Entries by admin@staiano

Should we show before and after photographs?

We are in a society where patients want to be as well informed as possible, and so the onus is on us as doctors, to provide as much good quality information as we can. That is why I go to great lengths to be open and transparent to make myself available for questions every Tuesday […]

What causes rippling of breast implants?

Rippling of breast implants is one of those things that patients fear because it can cause an unsightly look and feel to the breast. The cause of rippling is relatively simple. If you look at any breast implant and hold it up vertically you will see that the shell will naturally cause ripples in the upper […]

Nipple Reduction

What is nipple reduction?  We often get patients enquiring at the clinic about nipple reduction and it can mean a number of things. What is commonly referred to as the nipple, in medical terms it is made up of what we call the nipple areolar complex (NAC). This comprises the actual nipple itself which is […]

GDPR and our right to privacy

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has come into force and we have all been inundated with e-mails talking about the updated privacy policy and asking us to opt into email lists that we are on. When you actually look into it, it may be that not all of those emails were required because most of the […]

Beware of the Brazilian Bum Lift

  We get an increasing number of enquiries for buttock augmentation or the so-called Brazilian Bum Lift. A few years ago it was pretty much unheard of but it is rising in popularity and when I speak to my colleagues overseas particularly in America, they are performing huge numbers of these operations. We specialise in […]