Florida Cosmetic and Reconstructive Vaginal Surgeries Explained

There are many questions surrounding what vaginal surgeries there are and which surgical procedure is needed vs. which is an optional non-medically necessary surgery. Port Charlotte, Florida, cosmetic surgeon and OB/GYN Dr. Anthony Brignoni shares the differences in cosmetic and repair or reconstructive vaginal surgeries.

It is important to note there is a difference between cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery.

Cosmetic surgery is elective and not necessary. Then there is reconstructive surgery which repairs damage to, or replaces and improves function. This type of surgery is often necessary as in a prolapse surgery which repairs prolapsed organs.

Reconstructive surgery improves the function of a body part, while cosmetic surgery changes the aesthetics of essentially normal anatomy. Reconstructive surgery is often necessary after a prolapse, a tear, sagging or aging or childbirth difficulties.

Vaginoplasty

There are several interior vaginal repair surgeries including vaginoplasty which is a vaginal tightening surgery.

Vaginoplasty is a long standing procedure that was incepted and created to help women who suffer from incontinence. The lapse or slack or sagging of the interior of the vagina is a result of chronically weak muscles that could not be strengthened with less invasive methods.

Vaginoplasty has been a medical procedure since the 18th century in its original and then crude and rudimentary beginnings. In the past it was only performed for medical or anatomical needs to help women who had difficult, multiple births or extensive prolapse after childbirth.

The surgery today is done in an effort either to reduce or to reverse the effects of aging, child bearing, birth trauma, tissue stretching, or improper surgical healing from vaginal procedures.

The medical technology used in vaginoplasty was increased with the advancements of laparoscopy, a surgery that uses a thin, lighted tube put through a incision in the stomach to look at the organs or the female pelvic area played a large role in the advancement of this field of surgery.

After vaginoplasty patients usually experience feel of discomfort or mild pain during one week post operation which gradually disappears after the second week. After second week, the client usually feels some pain that will gradually subside after a month post operative.

Vaginoplasty surgery today is also used as a way to increase a woman’s sexual performance by creating a tightness and thus an increase in vaginal friction.

A vaginal rejuvenation is a non-reconstructive vaginoplasty that restores the muscle tone and the esthetics of the vagina, by removing excess tissues and tightening the supportive structures of the vulvovaginal complex.

There are medical concerns that make vaginal rejuvenation a procedure to consider. Women who have the associated symptoms of uncontrolled urine loss with coughing, sneezing, and exertion due to the loss of vaginal support of the bladder neck, a condition called stress urinary incontinence.

Occasionally, the bladder and the rectum push into the vagina due to the weakness of the vaginal wall, causing vaginal prolapse termed cystocele bladder, rectocele rectum, or even uterine prolapse, where the uterus and cervix drop down towards the vaginal opening.

Vaginal Repair Surgery

Some benefits of vaginal rejuvenation or vaginal repair surgeries are:

1. enhanced vaginal muscle tone, strength, and control

2. decreased internal and external vaginal diameters

3. built up and strengthened perineal body

4. improved external appearance of the vulva and perineum.

After vaginal repair surgery, the patient may experience minor discomfort and mild swelling. Although bed rest the day of the surgery is recommended, in most cases the patient is able to return to work within a few days depending on the type of work.

To facilitate healing, patients will refrain from sexual intercourse and other activity in the vaginal area from 4-6 weeks following vaginal reduction. It is necessary that any penetration of the vagina be avoided, including douching or using tampons.

Refraining from such activity during this vital healing time will allow vaginal muscles to remain intact and incisions to heal completely, preventing them from being reopened.

During surgery, a woman can also have other cosmetic procedures done. Women frequently ask about having other cosmetic surgery procedures completed including: labiaplasty, breast augmentation and a nose job are a few examples of cosmetic surgical procedures that can be performed simultaneously. However, the physician chosen to perform your vaginoplasty will be able to determine whether it is possible to perform another procedure at the same time.

Dr. Brignoni looks forward to hearing from you with your questions. To setup an appointment you can call 941-743-6866 to visit the Brignoni Cosmetogynecology Center at 2300 Loveland Blvd., Port Charlotte, Florida, 33980.

How Much Does Cosmetic Surgery Cost?

We often receive questions about the cost of various gynecological, obstetric, cosmetic surgeries here on +Google Plus Business Pages, Facebook, LinkedIN and Twitter.

