Personalizing Your Breast Surgery Nashville
Preoperative Planning with "4-D" Computer Simulation
Our goal at MAXWELL AESTHETICS is to provide you appropriate information as you consider breast augmentation surgery. One of the most challenging aspects of planning this procedure is determining the size and shape of breast implants that will fit your body, as well as give you the result you desire.
As patients always want to know "How will I look?" after breast augmentation, we will enable you to visualize your final form with specific breast implants. We show you elsewhere on this website many two-dimensional photos of patients who have had surgery by Dr. Maxwell. But in the process of your consultation, we can now demonstrate with advanced computer imaging technology how you will look in the mirror after surgery in a realistic way. This new imaging system is referred to as 4-D imaging and involves proprietary software that Dr. Maxwell has invented, working with engineers and software experts in Silicone Valley, California, over the last 2 years.
It is like seeing the results of your breast augmentation in Nashville, with different implant choices, before you ever have surgery! The patients who have engaged in this imaging experience have found it of significant benefit in their choice of implant, and decision to undergo breast enlargement surgery. In fact they ask "How did plastic surgeons do breast augmentation consultations before this system was
developed?"
A Leader in Cosmetic Advances
In addition to designing the breast implants (Natrelle collection from Allergan used today), Dr. Maxwell pioneered the current concepts used in breast analysis and aesthetic enhancement. 20 years ago, he developed the "Biodimensional System," utilizing breast measurements; implant dimensions, and tissue analysis, to better plan breast augmentation and reconstruction. These principles have become the "standard of care" today in aesthetic breast surgery worldwide, and Dr. Maxwell is held as one of the world's experts in this field.
Despite these advances, Dr. Maxwell has thought a better way to incorporate you, the patient, into the decision process that will determine how your breasts will look after surgery.
While there have been previous 3-D imaging systems developed, there has been a compelling need for an efficient hardware and software system that can simulate "realistic outcomes" utilizing various shapes, sizes, and types of breast implants that can be anticipated visually within your own body. This system referred to as "Precision Light Breast Analysis" is now available at MAXWELL AESTHETICS to aid you in your breast aesthetic consultation.
In your consultation Dr. Maxwell will exam your breasts and then discuss your surgical options using this new computer imaging system to demonstrate the changes possible for your breasts. 4-D images will be obtained quickly (like a standard photograph) and then manipulated to show and educated estimate of what might be achievable with surgery, with the ability to vary the implant choice, and thus the outcome. Although this is not to be implied as a warranty of the surgical result, it does provide a visual communication aid for both you to give Dr. Maxwell your feedback, and for him to convey to you the possibilities as well as the limitations of what can be done. It is important to see how one actually looks with the breasts you think you want, rather than simply looking at photographs or website images of other women.
Automatic Measurements
In the process of capturing your 4-D image, we are also able to capture information on your existing dimensions. This means that all of the measurements that Dr. Maxwell will require for your surgical planning are captured with a single click. We will review this information with you to assure that you are aware of existing asymmetries on your body. All of us are different in some way from the right side of our body to the left. Knowing this prior to surgery will allow us to customize your procedure for your body.
These measurements are done automatically from the single click photographic capture and completed in less than a minute. Thus you will be able to be fully dressed for the remainder of our discussion, using a large monitor to review your anatomy and breast possibilities.
Visualizing Your Results
The images you see on this page are from patients that had breast surgery recently. You can see her 4-D before and after photo with the prediction of what she would look like. This is exactly the process we will take you through allowing you to determine your new look. As you can see, the simulation of the expected outcome is very close to her final outcome.
Since you are seeing your own image as you will appear in the future and determining what is best for you, the goal is to "get it right the first time," and avoid reoperations for size or implant changes. Your confidence in your implant selection will increase as you see how you actually can look.
Your Next Step
As your understand breast aesthetic how this new "Precision Light" technology can improve your discussions with us, it is time to request a consultation online. At our office we will demonstrate to you the potential that this surgery can unlock for you.
