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Shopping for clothes is so much easier when you have a standard cup size, a standard set of body proportions, standard leg and arm lengths. Unless you learn to sew and make your own clothes, it can be a frustrating experience trying to assemble a good wardrobe for an untypical body shape.

Plastic surgery offers you a chance to regularize your shape and proportions as well as beautify them. Perhaps regularizing and beautifying are the same thing when you come right down to it.

Breast Surgery

If youre thinking about having breast implants, deciding on what size implants to have is part of the preparation. You can discuss this with your cosmetic surgeon. Breast implants, whether saline-filled or silicone gel (finally approved again by the FDA in November, 2006), are not sized the same way as bras. Rather than having numbers and letters such as 34C and 36A etc., theyre sized by how many ounces of filler they contain, or how many cubic centimeters.

Thats because an implant consists of the difference in size between your pre-surgery breasts and your augmented breasts. A woman who starts out being 34A will need a larger size implant to become a 34C than will a woman who starts out being a 34B. Your cosmetic surgeon will take several measurements in deciding what size implants to use, such as the distance from nipple to chest and from nipple to armpit.

Whatever size you start out from, you can determine with your doctor what size implant youll need to end up having the cup size you want to have. When you have a standard cup size, shopping for dresses and shirts, suits and swimsuits, will be so much easier and more fun.

Breast implants will restore the firmness and perkiness to your breasts. However if breast-feeding resulted in severe droop or loose skin, then a breast lift may be performed with the breast implant surgery.

If youve had a breast reduction procedure, you must be relieved at having less weight to carry around. You should be relieved of your back or neck pain and are probably standing taller, with better posture. If your previously heavy breasts restricted your outdoor life, now you can be more athletic sportswear has come a long way in recent years, offering more fabrics and styles than ever before. Buy yourself a strapless evening gown and accept some invitations!

Liposuction and Tummy Tucks

If you gave dieting your best shot, along with regular exercise, and then also had a liposuction procedure to finish off your weight loss program, you must be astounded by your new silhouette, not to mention proud of your accomplishment. Now what do you wear?

With your newly svelte outline, you can go to town! If you previously developed a habit of preferring clothes, which camouflaged your large shape, or supposedly made it look slimmer but didnt really, now you can be more daring. Short skirts, form-fitting slacks, bare midriff, low necklines, are all opportunities to show off your slim shape. Buy a sexy swimsuit. Be adventurous in selecting your nightwear. Choose some stunning evening wear and dance wear.

Start buying new clothes ahead of time

If youre planning a breast augmentation, start wearing a bra slightly too big, and pad it. Whatever other cosmetic procedures you might be planning, buy some clothes in new colors and styles that you havent typically worn before. This will get people started on seeing you look different. It will help to smooth any sudden change in your appearance when you reappear after your surgery.

Dr. Adrian Lo in Philadelphia, PA has been Top Doc in Philadelphia Magazine for 2001, 2002, and 2003. Since he has performed cosmetic surgery on so many patients from around the world, hes learned a few things about how his patients have dealt with comments after their surgeries from friends, co-workers and neighbors.

Tell people several months before your surgery that youre working out and watching your food intake, he suggests. Also arrange for some vacation time around your surgery date. Then when youre back in circulation after your recovery time, people will compliment you on how well your diet and exercise program has worked, and how rested and fit you look after your vacation!

Dr. Lo can be reached at 215.829.6900. Visit his website at www.dradrianlo.com for more information and to see before and after pictures.