The Best Breast 2: The Ultimate Discriminating Woman's Resource for Breast Augmentation (Hardcover)

by John B. Tebbetts (Author), Terrye B. Tebbetts (Author)
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Editorial Reviews

Review
No patient considering breast augmentation and no surgeon performing breast augmentation should be without The Best Breast 2. Dr. Tebbetts' methods and teaching provide me and my patients a whole other universe of education about breast augmentation, one in which to make rational choices for patients based upon their own tissues, enabling them to have natural and beautiful results with a minimum of complications and incredibly rapid recovery. --Steve Teitelbaum, M.D., FACS, Los Angeles

The Best Breast 2 is 608 pages of detailed information that can go far in avoiding the 25% of re-operations required for the 100,000 women who require it. This is a clinical book on implant choices, surgical options, and how to prepare for and recover from surgery. This is not exactly light reading, but for any woman contemplating this procedure, well worth reading. --Alan Caruba, Editor, Bookviews.com

The Best Breast 2 is the best consumer book about breast implants available. This edition features up-to-date information on changes and the range of implants currently available. Dr. Tebbetts supplies details of recent techniques that he has developed to allow each patient to rapidly recover. All questions are intelligently answered and the organization is superb I recommend this book to all of my patients. --John E. Sherman, M.D., FACS, New York

Product Description
The Best Breast 2: The Ultimate Discriminating Woman's Resource for Breast Augmentation arms women with information based on the realities - not the myths - of breast augmentation so they can avoid complications and learn exactly what it takes to get the best breast. The book leads the way with up-to-date information on implant choices, available surgical options and how to prepare for and recover from surgery - all based on scientific data and 26 years of experience from John Tebbetts, M.D. Redefining patient outcomes is the mission of author duo, John Tebbetts, M.D. - an internationally acclaimed plastic surgeon and author of three highly regarded surgical textbooks on breast augmentation and rhinoplasty - and his wife, Terrye Tebbetts, a patient educator. The drive to improve long-term breast augmentation results led the Tebbetts to pioneer the 24-Hour Recovery(TM) & Out to Dinner Breast Augmentation (TM) which allows patients to return to normal activity after just 24 hours. The clinical significance lies in the fact that a better recovery dramatically reduces the risk of re-operation. The Best Breast 2 features checklists and tear-out flash cards throughout the book that women can use during surgical consultations. A reality TV show about the Tebbetts' practice is currently being pitched to networks.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: Brown Books Publishing Group; 1 edition (April 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 193328577X
• ISBN-13: 978-1933285771
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75,959 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read, February 5, 2009

By	Texas Twenty-Something (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This book is a must read for any woman considering breast augmentation. It addresses every step of the process, from who should consider breast augmentation to how to choose a surgeon to how to tell if you are having complications. Dr. Tebbett's methods prove that you don't have to use tight bandages, drains, and special bras to achieve great results. I never knew a gentler type of breast augmentation existed until I read this book. I actually ended up using Dr. Tebbett's for my surgery and found out for myself the truth behind all of his claims in the book. No woman should consider her breast augmentation research complete until she's read The Best Breast 2.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you ever had questions about implants...this is the book to read!, April 10, 2008

By	D. Bieg (Grapevine, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm so glad that I took the time to read this book!! I went into my consultation with Dr. Tebbetts so well prepared. If there is any question you have ever had about breast augmentation, this is the place to find the answers. Everything you could ever need to know about this procedure is in this book!!! It will help you look at all sides of the question of whether this is the right procedure for you, if it will give you what you are expecting it to give you, and what to expect from beginning to end. I highly recommend this book to anyone considering breast augmentation!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Teitelbaum, April 15, 2008

By	Steven Teitelbaum (Santa Monica, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a plastic surgeon who does a lot of breast augmentation, so it is with some authority that I can say that Dr. Tebbetts has contributed more to breast augmentation than any other plastic surgeon in the world. Do a search for scientific articles on breast augmentation, and his name comes up more than all other plastic surgeons combined!

In The Best Breast 2, he distills and translates those articles into understandable English for patients. I ask all of my patients to read it before their consultation.

They say it is a quick read and easy to understand. They all comment that the book is organized intuitively, with important subjects written in bold. Though it has a lot of information, the prose is succinct and can be read quickly. At times it seems repetitive, but I suppose that is necessary so that the chapters can be read independently of one another. Also, the repeated information is critical for patients to know, so it is probably good that certain points are emphasized.

When patients read it before their consultation, the visit is very sophisticated and highly productive. The Best Breast 2 fully informs them about each of the choices that they will need to make about their surgery. I am thrilled when I do a consultation with someone who has read The Best Breast, as we can have a discussion on a very high level, and spend our time discussing the important subjects as well as subtle nuances that are possible with the surgery. I don't have to waste everyone's time correcting common misunderstandings, and the patients know the important issues upon which to focus, the critical decision they have to make, and always ask the most insightful questions.

These patients make better decisions about their surgery. Better decisions means a better operation, less pain, faster recovery, and a better likelihood of having the long-term result that they wanted.

No book or website holds a candle to the quality and presentation of the material in The Best Breast 2.

If "All philosophy is a footnote to Plato," and "All psychology is a footnote to Freud," then "All that is known about breast augmentation is a footnote to Tebbetts." Let the doctors peruse his original scientific papers, but if you read The Best Breast 2, you'll understand breast augmentation better than 99% of plastic surgeons.