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RVEG WELCOME BACK TO THE NEWS 
AT NOON. 
ONE IN FIVE WOMEN IS PLANNING 
OR CONSIDERING SOME TYPE OF 
ELECTIVE COSMETIC SURGERY. 
NOW, FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO 4@
CHANGE THE LOOK OF THEIR 
BREASTS BUT DON'T WANT TO 
UNDERGO MAJOR SURGERY OR 
AUGMENT ALLEGATIONS, THERE'S A 
NEW 4@OPTION GIVING WOMEN A 
LITTLE LIFT. 
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>>REPORTER:  WORKIN4@G AT WEST 
END PLASTIC SURGERY, DEBBIE 
SLAG HAS SEEN DOZENS OF WOMEN 4@
MEET WITH COSMETIC SURGEON DR. 
-- SURGEON DR. PAUL RUFF. 
>> GRAVITY IS NOT MAKING ANY 
PROGRESS. 
I WORK OUT A LOT, TAKE CARE OF @
MYSELF AND NO MATTER WHAT I DO, 
I CAN'T GET THEM TO GO BACK UP 
WHERE THEY IMMEDIATE TO BE. 
>>REPORTER:  DR. RUFF HEARD 
THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE FROM 
FRUSTRATED PATIENT4@S. 
IN FACT, NEARLY 90% OF WOMEN 
AGE 50 ARE UNHAPPY WITH ONE 
BODY PART, MAINLY THEIR 
BREASTS. 
BUT DEBBIE ISN'T INTERESTED IN 
BREAST AUGMENTATION. 
SHE DOESN'4@T WANT PHYSICAL 
SCARS, NO LONG-TERM RECOVERY 
AND NO GENERAL 4@ANESTHESIA. 
IN CASES LIKE THIS WHERE WOMAN 
HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF SAG DUE 
TO 4@AGE OR PREGNANCY, DR. RUFF 
RECOMMENDS THERMABREAST. 
IT USES RADIO FREQUENCY THAT 
TIGHTENS AND LIFTS. 
>> IT ALLOWS US TO TIGHTEN UP 
THE SKIN, THE COLLAGEN, ALL OF 
THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT TISSUES 
WITHOUT ANY APPRECIATABLE SCAR. 
>>REPORTER:  THIS IS HOW IT 
WORKS, THERMIBREAST IS 
PERFORMED THROUGH THREE TO FOUR 
PUNCTURE SITES AROUND THE 
AREOLA. 
LOCAL ANESTHESIA IS GIVEN AND 
THE RADIO FREQUENCY FIBER IS 
INSERTED THROUGH A PROBE AND 
PASSED BACK AND FORTH, HEATING 
UP THE AREA INSIDE THE BREAST 
UNTIL IT REACHES THE DESIRED 
INTERNAL TEMPERATURE. 
EXTERNALLY THE TEMPERATURE IS 
MONITORED IN REAL TIME WITH AN 
INFRARED CAMERA. 
>> WHEN WE DO THAT AND GET UP 
TO THAT SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE, 
ALL OF THOSE COLLAGEN FIBERS 
THAT HAVE UNCOILED THROUGH AGE 
AND JUST NORMAL CHANGES ARE 
ABLE TO START REPAIRING 
THEMSELVES AND COIL BACK OUT. 
>>REPORTER:  THERMIBREAST TAKES 
JUST A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR. 
BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS SHOW 
THAT PATIENTS CAN EXPECT TO 
ACHIEVE A LIFT OF ONE TO 5 
CENTIMETERS. 
SINCE THERE'S NO SEDATION 
INVOLVED, NORMAL ACTIVITIES 
INCLUDING EXERCISE CA4@N BE 
RESUMED THE NEXT DAY. 
>> WE WILL NEVER REPLACE 
SURGERY, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE 
THAT KIND OF LONGEVITY OR 
EXPECTED LONGEVITY, BUT FOR THE 
LACK OF SCAR, THE LACK OF 
RECOVERY TIME, RELATIVE COMFORT 
AND THE RELIABILITY OF IT, IT'S 
A FANTASTIC OPTIONMENT 
>>REPORTER:  IT TAKES ABOUT 
THREE TO SIX MONTHS FOR THE 
RESULTS TO BE APPARENT, BUT 
LASTS ABOUT THREE TO FIVE 
YEARS, JUST THE SLIGHT CHANGE 
DEBBIE IS LOOKING FOR. 
>> NOTHING REALLY NOTICEABLE. 
IT'S GOING TO MAKE US NOTICE 
AND BE HAPPY ABOUT IT. 
>> THE BEST CANDIDATES FOR 
THERMI BREAST ARE THOSE WOMEN 
WHO HAVE NOT HAD A HISTORY OF 
BREAST CANCER OR PRIOR 
RADIATION AND WOMEN WHO HAVE 
NOT HAD OR CURRENTLY DO
