consultation, will be the same surgeon performing you surgery.  This surgery will be performed in an accredited surgical facility with board certified anesthesiologists.

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As with any surgery, if you’re considering breast work, it’s important to discuss with your ASPS board-certified plastic surgeon your desire to breast feed in the future.  This information may affect your choice of incision and implant placement.

Breast feeding after breast augmentation (enhancement) surgery is in most cases possible.  The most common type of implants used today for breast augmentation are either saline or silicone gel implants.  Neither of these implants will hinder your ability to breast feed.  That being said, there is no guarantee that any woman will be able to breast feed, regardless of whether she has had breast enhancement surgery or not.

A recent statement by the ASPS quotes Dr. Cruz as saying, “It makes sense that breast augmentation patients would be concerned about the effect breast feeding could have on the appearance of their breast.  After all, these women have invested both time and money into them.  However, available evidence tells us that although breasts sag more with each pregnancy, breast feeding doesn’t seem to worsen these effects in women, with or without breast implants.”

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As with most surgeries,  the recovery period is as important as the surgery itself.  How you recover in a large part may determine your final results.  Below are a few things you should be aware of.

1.  You will be given pain medications following surgery to help with post-operative discomfort.

2.  You should rest and relax immediately after surgery and take it easy for the next several days.  However, strict bed rest is frowned upon,  you should move around to prevent any blood clots forming in your legs.

3.  Swelling after surgery is common and may last for several weeks as the implants settle into a more natural position in the breast.

4.  You should reframe from strenous physical excercise for 3-4 weeks following breast augmentation surgery.  You physician will advise you when you may resume excercising.

5.  Remember,  if you have any questions or concerns following your surgery do not hesitate to call your doctor.

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A previous study from Harvard University from 2010 including women with all types of breast reconstruction, including use of breast implants, reported those who used their own tissues were most satisfied despite the more lengthy surgery and recovery.

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Having just concluded Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we thought it was only fitting that we interviewed a handful of our patients who have come to us recently for reconstructive surgery following breast cancer operations.

Their experiences are powerful examples of the importance of getting checked regularly for breast cancer. They demonstrate how your body post-cancer can be just as beautiful as before.

Here is the second interview with “Betty” (not her real name):

“Breast cancer runs in my family on my father’s side. Two cousins had previously undergone breast surgery. Then in June 2011, my 37-year-old sister (and mother of a 1-year-old baby) was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.  Because she tested positive for the BRCA-1 gene, I decided to get tested too. Since my wedding was two weeks away, I waited until a week after the ceremony and then paid $1000 out of pocket for the test, since it wasn’t covered by insurance.

One month later, on August 20, 2011, I got the results: I too had tested positive for the BRCA-1 gene. This meant it wasn’t a question of if I’d get breast or ovarian cancer at some point; instead, it was a matter of when it would happen. I realized if I did nothing at all, it was simply a matter of time before I too got a bad diagnosis and was forced to undergo surgery, radiation, and/or chemotherapy.

After that, everything went into motion quickly. I walked across the hall and met with Dr. Tito, the surgeon who eventually performed my mastectomy. She referred me to an oncologist and to a plastic surgeon (Dr. Delia) because she wanted me to learn about all of my options.

I’m the type that wants to find out as much as I can about a subject from day 1. I put any information I could find about the BRCA-1 gene and breast cancer into a binder. My husband joked that I reminded him of a teenage boy going through puberty because of how many nipples and boobs I was looking at on the internet.

I remember my first visit to Dr. Delia’s office – I was scared to death. I had never wanted any boob work done, except perhaps a breast lift after nursing three kids. But suddenly here I was, dressed in nothing more than a gown, my husband sitting next to me, and a doctor I’d just met was staring at my boobs. I remember thinking, “What am I doing here?!” But Dr. Delia understood where I was coming from and let me be who I needed to be as I worked my way through the fears and uncertainty. He was very patient and explained things to me three times if necessary, because he knew I was nervous.

By my second visit with Dr. Delia, I felt calmer and more informed. After being educated about all my options, I decided to go ahead with a full bilateral mastectomy. My thought process was, if it was inevitable that I’d get cancer at some point, why not go through the procedure now when I was young (33 years old), healthy, and could recover quickly, rather than waiting until I was 50, sick, and burdened with chemo and radiation on top of surgery? I have three young children, but the youngest is 5, and I knew that all of them could help me.

Dr. Delia took pre-op pictures and explained that there were three reconstructive options following the mastectomy: 1) take skin and fat from my side and tummy; 2) use tissue from my back to replace the breast muscle; and 3) get implants. Since I was a size DD already and would be having all my tissue and muscle removed, we realized that the only option that really made sense for me was the implants. My husband also recommended prosthetic reconstruction.

The funny thing was that my husband had dated girls in the past who’d had breast implants, so he knew what to ask Dr. Delia. I had no clue – I didn’t even know what a fake boob looked like! My husband and I had had to make our decision together since it affected him nearly as much as me, but we both realized this was the right choice.

