Case Study: Transaxillary Silicone Breast Augmentation
Background: The use of the transaxillary (armpit incision) for breast augmentation has been historically limited to the use of saline implants. Because saline implants are inserted deflated, they are...
View ArticleCapsular Contracture Rates in Breast Augmentation
Despite the success and high patient satisfaction with breast implant surgery, it is not a complication-free operation as it uses a device to achieve its effect. Historically the most well known breast...
View ArticleTextured Anatomic (Teardrop-Shaped) Silicone Implants for Breast Augmentation
The concept of an anatiomically shaped breast implant is not new and dates back for over a decade. Simplistically, it is an implant where the retaining shell has a shape that allows more implant...
View ArticlePlastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Pectoralis Muscle Atrophy after Breast...
The most common location for placing the implants in breast augmentation is under the muscle. What this means is that a pocket is made between the thicker outer pectoralis major muscle and the...
View ArticleScarless Silicone Gel Breast Augmentation
Breast augmentation is the concept of placing an implant behind a woman’s breast to make it bigger. It may be conceptually simple but it involves numerous variables which can influence the aesthetic...
View ArticlePectoralis Strength and Function after Submuscular Breast Augmentation
Breast augmentation is an implant-driven operation that produces an immediate and dramatic change in breast contour. While there are numerous options for women to chose from in breast implants, less...
View ArticlePlastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Breast Implant Serial Numbers
Right out of the files of ‘CSI Plastic Surgery’, a recent case out of China reported on the solving of a missing person’s case by their breast implants. A young murdered female was identified using...
View ArticleThe Timing of Mommy Makeovers after Pregnancy
Just like the process of pregnancy, recovering from it is also a function of time. Stretched out abdominal skin and muscles and engorged breasts will not instantly snap back into what they were. At...
View ArticleCase Study: Superior Crescent Nipple Lifts in Breast Augmentation
Background: One of the most vexing problems in breast augmentation for the plastic surgeon is the women with breasts that has some sagging. No woman electively wants the scars from a breast lift...
View ArticleCase Study: The Pseudolifting Effect of Breast Implants
Background: There is a common perception that an implant can lift up a sagging breast. The reality is that nothing could be further from the truth. In most cases of sagging breasts (breast ptosis) an...
View ArticleCase Study: Shaped Implants for Breast Augmentation
Background: In the evolution of breast augmentation, shaped breast implants offer a relatively new and exciting option. While round implants can certainly enlarge any breast, some women do not prefer...
View ArticleFat Injections in Breast Augmentation and Breast Reconstruction
The Stem Cells in Fat injections Belly fat has been an historic scourge of the vast majority of the American population for a long time. Much of the popularity of liposuction can be traced to the...
View ArticleMy Breast Augmentation Checklist
Breast augmentation remains one of the most popular body contouring procedures. Between the many choices of implant options, incision locations, implant placement and size considerations, there are...
View ArticleUse of the Brava Device in Fat Injection Breast Augmentation
Breast augmentation is one of the top cosmetic plastic surgery procedures performed today. It has a relatively long history and its success is based on using either a saline or silicone gel breast...
View ArticleSientra Breast Implant Capsular Contracture Warranty Program
While there are numerous complications that occur from having breast implants, most patients never think of one that has been around for decades…capsular contracture. This is the development of...
View ArticleThe Emergence of Textured Shaped Implants for Breast Augmentation
For over fifty years since 1962, breast implants have been used to enhance female physiques and improve self-images. While there are many factors that contribute to a successful breast augmentation...
View ArticleCase Study: Breast Augmentation In A 60 Year-Old Woman
Background: Breast augmentation continues to be a very popular body contouring procedure with around 300,000 women in the U.S. having it every year. While the number of women getting breast implants...
View ArticleThe Double Bubble Deformity After Breast Augmentation
The double bubble phenomenon after breast augmentation is not a rare occurrence. Appearing as a result of a crease in the middle of the lower pole of the breast, it is both a visual and palpable...
View ArticleSientra Textured Silicone Breast Implant Capsular Contracture Warranty
Of the numerous complications that can occur in breast augmentation, capsular contracture is the most vexing of them all. The formation of excessive circumferential scar formation around the implant...
View ArticleCase Study: Large Breast Augmentation Results
Background: Breast augmentation results depends heavily on the implanted device to create it. More than any other aspect of breast enhancement surgery, women spend the most time contemplating what...
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