Plastic Surgery Before and After Photo Gallery

The above patient, a female who underwent a series of much-anticipated aesthetic operations, sought a comprehensive transformation with a Mommy Makeover in Guilford. Her motivations were dual-fold, desiring both a restoration of her pre-pregnancy physique and an enhancement to her existing shape. After a careful consultation, her bespoke treatment included...

Although Dr. Collins has developed an expertise in facelift surgery, she will always love her roots in breast and body contouring. She spent an extra year training in breast and body contouring in addition to her general surgery residency and her plastic surgery residency. During her fellowship, she operated three...

The patient, a woman seeking to alleviate physical discomfort and regain self-confidence, made the commendable decision to undergo a breast reduction in Guilford. Chronic back pain, shoulder discomfort, and restricted physical activities were compelling motivators for her decision. The before and after photos serve as a testament to her transformative...

With summer coming, I see many more ladies who want to reshape and lift their breasts. This beautiful patient wanted a little more upper pole fill to her breasts with a more rounded shape. I did a mastopexy with augment procedure on her and she is just three months into...

Breast augmentation surgery is a simple procedure to enhance the shape and size of your breasts. A silicone gel filled or saline filled implant is placed either underneath the fascia of your breast or underneath the pectorals muscle. The result is a reshaping of the breast with rounding of the...

This female patient came to Dr. Collins after having children. She had loose skin on her abdomen and her breasts had lost volume. Dr. Collins performed a mommy makeover, combining breast augmentation with a tummy tuck to reshape her body and give her the curves she wanted.

This female patient wanted to reshape her body. She had excess fat on her abdomen and her breasts were very large and sagging, making her feel less attractive.

Dr. Collins performed a mommy makeover, combining a breast reduction and lift with a tummy tuck, giving her...

This patient was unhappy with the appearance of her breasts and abdomen after having children. After her consultation with Dr. Collins, they determined she would have a mommy makeover, with a breast lift and tummy tuck to reshape her breasts and abdomen, giving her back her pre-baby...

Bilateral breast reduction is not only an aesthetic transformation, but also relieves back, neck and shoulder pain. With extreme large reductions, a free nipple graft is sometime necessary. This case required a free nipple graft. In these cases, the nipple is removed and put back on as a full thickness...

Breast reduction surgery reshapes and lifts the breasts while relieving pain from the back, neck and shoulders. 

Breast reduction surgery can be life changing, particularly in the young patient who may have developed early and has breasts that are large, misshapen and out of proportion to the rest of her body. This young lady was very unhappy with the large elongated shape of her breasts and the...

Just two weeks after bilateral breast reduction, this young lady is already enjoying a more beautiful breast shape, as well as relief from her back, neck and shoulder pain. Breast reduction and breast lift are very similar procedures. In breast reduction , more fat and breast tissue is removed and...

This patient is just one month out from her surgery and she already is enjoying her results. She will continue to improve and now she has really become motivated to get into a healthy diet and exercise plan, so we expect that these results will continue to improve organically. Sometimes,...

This beautiful patient had a full body transformation in one surgery. She had a full body liposuction (Lipo360), with an extended tummy tuck and breast reduction. With these procedures, her contours are optimized and balanced giving the impression of weight loss (which probably happened to some extent through the surgery)...

Breast implants in a very think patient with very little of her own breast tissue is better placed under the muscle. In this patient with a small amount of body fat, the “under the muscle” position of the implant gives additional tissue to hide the edge of the implant and...

When there is more native breast tissue to hide the implant in the pre-op, a subglandular, or subfascial position of the implant is acceptable. This position of implant avoids violation of the position and function of the pectorals muscle. Many patients find this to be more comfortable. It is particularly...

Breast augmentation is a nice way to balance the overall contour. Balancing the size of the breast with with hips gives an overall effect of balance. This patient had a sub glandular augmentation with a silicone gel implant. 

Breast augmentation with a sub glandular silicone gel implant.

Mommy Makeover: What a difference a month can make….this mom had done EVERYTHING to get back in to shape after she had her kids. She exercises every day and eats right and yet she could never get rid of the wrinkly skin on her belly that hid her hard wood...

Bilateral breast reduction is a similar operation to a breast lift. Both procedures lift and shape the breast, placing the nipple in a more aesthetically pleasing location. One involves removal of more breast tissue and fat, the other involves rearranging and shaping the breast while leaving most of the tissue...

This beautiful lady had back, neck and shoulder pain because of the large size of her breasts. She also did not like that they were uneven and shaped differently. She had a bilateral breast reduction with lift. These pictures are just two short weeks after her reduction. Her wounds will...

