When performed by a board-certified or board-eligible plastic surgeon at Edina Plastic Surgery, procedures can have added benefits over and above enhancing your appearance. The following are some of the benefits that patients have received from these types of procedures:
BREAST REDUCTION
- Pain in neck, back and shoulders has been alleviated.
- Posture has been improved.
- Breathing becomes easier and patients find it easier to exercise as well.
- Skin irritation under the breasts caused by excess friction dissipates.
BREAST AUGMENTATION
- Corrects tuberous breasts.
- Improved posture can occur for patients with significant asymmetry.
RHINOPLASTY (NOSE SURGERY)
- Fixes deviated septums and can greatly improve nasal function and increase oxygen flow.
- Can correct other structural problems that restrict breathing and cause congestion.
BLEPHAROPLASTY (EYELID SURGERY)
- In patients where the eyelid droop is substantial it improves impaired eyesight.
ABDOMINOPLASTY (TUMMY TUCK) AND LIFTS AFTER WEIGHT LOSS (UPPER ARM, LOWER BODY, THIGH, BREAST)
- In some cases an abdominoplasty can reduce urinary stress incontinence.
- The risk of diabetes can be lowered.
- Back pain is often alleviated by correcting the positioning of the rectus muscle.
- Excess skin stretched by pregnancy can be removed.
