Roger K. Khouri, MD, plastic surgeon and inventor of the only clinically-proven, non-surgical system to increase breast size, will be exhibiting the results of the breakthrough medical device known as the Brava System at the American Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology Convention (ACOG) on Monday, May 6, between 10-4 pm at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet several women who have already completed the program, increasing their breasts by an average of one-cup size.

Brava increases the volume and shape of the human breast through a process of tension-induced tissue growth, a science that has been used by medical professionals for more than three decades in other applications. "We use the same proven scientific principles to safely and naturally grow new breast tissue", said Dr. Khouri. "When properly applied, tension induces normal growth of all components of human tissue, resulting in growth that follows the contours of a woman's own breast," he added.

Approximately 4,000 women throughout the country have already taken advantage of this new breast enlargement option now offered by about 500 authorized physicians across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The Brava system consists of two pairs of domes, a controller box to monitor progress, a sports bra, tote bag and instructional materials. Brava users are fitted for the system by a Brava authorized physician and are required to wear it a minimum of ten hours a day for at least ten weeks to achieve long-term growth.

The Brava system became available to patients in April 2001 after clinical investigators tested the device on more than 200 women. During the latest clinical tests led by Dr. Thomas J. Baker, M.D., former president of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, investigating teams in Miami, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. using identical protocols, reported growth of an average of one cup size or 100cc among all participating patients. Earlier findings, indicating the same results, were published by Dr. Baker and other colleagues in the June 2000 edition of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The system has met all the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's marketing requirements.

Dr. Khouri is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon from Miami, focusing on the reconstruction of congenital, traumatic and post-cancer procedures using microsurgical technology. He has held professional and fellowship positions at Brown, Harvard, New York and Washington Universities and sits on the editorial boards of several medical journals, including Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, and serves as associate editor of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, the official journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

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