Patient Education
Breast and Body Guides
Honest, evidence-based guides from Dr. Mao’s breast and body practice: his profile and approach, consultation and candidacy, the operations within his scope, and what recovery, scars, and the risks honestly look like.
All Guides
12 education guides
- Tongchun Mao, MD: Breast and Body Contouring SurgeryAbout Dr. Mao
- How a Breast Surgery Consultation Is StructuredConsultation
- Breast Augmentation: Implant or Autologous FatBreast Augmentation
- Breast Implants as a Class: Silicone Gel and SalineBreast Implants
- Breast Lift (Mastopexy): What It Does and What It CannotMastopexy
- Breast Reduction for Symptomatic MacromastiaBreast Reduction
- Nipple and Areola SurgeryNipple and Areola
- Abdominoplasty and the Post-Pregnancy AbdomenAbdominoplasty
- Liposuction: Contouring, Not Weight LossLiposuction
- Body Contouring After Major Weight LossAfter Weight Loss
- Combining Body Procedures Safely: Time Limits and StagingSurgical Staging
- Recovery After Body Surgery: Compression and the Honest TimelineRecovery
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Reach out for a consultation. We will assess your anatomy and your goals, explain the options and their limits honestly — including when the honest answer is to wait — and plan any operation with you, never for you.