Category: breast augmentation | breast implants

What Is A Gummy Bear Breast Implant?

The concept of a gummy bear breast implant has been around now for several years. Patients ask about them, often enthusiastically, like it is the ultimate breast implant. A few prospective breast augmentation patients even say they are not going to have their surgery until they are available. The name gummy bear is all over Read More…

Breast Augmentation by Fat Injection Aided by Brava Device

Breast augmentation is consistently achieved through the use of an implantable synthetic fluid-filled device. While effective, it is not without its risk of complications and the need for revisional surgery. For these reasons, some patients would prefer an alternative approach. This limited need has been addressed by the use of fat injection grafting which is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review: The New Sientra Breast Implants

Breast implants remain a popular plastic surgery procedure with over 350,000 women being implanted last year in the U.S. alone. Up until several months ago, only two U.S. manufacturers existed after many other producers folded from the breast implant controversy from the early 1990s. Allergan and Johnson & Johnson (subdivision Mentor) have maintained a duality Read More…

Case Study: Breast Augmentation in Hispanic Women

Background: Breast augmentation continues to be one of the most popular body plastic surgery procedures. Its popularity has increased because it is a very successful operation that has instantaneous results. No other plastic surgery procedure offers as much change in as short of an operative time. It is most sought after in younger females between Read More…

Breast Augmentation Under Local Anesthesia

The concept of performing breast augmentation under local anesthesia continues to appear with some regularity in the media. Avoiding general anesthesia and its associated risks is the theme and that certainly seems laudable. If you could have an elective cosmetic procedure done without the expense and potential side effects of general anesthesia that is undoubtably Read More…

The New Gummy Bear Breast Implants

Breast augmentation remains one of the top cosmetic plastic procedures requested with over 300,000 performed in the U.S. in 2011. The majority of these breast enhancement operations were done with silicone gel implants, accounting for nearly 70% of devices placed. Unlike ten years earlier, almost all breast implants placed were saline-filled. But that changed dramatically Read More…

Guidelines For Choosing The Right Breast Implant Size

‘I need recommendations on what breast implant size in ccs to get for my body Frame? I am 26 years old, 5′ 4” and 105 lbs and bra size 32A.,95lbs,bra size a/32. I can’t decide between silicone gel implants of 400cc or 450cc high profile size?’ ‘Is 400cc silicone gel breast implants too large for Read More…

Case Study: Breast Implants In Tuberous Breast Deformity

Background: Breast augmentation largely exerts its effect by expanding the breast tissue under which it is placed. When the overlying breast tissue is good (reasonably tight skin and a centric nipple position) the resulting larger breast mound is very aesthetically pleasing. When the overlying breast tissue is flawed (loose sagging skin and a low nipple Read More…

Sientra Breast Implants – Third U.S. Manufacturer Approved

The number of breast implant manufacturers has now officially increased to three. Twenty years ago there were as many as six companies that commercially sold breast implants for both cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. But when the silicone gel breast implant moratorium occurred in 1991 and the legal and financial fallout ensued, the number of Read More…

The PIP Breast Implant Problem

For twenty years, breast implants have been scandal-free since the FDA moratorium on silicone-gel containing devices in 1991. With the lack of any medical evidence substantiating health risks with their use, they were reintroduced in the U.S. in 2006 after fifteen years of concentrated study. As the U.S. use of silicone gel breast implant continues Read More…