Whether you plan on visiting Port Charlotte, Florida, to meet with Dr. Anthony Brignoni for a cosmetic surgery, obstetrics or gynecologic appointment, read up about our practice and learn more about the wide range of surgeries we offer. This includes:

• Breast Augmentation
• Breast Reduction
• Breast Lift
• Hysterectomy
• Labiaplasty
• Liposuction
• Tummy Tuck
• Vaginal Repair and Rejuvenation

We can't answer pricing questions online for a myriad of reasons including the fact that it would be medically irresponsible without getting a patient's complete medical history.

We start there with a patients's health, their age, physical fitness, overall well-being and existing health problems. We cannot provide patients prices without getting all the details, choices and preferences and answers to many medical and health questions.

In any surgery or medical procedure we have the patient visit for an introductory meeting. We prefer that you make an appointment for a formal medical meeting where all the questions we have can be answered completely.

We also like to have a formal exam in regard to the surgery or procedure that you are interested in or which you need to have.

We truly thank you for your inquiries and continue to ask that you send in questions to "Ask the Dr.," and online in all our forums. However, please realize that it is impossible to explain in a brief answer how much a surgery costs without a thorough and formal exam and appointment.

We ask that you please think twice about shopping around for the lowest price for a surgery or procedure of any kind. Price should not be the first thing that you think about when it comes to your health and well-being.

For example when you see the price flashing first on an advertisement that you may receive in the mail, or read online or see anywhere. It's one thing to say you want to pay the least, but you also want to have the best surgeon performing your surgery or procedure.

The first thing you should look at while considering a medical procedure is the qualification of the doctor that is going to perform surgery. What is their expertise? How many procedures or surgeries have they performed? What sort of results have they had in the surgery or procedure? Are there photos or testimonials from other patients who can show or tell you what their experiences were?

Price may be a consideration, but it should not be the first or the only thing because your health is the primary concern. Your well-being and your health should be your primary thought and while yes, you want a decent price, you don't want a discount from an inexperienced doctor.

You should research your surgery or procedure as deeply as you would search for an average price. Ask yourself why there is such a low price for a surgery or procedure?

You can read about the surgeries and procedures that are available and learn more about our practice at our website: http://BrignoniMD.com

We ask that you call the office to set an appointment or a meeting as we will need to know much more about you.

We prefer that you setup an appointment because we need to know your health, have you provide general health answers and have you make a few very specific choices in order for our answer to be exact for you.

Please call at the office at 941-743-6866 to make an appointment with OB/GYN and cosmetic surgeron Dr. Anthony Brignoni at the Brignoni Cosmetogynecology Center located at 2300 Loveland Blvd., Ste. #1, Port Charlotte, Florida, 33980.

Port Charlotte Dr. Anthony Brignoni Explains Florida Liposuction Law Limits

If you're considering liposuction, Port Charlotte, Florida, cosmetic surgeon Dr. Anthony Brignoni, who has provided many tumescent liposuction procedures to patients since 1991, explains Florida liposuction law. The daily limit on the amount of liposuction that can be done in one day is 4,000 ccs of fat.

If the patient wants to have liposuction in multiple places in the body at the same time this can be accomplished within one tumescent liposuction procedure. However, the limit to the amount of fat that can be removed in one day remains at 4,000 ccs of fat per surgery day. This is equal to approximately two pounds of fat.

This does not mean that a patient cannot come back in one day or two days or three days later in one week to have more fat removed. But there must be days between tumescent liposuction procedures.

The reason for the law is for the protection of the patient. There have been unregulated beauty businesses -- both doctors and medical spas -- that were avoiding safety measures by performing liposuction in their offices using only sedative pills or creams instead of strong anesthesia. The reason that the other routes were taken were to offer patients low fees and to save money. The law protect patients who were looking for cheap liposuction and to prevent any venue from offering liposuction procedures without the proper use of anesthesia.

The Brignoni Cosmetogynecology Center is a state of the art medical facility in beautiful Port Charlotte, Florida. The Center is a state regulated, licensed and inspected facility where patients can have liposuction procedures to remove unwanted fat, to smooth and sculpt the body and create a more shapely physique.

The recovery time for liposuction is usually two weeks but you won’t see the results for several weeks. Patients might go back to work within three days. The major part of recovery from a liposuction procedure is that all the fluid that is put into the body for the procedure has to come out. Most of the fluid comes out during surgery through suction or it drains naturally. For the next 40 to 72 hours after surgery the patient is at home and is going to be draining fluid.

