Breast Enhancement in Inverness, Illinois (IL)

Breast enhancement is a general term for surgical procedures that improve the appearance of your breasts, including breast lift (mastopexy), breast augmentation, breast reconstruction, and breast reduction.

Breast lift

A breast lift (mastopexy) is a surgical procedure to uplift your breasts by removing excess skin, repositioning your areolas and nipples higher, and tightening the surrounding tissue. This surgery can produce modest results for more youthful looking breasts without changing your breast size.

Breast augmentation

Breast augmentation surgery increases the size of your breasts and improves their shape using saline or silicone filled implants. Small incisions are made either in your armpits, along the creases of your breasts, or around your areolas, small pockets of space are made underneath your breast tissue, and implants are placed in. Another uncommonly performed incision option is through your bellybutton.

Fat transfer breast augmentation is an alternative to using implants, but the results are less significant. Fat is liposuctioned from another area of your body, such as your buttocks or thighs, cleaned, and then injected into your breasts.

Breast reconstruction

Breast reconstruction surgery is performed to restore the appearance of your breasts if they are removed (mastectomy) due to cancer or other medical complication, or are damaged from trauma. This procedure can involve many different surgical techniques.

Breast reduction

Breast reduction surgery removes excess breast fat, skin, and glandular tissue to reduce the size and weight of your breasts to alleviate back pain, correct asymmetry, improve proportion, and allay the emotional distress that may come from overly-large breasts.

Recovery

Recovery varies significantly depending on what kind of breast enhancement surgery you have, but you can usually expect two to four weeks of down-time. Pain and discomfort usually subsides a few days after most surgeries, and you will need to avoid strenuous activity while you heal.

Costs

Costs depend on many factors, including which breast enhancement surgery you have, your location, and your surgeon. Health insurance generally does not cover cosmetic surgery, but your provider may cover breast reduction surgery if you have back pain or other medical conditions related to overly-large breasts. You can discuss costs with your health insurance provider and surgeon for detailed information.


About Christopher Pelletiere, MD

Barrington Plastic Surgery, Ltd. offers a full array of reconstructive and aesthetic surgical procedures. Dr. Christopher Pelletiere performs the full spectrum of plastic surgery procedures including hand surgery, reconstruction after trauma or cancer, skin cancer treatment and repair, burn treatment, wound reconstruction, and the full spectrum of aesthetic procedures, both surgical and non-surgical.

Consultations are available Monday through Friday, depending on the schedule and request. There is a fee for consultations; however, this is waived if surgery is scheduled. There is no time limit during consultations, or even follow-up visits, since each visit is very personal in nature. Patients are never rushed and are encouraged to take as much time as they need when discussing their problems, surgery, follow-up, etc. All consultations are done with the doctors themselves - there are no patient coordinators, aesthetic consultants, etc. that come between you and the doctors.

Surgery is performed in our in-office surgical suite, a day-surgery center, or a local hospital, depending on the health of the patient, the extent of the procedure, and the type of anesthesia required.
For reconstructive procedures, we are contracted with most insurance companies. For those companies we are not contracted with, we will still work with them to ensure that the majority of a patient's reconstructive work is paid by insurance and not the patient.

For aesthetic procedures, payment in full is due on the day of surgery.

As a practice, we believe that mutual trust, respect, and attention to detail are critical for providing the optimal surgical result for each patient. We also believe in patient privacy and strict confidentiality. We do not advertise in magazines, newspapers, etc. - we let word of mouth from our patients be our referral base, since excellent work and patient rapport speaks much more than any advertisement can. We take pride in the fact that we have an extraordinarily high number of returning patients, with a patient base that encompasses not only the entire Chicago area, but also nationally and internationally, from Europe to South America.

Featured Specialist for Breast Enhancement in Inverness, IL

Christopher Pelletiere, MD

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1602 Colonial Parkway

Inverness, IL 60067

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