Procedures: Breast

  • Implant Repair
  • Implant Removal & Replacement
  • Nipple & Areola Reconstruction
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Breast Augmentation

    Surgery to enhance small or unevenly shaped breasts through the placement of implants. Dr. Handel offers both saline implants (salt water) and silicone gel implants (recently approved by the FDA).

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    Mastopexy (Breast Lift)

    Return a youthful shape and lift to breasts that have sagged as a result of weight loss, pregnancy, loss of the skin’s natural elasticity or simply the effects of aging and gravity. Dr. Handel performs crescent lift, Benelli lift, vertical (lollipop) lift, and formal (anchor scar) lift techniques.

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    Breast Augmentation with Lift

    Combination of breast augmentation and breast lift for fuller, higher, firmer breasts.

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    Breast Reduction

    Surgery to produce smaller, lighter breasts that are in a healthier proportion to the rest of the body. Dr. Handel has expertise in all breast reduction types, including vertical (lollipop) and formal (anchor scar) incision techniques. Breast reduction may be combined with liposuction to remove fatty tissue.

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    Implant Repair

    Dr. Handel performs revision breast augmentation for patients who are not satisfied with their results after undergoing breast augmentation at other practices. This encompasses all types of implant-related problems such as capsular contracture, breast asymmetry, waviness and rippling, pain, and ruptured and leaking implants.

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    Implant Removal

    Breast surgery to remove silicone or saline implants and return the breasts to their pre-augmentation state.

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    Implant Removal and Replacement

    Revision breast augmentation surgery to replace silicone or saline implants in one or both breasts when the implants are damaged or an incorrect shape, size or material.

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    Nipple and Areola Reconstruction

    Nipple and areola reconstruction can provide a boost in self-confidence to patients who have inverted or stretched nipples or who lack one or both nipples due to mastectomy (surgical removal of the breast), injury or a congenital defect.

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    Breast Reconstruction

    Dr. Handel offers all types of breast reconstruction for mastectomy patients, including reconstruction with saline or silicone implants, tissue expanders, latissimus dorsi flap, and TRAM flap. He strives to create a new breast that resembles the woman's natural breast as closely as possible in shape, size and position.

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