San Diego's Best Kept Secret...Breast Augmentation through the navel...faster, safer, better than the rest!

San Diego based cosmetic plastic surgeon, Dr. Robert A. Shumway has been performing the TUBA procedure for over the past 6 years with the amazing success! He is a leader in this revolutionary approach to breast augmentation surgery, a procedure over 150,000 women opted to undergo last year alone! Dr. Shumway is the ONLY physician in both San Diego and Orange County who is currently able to offer this approach to his patients!

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Mary Beth Jurgensen (858) 587-2640

La Jolla, California - Imagine being able to perform breast augmentation surgery for patients without any scars- and did we mention, going through the navel? Sounds pretty fantastic, but believe it or not, for one La Jolla Cosmetic Surgeon this is a common every day procedure. He has helped literally hundreds of women attain their goal of fuller and larger breasts without the traditional recovery time and scars associated with other surgical approaches.

Dr. Robert A. Shumway MD FACS, medical director of the Shumway Institute of Laser and Cosmetic Surgery located on the Scripps Campus in La Jolla, has been performing the TUBA method (or Transumbilical Breast Augmentation) for patients for over the past 7 years. While serving on staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla and as a mentor to the medical students at the University of California San Diego, Dr. Shumway has lectured and taught many of his peers with regard to this revolutionary approach. He holds the distinct position of being the only physician currently in San Diego and Orange counties who performs the TUBA approach for patients, and has proven himself to be a leader and pioneer in the continual evolution of the TUBA method.

The TUBA method is the safest and most effective manner to achieve breast augmentation for patients with little chance for complications both during and after surgery. A small incision is made along the inside rim of the navel (meaning no incisions are made on the breast or into the breast tissue) and superficial to the abdominal sheath through which the implants can be slid under the skin and placed either above or below the muscle. Since there is no bleeding associated with this approach, cautery and surgical drains are not necessary and as a result, patients recover quickly without postoperative pain. This single, distant incision has decreased the chance of a skin or implant infection by at least 50%! Best of all, no general anesthesia is needed.

For many women, confidence is directly related to the positive body image that they feel they can obtain in undergoing breast augmentation surgery. Society has created the image for women that curvaceous bust lines create beauty and may even help one attain social status and success throughout life. For this reason, many women seek out Dr. Shumway for their own personal aesthetic goals, and the desire to have this surgery performed in the safest, best, and most effective manner available.

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In closing, remember a new procedure is only as good as it is safe, and the TUBA method has only the highest record of safety. With so many options and variations on the TUBA theme to breast augmentation, this approach has revealed itself to be very versatile as well for each unique patient.

We look forward to working together with you to bring this revolutionary procedure to the forefront of the communitys awareness, and welcome any questions and offer any support and or assistance to you and your staff in the creation of this news worthy story.

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