Breast reduction surgery has one of the highest satisfaction rates in all of plastic surgery. It has two functions. One is aesthetic; as you can see the overall balance of the smaller breast leads to a seemingly smaller and thinner overall appearance. The other is functional as many women with...

The body is three dimensional, therefore to get a global improvement in shape, it must be treated three dimensionally. A tummy tuck alone only addresses the front. To reshape and contour, this petite lady had liposuction of her back, hips and waist along with her tummy tuck. A breast reduction...

This patient had a breast augmentation somewhere else a few years ago. Her implants were in the sub muscular position and were riding high on her chest. This resulted in the nipples appearing to be too low. In fact, this is an optical illusion cause by the implant position. The...

Deflated sagging breasts that lack upper pole fill can give an aged appearance. With small silicon gel implants and a mastopexy, this lady has breasts that are both full on the top (or upper pole) and with a lifted perkier appearance

This patient was unhappy with the deflated, sagging appearance of her breasts. She wanted a modest augmentation with a lift of the nipple/areola complex. Dr. Collins performed a sub facial silicone gel implant with a superior pedicle breast lift. Her result is very natural and soft. 

This young lady was about to get married. She wanted to reshape her breasts and get some liposuction before her big day. Dr Collins did a bilateral breast reduction/lift with abdominal liposuction in one day. Later she had liposuction of her back and flanks to complete the body contouring. This...

This woman wanted to enlarge the size of her breasts. He had very small breasts naturally and wanted to look natural but fuller on the top. Dr. Collins performed breast augmentation surgery using small implants that suited her frame, giving her a natural-looking enhancement.

This woman was unhappy with the size and shape of her breasts. She was lacking the volume she wanted and her breasts were sagging. She came to Dr. Collins for breast augmentation surgery. Dr. Collins performed breast augmentation, using silicone implants placed under the muscle to give her the shapely...

450 cc gel implants were placed in the “above muscle, or sub glandular position in this woman. We chose this because she had plenty of tissue to cover the edge of the implant and she had friends who had animation f their implant when they went under the muscle. This...

this 33 year old lady had a 350cc implant placed in the dual plane. In this technique, a sub muscular (sub pectoral) pocket is created and the edge of the pectorals muscle is divided from the sternum so that it reflects upward allowing the implant t one under the muscle...

Just in time!!! This lovely patient came in for a breast lift, reshaping and modest reduction because she was finally going to get to go on vacation after over a year of QUARANTINE!!! She and her husband planned a romantic getaway in the islands, and she wanted to look her...

This lovely young lady came to Dr. Collins because she was disappointed with a previous breast reduction. When she went for her first surgery, she told the surgeon that she wanted to have small breasts (about a “B” cup). She remembers at the time that the surgeon told her that...

A mommy makeover can mean a number of different things involving correction of problems caused by pregnancy. Most often this involves surgery of the breast and abdomen, but can also involve other areas of the body.  In this case, this patient complained of sagging breasts and excess fat and skin...

This young lady lost over 100 pounds just with diet and exercise. She has a new healthy lifestyle, is eating right and exercising every day. She felt that her body just didn’t match what she felt inside and she was bothered by all of the extra skin that was left...

Bilateral breast reduction with correction of breast asymmetry. Over 900 grams of tissue were removed from each breast.

This woman came to Dr. Collins’ practice to reduce the size and enhance the appearance of her breasts. Dr. Collins performed a breast lift to improve the shape and size of her breasts. 

This young woman was unhappy with the size of her breasts. She felt their small size was not proportionate to her figure and wanted to enlarge them. Dr. Collins performed breast augmentation surgery using implants placed under the muscle to give her the shapely breasts she desired. 

This patient complained oof back, neck and shoulder pain. She had a bilateral breast reduction which not only relieved her pain, but also adjusted her breasts into a much more appealing shape. She can now fit into her clothes better, find bras that fit.  With the improvement of her back...

Breast reduction surgery is one of the most highly satisfactory surgeries in the field of plastics. Many of these patients not only are unhappy with the appearance of their breasts, but they also have back, neck and shoulder pain that limits their activities and contributes to poor activity levels and...

This beautiful young girls was unhappy with the size and asymmetry of her breasts and the excess skin and fat on her abdomen. She decided to take care of both problems in one surgery. Dr. Collins did a bilateral breast reduction to reduce the size of her breasts and to...

This lady had very large breasts that were causing her to have a lot of back, neck and shoulder pain. She enjoyed sports and outdoor activities, but her breasts were limiting her ability to participate in these types of events. She complained that she had to often wear two sports...

A condition called “gigantomastia” is extreme enlargement of the breasts. In many of these cases, the amount of tissue that needs to be removed and the distance that the nipple needs to travel to go into a more anatomic position, makes it impossible to keep the nipple on a vascularized...

