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Sientra Breast Implants Return

  Sientra has announced today that all of their products, including the Sientra Silicone Gel Breast Implants, will be returning to market effective March 1, 2016.  Based on extensive independent testing and analyses that were performed on Sientra breast implants over the past four months, the FDA has determined that they are perfectly safe for Read More…

Understanding Postoperative Breast Implant Settling

Breast implants create their effect by causing an instantaneous expansion of the overlying breast mound. This relatively simple and obvious concept causes a variety of postoperative effects on the shape of the breast that are often incompletely understood by patients…although understandably so. Some of their well known effects is that implants just make the breasts Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Breast Implants in Small Saggy Breasts

Background: Breasts that are either deflated or have developed sagging are prime reasons to pursue breast augmentation surgery. Pregnancy and weight loss are the most common culprits for causing this type of breast shape change. Breast augmentation surgery is the solution to these breast shape concerns. With loss of the supporting breast volume combined with Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Breast Implants and Tattoos

Background: Placing implants to increase breast size is the most common surgical method of breast enhancement. The most common non-surgical method of breast enhancement are tattoos. When it comes to breast tattoos, there is an endless variety of patterns, sizes and colors. From words to images to some incredible artistic patterns, breast tattoos are as Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Nipple Lift with Breast Augmentation

Background: Many women who are to undergo breast augmentation surgery have asymmetric breasts. These asymmetries may be in breast mound size, breast mound shape, amounts of sagging and the nipple position. Preoperative education about how breast implants will impact these asymmetries is of critical importance as breast implants alone will not correct many breast asymmetries. Read More…

Aesthetic Insights – Wide Spacing of Breast Implants

For women undergoing breast augmentation surgery, the location as well as the size of the breast implants is of critical importance. While women can participate in the selection of the size of their breast implants, they have little say in where they are positioned on the chest wall. Ideally the plastic surgeon centers the implant Read More…

The Effects of Breast Implants on Native Breast Tissue

  Breast augmentation using breast implants is the tried and proven method to increase breast size. It does so by an outward displacement of the overlying breast tissue (parenchyma) and skin due to the push of the implant. Plastic surgeons have recognized for years that the push/pressure of the implant causes a reduction or loss Read More…

Case Study – Extreme Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast implants are available in a wide variety of sizes based on volume. (ccs)   Implant size ranges from 150cc to 800cc for most manufacturers. The vast majority of women achieve their breast augmentation goals in the median of these numbers in the 300cc to 500cc range. Large breast implants would be judged by Read More…

Sientra Suspends Selling Breast Implants

Breast implants in the United States are commerically available from three manufacturers, Allergan, Mentor and Sientra. The newest provider is that of Sientra which has been selling their breast implants only since 2012. Although its corporate headquarters are in California, Sientra has its implants manufactured in Brazil. This manufacturing facility produces Silimed breast implants which Read More…

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