Breast Enlargement

It is well-known that breastfeeding provides many benefits for babies and their mothers. However, if you have had a breast augmentation, you may be wondering if you can breastfeed your baby. While breast augmentation can affect the structure of your breasts, the mammary glands–which produce milk–are avoided. Therefore, in most cases, women can still breastfeed following their

If you have always been self-conscious about the size of your breasts, you may have decided that it is finally time to go ahead with that breast enlargement procedure. But now you have some other things to decide on, such as what kind of implant should you get? What Are Your Implant Choices? There are two

Have you finally decided to go ahead with that breast augmentation procedure? It is an exciting decision, but you do have a few more decisions to make! One of the most important is deciding on what size of implant to get – read on for a few tips to help. Choosing the right size implant for

Are you unhappy with the size or shape of your breasts? Maybe you’ve gone through years of pregnancy or breastfeeding, or maybe you’ve always wanted a few more curves. If you have decided it is time to make a change with your chest, you have a few different options available to you, such as a breast

At Dr. Barrera’s, first and foremost, we want our patients to be comfortable with the decisions they are making about their bodies and potential cosmetic surgery. Sometimes patients have mixed feelings about silicone breast implants because they can rupture without the woman knowing, a phenomenon known as “silent rupture.” In most cases, they will only

If you’ve been considering having breast augmentation, you have likely seen news stories about an FDA recall on a certain type of breast implant. Since Dr. Barrera performs many augmentation surgeries, in this blog let’s explain what’s going on. On March 21, 2017, the U.S. FDA made a safety announcement about a possible link between

Some of our patients from Houston and the surrounding areas feel as if they have a difficult decision to make when choosing the type of breast implants for their augmentation. They’ve heard that the feel of silicone implants is more akin to that of natural breast tissue, but they worry about silent rupture. When a

There is some thinking that breast lift surgery actually decreases breast size, rather than simply lifting the breasts up to a higher (younger) position on the chest. Is this the case? A few years ago, a study by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shed some light on this issue, finding that following a breast