Breast topics
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011Recently, Giuliana Rancic, host of E-Hollywood Network, announced that she has breast cancer and she will now undergo double mastectomy. As a breast specialist, I know how important it is to consider every possible mass and lesion as a possible cancer. In fact, I believe frequently even negative mammograms can lead to false readings in [...]
Concomitant Augmentation Mammoplasty Plus Mastopexy
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011Patients often present with loss of upper fullness of their breasts, referred to as involutional upper pole atrophy as well as severe skin laxity or referred to as grade 3 ptosis. These patients do well with implants placed as well as a mastopexy or skin removal and raising of the nipple areolar complex at the [...]
High Profile Implants, Reshaping the Breasts
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011The patient to the left is an excellent example of a patient who has involutional upper pole atrophy, loss of upper pole fullness of her breasts, slight droop of the nipple areolar complex with grade 1 ptosis. This patient is an excellent candidate for high profile saline implants in order to regain upper pole fullness [...]
DOW CORNING RUPTURED IMPLANTS
Friday, October 14th, 2011We see patients who present with implants from the Dow Corning era. Those are implants placed well over 20 to 35 years ago. These implants are obviously no longer allowed on the market. The company is no longer producing these implants. The Dow Corning implants were smooth shelled implants that had a Dacron patch on [...]
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
Monday, October 3rd, 2011October 2011 Because my practice is so focused on body sculpting of women, including a high emphasis on breast augmentation, breast revision, breast reduction, breast and breast reconstruction, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is extraordinarily important and close to my heart. I see patients every day in the operating room where I remove tissue and send [...]
Double Bubble Breast Deformity
Friday, August 26th, 2011BECKER IMPLANTS Below is a case example of a severe double-bubble breast deformity in which the patient presented status post augmentation mammoplasty procedure 26 years ago through a transaxillary approach which she thought were saline implants. Intraoperatively, the patient was found to have Becker double lumen silicone gel, internal lumen and saline external lumen implants. [...]
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 [...]
Difficult Breast Revision Case
Thursday, July 7th, 2011Right double-bubble left bottoming out The preop photo shows the patient presenting from Missouri, having undergone three surgeries to correct the severe deformity of her breasts. The patient presently presents with a double-bubble deformity on the right breast with the implant on the right superiorly retropositioned, as can be seen on her preoperative photograph. She [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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