Compression Bra After Breast Surgery: How Long to Wear It and What to Buy
How long to wear a compression bra after breast reduction, lift or augmentation, which type to buy, how it should fit and when you can wear underwire again.
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What is The Inframammary Fold?
The inframammary fold is the crease beneath the breast and a key landmark in breast surgery. Learn why its position matters for implants and lifts.
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Breast Implant Bottoming Out: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
Bottoming out is an implant migrating below the breast fold — different from normal settling or sagging. Learn the causes, warning signs, and how it's…
6 min read
Breast Implant Flipped or Rotated?
What a flipped breast implant looks like, causes of rotation, and safe treatment — including why self-correction isn't recommended and correction costs.
11 min read
Breast Implant Rippling: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
Breast implant rippling is common and not dangerous — but it can be corrected. Learn the causes, how to tell it apart from rupture, and the treatment options.
6 min read
Deflated Breasts: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Options
Deflated breasts are volume loss in the upper breast, distinct from sagging. Learn the causes, how to tell them apart, and the right treatment — implants…
10 min read
Breasts After Breastfeeding and Pregnancy: Sagging, Nipples and How to Fix Them
What happens to breasts and nipples after pregnancy and breastfeeding: sagging, smaller breasts, nipple changes, and the lift or implant options.
17 min read
Pointy Boobs – Causes and Treatments
Are pointy or conical breasts normal? Yes — learn the difference between a normal conical breast shape and tuberous breast deformity, plus your surgical…
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Side-Set Breasts (Why Are My Boobs Far Apart?) — Causes and Treatments
Why are your boobs far apart? Side-set breasts have a gap of 5 cm or more, unlike east-west breasts. Causes, the best bras, and how surgery narrows the gap.
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Breast Haematoma After Surgery – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Breast haematoma after surgery: causes, symptoms, and treatment — including how to tell a haematoma apart from a bruise or seroma, and when aspiration or…
9 min read
How Long Does A Breast Lift Last?
A breast lift, also known as mastopexy, is a cosmetic surgery procedure that can effectively treat sagging breasts. During the procedure, the surgeon lifts and…
7 min read
Large Heavy Breasts – Solutions for Neck, Shoulder and Back Pain
Can breast reduction relieve back pain? A complete guide to how heavy breasts cause pain, whether surgery helps, NHS eligibility, techniques and recovery.
12 min read
Breast Ptosis: Grades, Causes and Treatment by Grade
Breast ptosis explained: grades 1 to 3 and pseudoptosis, why nipples point down, how to check your own grade, and which breast lift treats each one.
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Breast Augmentation Myths: Is a Boob Job Worth It?
Is a boob job worth it? Centre for Surgery London separates breast augmentation myths from facts and weighs the real costs, benefits, and considerations to…
10 min read
Breast Implants, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: What to Expect
Can you breastfeed with a boob job, and does pregnancy ruin implants? Evidence-based answers on milk supply, incisions, mastitis and when to have surgery.
15 min read
How Will My Breasts Feel After Fat Transfer To Breasts?
How will your breasts feel after fat transfer? Softer and more natural than implants — recovery timeline, sensation changes, and breastfeeding safety.
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Is Breast Augmentation Painful?
Breast augmentation is one of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures in the UK, with over 10,000 procedures carried out in 2019 alone. Many women often…
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Can You Get A Breast Enlargement On The NHS?
Can you get a boob job on the NHS? When breast enlargement is genuinely funded, how the Individual Funding Request process works, realistic waiting times, and…
10 min read
Different Types Of Breast Augmentation Incisions
Breast augmentation incisions explained: inframammary, periareolar, transaxillary and transumbilical — pros, cons, scarring, and which we use at CFS.
9 min read
Common Breast Implant Problems: Signs, Causes and When to Act
Common breast implant problems: capsular contracture, rupture, rippling, malposition, ageing, and pain after 10 years — signs to recognise and when to act.
11 min read
Alternatives to Breast Implants: Fat Transfer, Hybrid Augmentation, and What Doesn’t Work
Real alternatives to breast implants: fat transfer and hybrid augmentation explained, plus the actual safety risks of implants — capsular contracture, rupture…
10 min read
Tuberous Breasts — What They Are, Causes, Grades and Correction Options
What tuberous (tubular) breasts are, how common they are, the three grades, and tubular breast correction, from implants to hybrid augmentation.
10 min read
How To Fix Protruding Nipples
Struggling with protruding nipples? Learn how nipple reduction surgery at Centre for Surgery in London can correct prominent nipples safely and effectively.
6 min read
What Are The Causes Of Heavy Breasts?
Why do your breasts feel heavy? Genetics, fibrocystic changes, hormones, mastitis and more explained, plus when breast reduction surgery can help.
12 min read
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