Breast Enlargement Before and After

In most plastic surgery the photographs of operated area are taken before and after the surgery. It is common for plastic surgeons to take photographs of breasts before and after breast enlargement surgery. These photographs are taken for a number of reasons.

First of all, the before and after photographs of breast enlargement surgery serve as a method of documenting how the patient looked before surgery. This is done because often it is difficult to describe in words what is mainly a problem that can be imagined visually.

Additonally, the breast enlargement surger pictures are supposed to document the presence of preexisting scars, moles, asymmetry and other things. This is important because of the legal issues.

Also, the photographs are used to help the surgeon plan the operation and are used as a valuable reference during surgery.

The most surprising but common fact is that patients tend to forget their appearance before surgery and the pictures simply help to remind them of the breast enlargement changes that have been made.

The plastic surgery photographs are part of your medical record and won't be displayed or shown to anyone unless you give your permission. It is possible for your plastic surgeon to ask for permission to show your pictures to other patients that may help other patients make a decision about the plastic surgery.

By using a series of before and after breast enlargement pictures, doctors are able to demonstrate a wide variety of possible solutions and sizes to prospective patients. These breast enlargement pictures demonstrate potential surgical outcomes. If the potential patient has similar features as the patient in the breast enlargement pictures, and their goals for the surgery are also the same than this is a very good way to "test" what will happen.

In some cases, breast enlargement pictures can be created on computer, using a before photo supplied by the prospective patient. Patients and doctors may take advantage of these mock breast enlargement pictures to get an idea about how things will look in real life. There are a few doctors and clinics who let prospective patients email in pictures for the breast enlargement pictures providing potential patients with the opportunity to see how different doctors would carry out the changes.