BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS

• Find the before photos that resemble your own appearance. Be honest with yourself about your breast shape, chest width, height, and weight. This will help ensure that the look you want, will be the look that you get.
• Look at lots of before and after photos, not just two or three. Besides showing you how you might look after surgery, these photos tell you about your surgeon’s taste, so make sure this matches what you envision as beautiful. From his photo collection, you can see Dr. Vitenas’ artistic style leans toward natural looking results. If you like his photos, you will like his work.
• Look carefully at the before and after photos. Are they current or do the hairstyles look like the pictures were taken in 1989? Was the after photo taken just like the before – same lighting, same camera quality, same size photo? Do the photos look like “stock” photos or were they taken in the office? Do you see telltale signs that both pictures are the same patient (like freckles or moles)?

Think of the before and after photos as a guide to communicate what you want to your cosmetic surgeon. No two women are alike, so understand that you cannot have the exact look from the photos reproduced on your body. That is the way it should be. Dr. Vitenas treats each breast augmentation as if he were a sculptor, a woman’s individual results are a one of a kind piece of art. Remember: A physician will post his absolute best work in his before and after photos. The number of before and after photos is often an indication of just how often, and how many good breast augmentations, your surgeon has performed.