Dr. Grande, from the Clínica Diagonal in Barcelona, the Hospital de l’Esperit Sant and her renowned clinic in Sabadell, attends national and international patients. This surgeon has more than 20 years of professional experience. Her work philosophy is based on making her patients feel better about their appearance.
As she herself states, “beauty is the harmony of body and mind, and by treating the body we help the mind to find its balance”. Always close and affable, Dr. Grande knows how to create a special bond with her patients. The doctor-patient relationship with her becomes a pleasant conversation in which the expectations of the men and women who come to visit her prevail.
Breast Lift and Abdominoplasty
Breast lift and abdominoplasty operations can be performed in the same surgical time -not in all cases but when authorized by the surgeon after a study of the patient in particular-, so that the woman leaves the operating room with the chest and abdomen treated and operated. In this way the postoperative and recovery are simultaneous, the results will be definitive and will show a clear improvement in the woman’s body. Sometimes, this double procedure allows the surgeon to achieve a better balance in the body contour, studying the best harmony in sizes and shapes.
“The professional must study each patient in order to propose the best techniques and treatments, and then carry them out with the best possible, real and harmonious results,” says Dr. Nélida. Let’s see what each of these surgeries consists of:
- Breast lift is a surgical procedure to raise and improve the shape of sagging breasts. Over the years, and after circumstances such as pregnancy, breastfeeding and the force of gravity itself, the breast tends to sag. In addition, as the skin loses its elasticity, the breast loses its shape and falls, a phenomenon known as breast ptosis.
The technique basically consists of trimming the excess skin and tissue and adjusting it until the desired elevation is achieved. Sometimes the breast is very “empty” and this eventuality can be solved through the use of prostheses. - Abdominoplasty is a surgical procedure whose purpose is to remove excess skin and fat from the middle-lower abdomen. In the same intervention, liposuction can also be performed (to remove excess fat deposits) and apply a reinforcement in the muscles of the abdominal wall. Abdominoplasty can be performed in conjunction with breast lift and is recommended for women who have undergone significant weight loss or pregnancy and the skin of the abdomen has become too flaccid and lax. The general appearance in these cases is usually an excessive volume of the abdomen that sometimes rests on the pubis -what is colloquially called “skirt”-, and flanks that protrude and hang above the belt line.
Postoperative treatments
The aim of this double intervention, once the specialist has considered that the patient can undergo this joint action, is none other than to optimize the time the woman spends in the surgical process and to harmonize the results of both operations. In a few weeks the operated person will be able to return to her normal occupations following a series of rules prescribed by her surgeon. Dr. Nélida Grande insists on the importance of “an exhaustive medical follow-up in the postoperative period of the patients”.
One aspect that worries many men and women is scarring. Each person has a different healing rhythm, so there is no general rule for all those who have undergone surgery. Your recovery will depend on this rhythm and on the recommendations and treatments you receive after the operation. There are specialized cosmetic lines that help to improve possible scars. Radiofrequency treatments, lymphatic drainage and newer techniques such as light biostimulation -which by means of photons of light stimulates the deepest layers of the skin and increases the levels of natural collagen- also contribute greatly to minimize the remains of scars, in addition to the application of different combinations of elements by cutaneous and subcutaneous routes.