Category Archives: Size Issues

You Get What you Pay For….sound familiar…..It applies to Breast Implants too!

by Terrye Tebbetts How many times have we heard this old familiar phrase – You get what you pay for-? When dissected, what it really means is, you will only truly receive a value or level of satisfaction equivalent to … Continue reading

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Breast Implant Size – can you determine it on Height and Weight?

by Terrye Tebbetts It really bothers me that women still think that a breast size – a breast implant size – should correlate to how tall they are and how much they weigh.  It has NEVER been that simple.  You … Continue reading

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700cc Breast Implants? – Is Bigger Better in terms of breast implants? A comment that really hits home

by Terrye Tebbetts Over the last week, I have posted several articles about Bigger is Better? in terms of breast implants. Sometimes when you say the correct thing, but know that it won’t be popular, it is very comforting to … Continue reading

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Breast implants and “feelings” ~ an important lesson in preparing for and living with your new breasts

By Terrye Tebbetts I recently received this note from a young mother, “Hello, I found your information online and am hoping you can help me. I had a breast augmentation (Mentor Smooth Rnd Mod Plus Gel 325 cc over the … Continue reading

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Breast Augmentation Recovery Experience ~ almost a year later

By Terrye Tebbetts It never ceases to amaze me how something so simple and something so often perceived as trivial and vane can produce such lovely enhancements (pardon the pun) to a patient’s life.  I often find myself telling patients, when they are … Continue reading

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Bigger is Better? Breast implants ~ 700 ccs, 2900 ccs, and then there’s the real world

by Terrye Tebbetts I found this comment on a forum and it really struck a cord since I had just written the Bigger is Better? article earlier this week. I know the quest for bigger breasts will never end, and … Continue reading

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Myths down, Truth in Breast Augmentation Revealed

by Terrye Tebbetts With some of our favorite myths exploited for what they really are – popular misunderstandings fostered by a lack of knowledge and unwillingness to see changes and advances – we can now explore the truth and reality … Continue reading

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Myth #4 Most Problems and Complications in Breast Augmentation are Cause by the Breast Implant

by Terrye Tebbetts This myth is another one of my favorite pet peeves! How many times have we read in magazines or seen on the latest TV talk show du jour that breast implants caused horrible problems? How many times … Continue reading

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The Greatest Myths in Breast Augmentation – Myth #1 Bigger is Better

by Terrye Tebbetts Over ten years ago, Dr. John Tebbetts wrote an editorial for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery journal entitled, The Greatest Myths in Breast Augmentation. It amazes me that these Myths are still timely topics in today’s world of … Continue reading

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Breast Augmentation Recovery – from consult to living with your new additions

by Terrye Tebbetts One of our patients recently volunteered to talk with a new prospective patient who wanted a reference – she wanted to talk with someone who had been through Dr. Tebbetts procedure and who had really experienced a 24 Hour … Continue reading

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