I decided to hold off on having the ovarian surgery until after I was fully recovered from the mastectomy, because I didn’t want to be dealing with early menopause on top of everything else. I will need to have that done during the next four years, though, before I’m 37. The thing about ovarian cancer is that it’s much harder to detect than breast cancer. Usually by the time it’s discovered, you’re dying from it. So the sooner I have that surgery, the better.

Once I’d made my decision, I went back to Dr. Tito and told her I was thinking about having the mastectomy over February vacation in 2012, since the kids would be off school then. But she said I needed to have it within a month of my MRI so that nothing would change. So seven days later, on Oct. 7, 2011, I had my surgery.

During the mastectomy, as it was explained to me later, Dr. Tito cauterized my entire breast area, using a skin and nipple sparing technique. (That means I got to keep my own skin and nipples. They just filled the void of my original form with breast tissue expanders.) Dr. Delia put in extra large expanders behind where my breasts had been and filled them with saline.

(Three months after that initial surgery, I’ll need to go back and get my permanent silicone implants put in, after the area has healed. That’s because the skin and breast muscle need time to stretch first. )

After the surgery, the lab reports showed six or seven spots that were colored differently from the rest of the tissue – either black or blue. That means some cells had started to change. Cancer cells take about four years to grow. Although those particular spots happened to be benign, the next set of spots could have become malignant only months down the road.

The recovery was painful, ranging from the feel of a torn ligament to pure exhaustion. A week after my surgery, I went back to Dr. Delia for my third visit so he could take out my drainage. When he came near me, I started screaming and swearing, yelling for him to get away. But he was great – he just let me do whatever I needed to do to get through the pain.

Now, at the beginning of November, I’m still out of work, but I’m having both good and bad days. I’ll usually know in the morning how my day will go. If I feel good in the morning, I’ll get very active, taking a walk, folding laundry, etc. – but then by 2pm, I’ll be wiped out.

If any other woman finds herself in my shoes, I’d encourage her to make the same choice I did. What would you rather do: be uncomfortable for a month while you’re still young and healthy, or possibly die of cancer down the road – or at the very least get sick and weak, or lose your hair while going through chemo or radiation? (Although my sister will undergo her mastectomy this December, she’ll have to wait to go through her reconstructive surgery until she finishes all treatments, since her radiation would pop her implants if she had them in place during the treatment.)

Throughout this whole process, Dr. Delia has been amazing. I’d recommend him to anyone needing reconstructive plastic surgery. I can’t say enough about him.”

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Having just concluded Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we thought it was only fitting that we interviewed a handful of our patients who have come to us recently for reconstructive surgery following breast cancer operations.

Their experiences are powerful examples of the importance of getting checked regularly for breast cancer. They demonstrate how your body post-cancer can be just as beautiful as before.

Here is the first interview with “Susan” (not her real name):

“I found out I had breast cancer in January 2011. One month later, I underwent a bilateral mastectomy, and by March I had begun chemotherapy and radiation.

My oncologist at Jordan Hospital referred me to Dr. Delia for my reconstructive surgery. I met with him right away. I told him I wanted to have my reconstructive surgery done before I went through radiation, but he advised me to wait so that the radiation didn’t interfere. In the meantime, he put tissue expanders where my breasts had been. (These were later removed when I got my silicone implants.)

I had to do some research when I first found out I had cancer, since I didn’t know much about it. But I’m the type that doesn’t really want to know all the ins and outs about what needs to be done – I just want you to do it. Dr. Delia was very professional, caring, and knowledgeable. He explained as much as I needed to know, but I felt comfortable enough with him right away that I knew he’d take good care of me, so I didn’t feel the need to ask as many questions.

I finally had my reconstructive surgery in April 2010, and it went fine. The recovery was very long and painful, but that’s only normal.

All of my follow-up visits with Dr. Delia went quite well, and he continued to reassure me that he’d take good care of me. I did seem a little lopsided at first and was afraid I’d never look normal again, so I asked Dr. Delia if he could fix the left side to match the right rather than grafting skin from my back. He said that would be fine – he was very accommodating.

Today, in November 2011, I feel fantastic. My skin is still very tight from the radiation, especially because I had some lymph nodes involved. Also, I’ve been thrown into early menopause (with all the associated weight gain and hot flashes). But I’m starting to look and feel like a regular woman again. My breasts look better now than before I had cancer!

Dr. Delia’s been fantastic throughout the entire process. I can’t recommend him enough! Thank you!

One last comment – I want to stress to all women out there how important it is to go with your gut and listen to your body. I had a different doctor at the time when I was diagnosed with cancer. He didn’t want to send me for a mammogram because I was so young. But I pushed and pushed until he decided to let me get one. It’s a good thing, because I would have been in an entirely different situation today if I had listened to him and waited!”

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