Breast augmentation patients see the effects of surgery better with 3-D imaging. Dr. Paul Zwiebel explains how his patients have seen more desirable results using the 3-D technology.
Three-dimensional imaging technology uses photos from a single patient at multiple angles to produce a 3-D model of the patient. This model can then be used and manipulated to simulate the effects of different surgical procedures, especially aesthetic ones.
Dr. Paul Zwiebel’s practice in Denver performs about 100 breast augmentations each year, and was one of the first offices to use 3-D imaging technology for breast augmentation patients. Using the 3-D model has been more effective for these patients because they can now view their own body from an outside perspective with different sized implants. Dr. Zwiebel says this technology has made one of the hardest decisions of breast augmentation a little easier for patients. “What I hear from women is that one of the toughest choices is deciding what’s the right size.”
In the past, patients have been limited to wearing enhancers that simulate the cup size they want, or simply lokoing at other patients’ before and after photos. But, Dr. Zwiebel says 3-D imagining has best helped his patients decide which size implant is most appropriate for their body type.
The patient is photographed at the time of consultation, and then doctor and patient can view the photos together, using the images to simulate various implant sizes. “It makes the choice of the size of implant so much easier,” he says.
Because patients can now see each implant size on their own body—and not someone else’s — patient satisfaction has improved. “Our patient satisfaction is very much improved because there isn’t second guessing,” says Dr. Zwiebel. Video plays below.