Once the fluid stops or is all drained or the patient is not draining anymore, they can go back to work and back to basic, normal activities. They will experience some tenderness because a surgery has been performed and the tenderness could remain for probably a week or ten days.

As time passes a patient is going to see a decrease in their size depending on the area that the liposuction was performed in. A change gradually occurs and from three days after the surgery patients will see a big difference.

But in six weeks they’ll see even a bigger difference in how they’re going to look. A patient is going to look different six months from the date of the first liposuction and they will continue changing if the patient has a good diet and a good plan to stay healthy. Exercise daily and routinely will provide even more positive benefits.

The importance of fitness, eating right, changing diet and including exercise as a regular part of their lifestyle. Patients are given the direction and a health map to maintain a good healthy lifestyle.

Silicone Breast Implants vs. Saline Breast Implants

Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Anthony Brignoni has provided breast augmentation procedures including breast implant surgery and breast lifts to women from South West Florida, including Charlotte County, Lee County, Fort Myers, Naples, Sarasota, Punta Gorda, and Port  Charlotte, Florida.

The decision to choose silicone breast implants vs. saline breast implants is at the top of the list of issues that women sometimes struggle with when they’ve decided to undergo breast augmentation surgery. The next issue is deciding on cup size.

Saline Breast Implants vs. Silicone Breast Implant Safety

One thing that many women don’t realize is that saline and silicone breast implants both have an outer silicone shell. Silicone breast implants are filled with silicone gel. Saline breast implants are filled with saline water.

Women worry about the safety of silicone implants due to lack of information that they’ve read. Some women believe that if there was ever a leak, a puncture or a break that would allow the silicone gel implant interior to leak into a woman’s body that it would be unsafe. This is not true.

Silicone breast implants are FDA-approved. Silicone gel in silicone breast implants, if leaked, isn’t thought to cause health issues, however, a silicone gel leak may cause breast pain or breast shape changes.

To prevent this issue and concern, the FDA recommends regular MRIs to accurately monitor for any irregularities in the silicone breast implants so that a woman may know if a leak has occurred. An MRI can detect a silicone breast implant leak. The FDA has not found a link between silicone breast implants and breast cancer.

Women who may not be familiar with or educated about silicone breast implants may not know that breast exams known as mammograms ARE able to detect irregularities through the silicone gel breast implants.

The upside of the implant and main reason for selecting the silicone breast implant over a saline breast implant is its natural feel. Silicone gel breast implants are very similar and feels so much like actual breast tissue and looks like a real breast that women prefer it.

But the concern over what happens to the silicone within the body should a leak occur can make her consider the use of saline implants if she is choosing to undergo breast augmentation surgery.

The final choice as to which kind of breast implant a woman makes is completely personal. Dr. Brignoni explains that in general the upside is that silicone implants feel very real and are close to the feel of real breast tissue. They’re soft, yet firm, smooth and flexible.

The saline implant is filled with saline water AFTER the implant has been inserted so it provides a smaller incision. However a new procedure using a funnel allows a small incision to be used with the implant of the silicone implant into the body.

Breast implant surgery is a very big choice and knowing that what you’re putting into your body is safe no matter what. Dr. Brignoni uses only FDA-approved saline and silicone breast implants.

Dr. Brignoni is a highly skilled and experienced cosmetic surgeon. Dr. Anthony Brignoni has also been a gynecologist and an obstetrician since 1991 in Port Charlotte, Florida. Women have traveled to Port Charlotte, Florida, from around the United States for surgery with Dr. Brignoni. 

Call for an appointment to consult with Dr. Anthony Brignoni at the Brignoni Cosmetogynecology Center located at 2300 Loveland Blvd., Ste. #1, Port Charlotte, Florida, 33980. You can ask anything you’d like, get answers, read information and view a range of breast implants both silicone and saline, try them on in a special bra and look at previous patients before and after breast implant surgeries.

You’re also invited to look at Dr. Brignoni’s photogallery online that shows before and after breast implant pictures. Contact Dr. Brignoni at 941-743-6866.

Deciding on a Breast Implant, Breast Augmentation Surgery

Florida cosmetic surgeon Dr. Anthony Brignoni meets with women every day who have made the decision to get breast implant surgery. It's a big life decision and it's a major surgery for any woman so if a woman wants larger breasts she needs to research doctors and learn about their background and experience.

