Dr. Horton’s Breast Augmentation Journey

Dr. Horton recently had her annual mammogram at the CPMC Breast Health Center and was inspired to share some important information about breast health and breast cancer screening with breast…

 A San Francisco Plastic Surgeon herself, Dr. Karen Horton understands how crucial the process of selecting a surgeon is to ensuring a comfortable and successful cosmetic surgery outcome. Here,…

Any change in your body, especially when immediate, like in a breast augmentation, will affect your body image.  Everything you know about your body is suddenly different.  And even if…

After my breast augmentation, I took one week off performing surgery and just saw a few patients in the office.  The hardest day I had was actually self-inflected.  I had…

I am a firm believer in surgical drains after breast augmentation.  So much so, that I brought my OWN drains to my breast augmentation surgery (“BYOD” = bring your own…

On the night before of any Plastic Surgery procedure, I recommend that my patients take an anti-anxiety medication called Lorazepam (Ativan) to calm their nerves and help them get to…