Breast Implants
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Timing and Evaluation For Breast Implant Replacement
Thursday, July 28th, 2011With the recent studies from the FDA in June 2011, findings indicated that women need to replace their saline and silicone implants on the average between 8 and 10 years. Also, there are risks associated with rupture and scar tissue contracture over time. These are specific concepts that we describe to the patients during the [...]
Correction of Severe Bottoming Out
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011STYLE 45 SILICONE IMPLANTS The below patient presents with severe bottoming out where the implants have fallen significantly and the height distance from the bottom of the areola to the inframammary fold is greater than 13 cm. The patient is a model and declines to have scars throughout her breasts other than the periareolar incision [...]
FDA’s Discussion And Update On Breast Implants
Friday, June 24th, 2011On June 22, 2011, the updates included silicone breast implants are mostly safe. The most important considerations that they determine are that the silicone and saline implants are safe; however, these implants are not lifetime devices and that they must be replaced and on the average, 8 to 10 years. The studies have shown 40 [...]
Style 45 Natrelle Silicone Implants
Monday, May 16th, 2011The style 45 gel is a great choice for women whom desire increased AP projection, narrowed diameter, and increased upper pole fullness! The photo to the side is a example of 600 cc style 45 with perfect proportion for this model. This implant is not for everyone! The final style determination should be made with [...]
Beverly Hills Trans-Umbilical Augmentation
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011PROS AND CONS (TRANS-UMBILICAL AUGMENTATION) In my practice, having performed thousands and thousands of breast enhancement surgeries, I found that safety and predictability are of utmost importance in achieving excellent results in breast augmentation surgery. I have seen countless numbers of patients who have undergone the trans-umbilical augmentation mammoplasty procedure, many with unsatisfactory results. My [...]
Natural Looking Breast Implant
Friday, April 22nd, 2011ALLERGAN, STYLE 15, PROS AND CONS Style 15, Allergan/Natrelle silicone gel implant, is a very natural breast implant. It is a moderate plus profile silicone gel, not too narrow and not too wide. Advantages include a very natural appearance. Please see photograph to the left of a 371 moderate plus silicone gel Allergan implant placed in a [...]
Breast Revision Surgery Downsizing
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011Every week I see multiple patients who desire to have implants replaced with smaller implants and have the same question as to what will the pocket look like, how will the skin appear after the reduction in volume. In many patients, it is difficult to determine the amount of skin tightening that will occur after [...]
New York Times Cosmetic Surgery Statistics Review
Friday, April 8th, 2011In the March 30, 2011 New York times, an article which discusses a decade of boosting breast size, had very interesting statistics, notably, the breast augmentations performed in comparison to facial plastic surgery procedures. In summary, breast augmentation procedures continue to remain stable or are on the increase, while facial plastic surgery trends have shown [...]
Creating a Slight Breast Enhancement
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011NOTICABLE BEAUTY Conservative patients do present to me for breast augmentation. They are most concerned about maintaining a natural appearance with a subtle change in breast size in order to simply fill out their bra; however, not become disproportionately large. For this subset of patients, I have found using small style 15 moderate plus Allergen [...]
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