Finding a Breast Augmentation or Related Procedure that Works for You

This is a guest post by&nbspPeter Samberg, writer forAssociates For Plastic Surgery- A Leader in San Diego Breast Augmentation.

Every year hundreds of thousands of women undergo breast surgery. Many of these are cosmetic procedures that utilize breast implants. The surgeries are performed by plastic surgeons. Generally, breast augmentation surgery is designed to increase the size of small and underdeveloped breasts.

Pregnancy and breast feeding can decrease breast volume
Breast surgery can also restore or enhance breast volume. The size of a woman's breast will sometimes decrease as a result of pregnancy or breast feeding. Additionally, breast implants can serve numerous other purposes.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Cosmetic Surgery

Lupus is a rheumatic condition which affects the muscles, joints, and connective tissue. About 1.5 million people in the US have lupus which includes as many as 10,000 children. Nearly 90% of those diagnosed with lupus are female. It's an autoimmune disease. A healthy immune system produces special proteins or antibodies and these normally protect the body against bacteria and viruses that cause infections. In the case of lupus, the immune system confuses the body's healthy cells and sees them instead as if they were a bacteria or a virus, and the result is that our antibodies then attack some of our own body's healthy cells. You become allergic to yourself.