After doing an additional year of specialty fellowship in breast and body contouring in Jackson Mississippi, Dr. Collins gained a tremendous amount of experience with “extreme breast reductions” This means reductions over 1500 grams in many cases. With this experience, Dr. Collins is able to achieve nice cosmetic results in...

This beautiful young lady had had a previous breast reduction which she felt did not decrease the size of her breasts at all, but rather left her nipples in a location that pointed down and she felt were actually descending underneath her breasts. This was likely due to an attempt...

Large breasts can cause a lot of distress to a woman for both physical reasons and cosmetic reasons. It is common for woman with extreme large breasts to report back, neck and shoulder pain that is life limiting. By reducing the breast and therefore the weight that is carried around,...

Back, neck and shoulder pain are a common complaint that lead a person to seek breast reduction surgery. This patient presented with these complaints and Dr. Collins was able to help her resolve these issues while giving her a lovely cosmetic result. Over 500 grams of tissue were removed from...

This young lady was very unhappy with the shape of her breasts. She had a breast lift with very minimal reduction. Before her surgery, she reported that she would avoid disrobing in front of a mirror, but after her surgery, she loves the way she looks. She has much more...

I am always so glad when younger patients who need breast reduction find their way in to have it done before they live their whole lives with large unruly breasts. This young lady who was 18 years old was already bothered by back, neck and shoulder pain. Her breasts were...

This patient came in to see Dr. Collins for consideration of breast implants. After a long conversation, it was clear that really what this patient wanted was to improve the shape of her breasts and to move the nipple to a more attractive location on her breasts. She had plenty...

This beautiful 19 year old lady presented for a breast lift and reduction. She felt as if her breasts were too long and made her look old. She was in great shape, but felt as if she had to buy clothing that was two sizes too big just to fit...

This lady did not like the shape of her breasts. She felt that they were too wide and there was a lot of tissue under her arms. She did not like the position of her nipples which were pointing inwards and too low on her breast. She had a bilateral...

This more mature patient had loose skin and a modest degree of breast ptosis (or sagging). Placing the implant under the breast allows the device to fill the space and smooth out the loose tissue. With a small amount of ptosis and the nipples in the right place, augmentation without...

Even in the earliest days following breast augmentation, you can appreciate a beautiful result. In this patient, the silicone gel implants were placed in the dual plane (upper half underneath pectorals muscle, and lower half under breast. This allows the implant to settle into the lower pole and gives a...

This young lady was very unhappy with the fact that her breast failed to develop. She complained that she felt as if she “looked like a young boy instead of a young woman”. She wanted to have a small augmentation to change this, but she did not want to be...

Age: 45

Months Post-Op: 3

Implant Placement: Submuscular

Incision Site: Other

Implant Type: Allergan Natrelle Silicone Gel Implant

Implant Profile: Moderate Plus Profile

Implant Shape: Rounded

Implant Surface: Smooth

This young lady had small breasts that were slightly sagging after breast feeding her two children. She wanted a modest augmentation and we decided to use the volume of the implant to fill the tissue envelope. This is best done with a sub glandular (above the muscle) placement of the...

This 32 year old lady had some volume to her breasts, but “just not enough”. She wanted to have a subtle increase in the volume of her breasts using silicone gel implants. Because she had enough breast tissue to hide the edge of the implant, a sub glandular (above the...

This young lady wanted to have gel implants to enhance the size of her breasts. Because she did not have a lot of native breast tissue, a dual plane position was chosen in her case. This technique lifts the edge of the pectorals muscle and creates a pocket under the...

This young lady in her early thirties had always considered breast augmentation. When she got up the nerve to finally do the procedure, she was concerned about going too big. Choosing breast implants is like choosing an item of clothing. It is important that that piece of clothing fits your...

This beautiful lady came to Dr. Collins because cause she wanted a subtle increase in the size of her breasts. She was an active professional lady who did not want to look artificial. Dr. Collins performed a breast augmentation with a 325cc smooth round moderate plus profile gel implant in...

When a woman’s breasts become deflated either due to weight loss or the post pregnancy state, and the nipples point to the floor; the best way to restore their youthful beauty is to place an implant in as a “form” and then rearrange the tissue around that form so that...

This patient came in with her mother for consideration of her severe breast asymmetry. She had a clear case of tuberous breast deformity. Her mother was concerned that she was feeling very self conscious and was becoming increasingly depressed. Her once sweet and happy child was beginning to display destructive...

This young patient had multiple complains about her breasts. She had noticeable asymmetry and ptosis (sagging) of her breasts. She also did not like the size of her breasts. At her young age of 26, she felt that having these large and pendulous breasts made her look older and “matronly”....