You know you want breast implants, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could also address minor skin concerns at the same time? Well good news: you can! Adding a cosmetic treatment to your surgical procedure can lower your total cost versus paying for two separate procedures. Plus, the treatment is performed while under anesthesia, so you won’t feel a thing.
While most nonsurgical treatments can be suitable options to add onto your breast augmentation, these three med spa treatments are some of the most popular.
Laser Skin Treatments
Laser skin treatments can address a wide range of skin problems, including redness, visible veins, dark spots, lines and wrinkles, acne scars, sun damage and more. There are several types of laser treatments, each with their own set of benefits. BBL photofacials, for example, generally work best to treat vascular lesions, redness and visible veins, while laser skin resurfacing is excellent for wrinkles, uneven skin texture and scars.
You might see the best results after a series of laser skin treatments, each spaced a few weeks apart.
Recovery from laser skin treatments is relatively quick and straightforward, so it shouldn’t add any extra stress into your routine while also recovering from breast enhancement. One of the perks of getting laser skin resurfacing at the same time as your breast implants is that your skin will gently peel while you’re already resting and staying inside to heal from your surgery. By the time you’re ready to venture out, your skin should look and feel great, too.
Cellulite Treatments
Cellulite is one of the most common cosmetic concerns among women, affecting 90 percent of women at some point in their lives. While working on your hourglass figure with breast implants, you can also address pesky “cottage cheese” bumps by adding a cellulite treatment to your surgery. Cellfina, Profound and QWO are three excellent cellulite treatment options.
Each of these treatments work slightly differently, though all are nonsurgical and should not add any time or stress to your breast augmentation recovery.
Profound® RF
Why not get a younger, refreshed look while getting breast implants? Profound RF is a nonsurgical skin tightening treatment that can be combined with plastic surgeries like breast augmentation. Profound works by combining bipolar radiofrequency energy with microneedling technology to stimulate your skin’s natural collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid. The result is smoother, tighter skin that continues to gradually improve over time as your skin continues to build collagen and other important components.
Profound can be used to treat aging concerns in your lower face and upper neck, including marionette lines, jowls, nasolabial folds and more.
Adding Profound RF treatments to your breast augmentation will not lengthen your recovery. In fact, this treatment typically requires no downtime at all, so you can completely focus on helping your body heal while your younger-looking appearance develops!
Dr. Jennifer Harrington is a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon and an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota. Harrington Plastic Surgery is pleased to offer the most advanced cosmetic and reconstructive techniques performed by a highly specialized all-female team of board-certified plastic surgeons and professional staff.