Dr. Brignoni is a highly skilled and experienced cosmetic surgeon. Dr. Anthony Bringnoni is also a gynecologist and an obstetrician since 1991 in Port Charlotte, Florida. Women have traveled to Port Charlotte from around the United States for surgery. 

There are a myriad of choices from size, type of implant, cup size but the most important choice to make is who to select as the breast implant surgery doctor.

Another top concern is the finished shape, form and look of the breast and that the breast implant doctor has the experience and the proof through photos. Florida breast implant surgeon Dr. Brignoni has the experience and the results that woman can look at in his photo gallery.

There are a range of surgeries shown in Dr. Brignoni’s gallery but the key is the uniformity in the creation of breasts that successfully satisfy the patients who come for breast implant surgery. 

The Most Common Cosmetic Surgery is Breast Implant Surgery

Breast augmentation also known breast implant surgery is one of the most common cosmetic surgery procedures performed. Dr. Brignoni does perform many breast implant surgeries and has performed many hundreds over the year.

Women may choose to undergo breast enlargement surgery for a variety of reasons. These personal reasons may center around breasts that a woman personally perceives to be under developed. A woman may feel that she wants breast implant surgery because of differences in the sizes of the breasts. This is known as symmetry. There are often major changes after weight loss or changes to the breast shape after pregnancy or breast feeding.

Exercise Won’t Change the Breast Shape

Breast implant surgery is performed after some patients have worked out, trained, used bra inserts, a range of bras and the breast simply don’t bounce back or return to the shape that they were at a younger age. 

One option is to set an appointment with Dr. Anthony Brignoni at the Brignoni Cosmetogynecology Center in Port Charlotte. 

When you come in and meet with Dr. Brignoni he’ll ask you what you are coming in for and why. You’ll be able to ask any question that you have about breast implant surgery, the procedure, the recovery time, the cup size, the breast implants selected—either saline or silicone—and discuss the issues that concern you.

You’ll try the implants on in a special bra because Dr. Brignoni wants you to see what your silhouette will look like with larger breasts. You’ll have all the time that you need to try the silicone or saline implants in the bra and can take pictures of them to send to friends and loved ones who you may want to show your shape as seen in a T-shirt.

Size is a Major Decision in a Breast Implant Surgery

Deciding what size you want to be is somewhat affected by your current breast width. But your cup size is your decision. The reason that the width is predestined by your natural shape is that your chest is only so wide. If you choose implants they can’t be as wide as you want because if you go too large you’ll have and can create a unibra. 

But Dr. Anthony Brignoni, a respected cosmetic surgeon will never allow a client to select an incorrect implant size. While he absolutely respects any decision a woman makes in regards to her implant cup size, he would never perform surgery using implants that will look poorly or appear incorrectly.

If You Decide to Have Breast Implant Surgery

Dr. Brignoni will examine your breasts and if you have decided to move forward with the breast implant surgery he and his nurse will take photographs for your medical records. Dr. Brignoni will look at the breast itself to find out and be aware of all shape and size factors of your breasts. He has to look at the placement of your nipples and areolas and the quality of your skin.

You’ll have a complete and thorough breast examination so that Dr. Brignoni is completely aware of the health of your breast, its size, its skin and shape. These are important factors because he is reshaping your breasts with an implant.

The breast implant is placed under breast muscle in a pocket that Dr. Brignoni creates. The implant whether silicone or saline is placed and carefully positioned for the best final appearance for the patient. In order to achieve this he has to know the skin quality and texture and the way that the breast hangs so that he knows how much skin needs to be taken up with the breast implant.

Breast Lift With Breast Implant Surgery

If a patient’s breasts are sagging and it appears that the use of a breast implant will not fill and then lift the breast, a breast lift may be recommended by Dr. Brignoni in conjunction with the breast augmentation. A breast augmentation is another name for a breast implant surgery.

All aspects of your breast are considered in the reconstruction of your breast in a breast lift surgery with a breast implant surgery. A patient’s hopes for a successful breast implant surgery begin with the end in mind. This is why Dr. Brignoni proudly displays the work that he’s performed on women over the years in a breast implant surgery gallery.

When you set an appointment to meet with and consult with Dr. Anthony Brignoni in his Port Charlotte, Florida office, you’ll be able to look at photos that show before and after pictures of the patient’s breasts that received breast implants. Contact Dr. Brignoni at 941-743-6866 to set an appointment at the 2300 Loveland Blvd., Ste. #1, Port Charlotte, Florida, 33980.