Whether your breasts are sagging and have lost their fullness from breastfeeding or rapid weight loss, you may be considering breast augmentation to restore them. There are several options, including saline and silicone implants, but natural breast augmentation, in which you own fat is used to improve the look, feel, and shape of your breasts, […]
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Self-confidence and satisfaction with your body go hand in hand. There is no shame in wanting to improve your body and achieve the look you’ve always dreamed of. This Christmas, instead of getting gifts from your husband that may or may not have been purchased the last minute on Christmas eve on the way home […]
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The last thing that we want is for our patients to stress about financing their surgery, but we also know that money doesn’t grow on trees either. Because paying for surgery is one of the things that prevent people from getting it done, we have different payment options from which to choose. How Much Does […]
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Does Nicotine Cause complications in plastic surgery Yes, it does.  Nicotine is known to shrink blood vessels which can contribute to loss of blood supply to vital tissues after some types of plastic surgery. How does nicotine affect Surgery? Nicotine can affect wound healing with all procedures but there are specific procedures where nicotine use […]
Read More »Does BMI affect the safety and results of cosmetic surgery? Yes, it does.  Higher BMI patients have a higher complication rate and are generally less satisfied with their results compared to patients with BMI’s in the “normal” level.  At Dr. York Yates Plastic Surgery we take safety and results very seriously. What is BMI? […]
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Having the perfect breasts is one way to give you confidence, but having the ideal nipples to go along with your breasts is something else. Here at Dr. Yates’ office, he offers patients a variety of different breast surgeries, including a surgery called an areola reduction. During this surgery, Dr. Yates will remove excess areolar […]
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If you got your breasts done several years ago and you were never happy or are no longer aren’t satisfied with them, then Dr. York Yates can help. Although Dr. Yates believes that breast implant revisions are better if they are prevented rather than treated, there are still ways to make sure that you get […]
Read More »On July 24, 2019, the Allergan company placed a world-wide recall on all of their Biocell Textured Breast Implants because of their association with a type of cancer called ALCL. For justifiable reasons, this has been the source of great worry for patients.  I have personally had correspondence with many patients in the past two […]
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Liposuction is a fantastic procedure if you think about it. Physically change your body shape for the better for the rest of your life by removing unwanted fat (while leaving beautiful fat behind) can create the curves you desire. If you have an area on your body— like your stomach, buttocks, or upper thighs— that […]
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Deciding on what type of breast implant to go with should be a bit more complicated than deciding what you’re going to have for dinner tonight. Here at Dr. York Yates’ office, we offer patients more than just two options for breast implants. While many surgeons only offer silicone and saline implants, we offer patients […]
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