Category: breast augmentation | breast implants

A New Innovative Saline Breast Implant

Breast augmentation is largely defined by the implant that is used to create it. At one time in the history of this surgery, from 1991 to 2006, the saline breast implant was the only commercial implant available. Essentially being water in a bag, it has advantages of being able to be inserted through small Read More…

Case Study: Breast Augmentation in Pectus Excavatum Deformity

Background: The shape of the breasts is partially influenced by the anatomy of the underlying chest wall and rib cage. The bony ribs and sternum serve as the platform of support for the soft tissue of the breast mound. Asymmetries in the chest wall, therefore, will create overlying asymmetry and shape issues in the Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Rise in Mommy Makeover Surgery

The rise in plastic surgery affects all age and both sexes. One of these ‘groups’ that seek body-altering surgery is women, specifically mommies. Looking to reverse the effects of pregnancy on their bodies, they seek breast enhancements and tummy tucks. When put together in a combined procedure, it has become known as a Mommy Makeover. Read More…

Sientra Breast Implants – The OASIS Study

The options in breast augmentation have recently increased due to the emergence of a third breast implant manufacturer, Sientra. Sientra offers an extensive line of silicone gel breast implants with round and anatomic shapes and volumes up to 800ccs. They offer one type of silicone gel which is very cohesive and has often been Read More…

Case Study: Breast Implant Exchange for Larger Breasts

Background: Breast implant surgery is all about, of course, making breasts bigger. But patient satisfaction comes from achieving or getting close to what size the patient wants. While breast implants come in a wide range of sizes, there is no exact method of picking an implant and achieving a certain size. This is because, while Read More…

Case Study: Natural Breast Augmentation with Gummy Bear Implants

Background: In the pursuit of satisfying breast augmentation results, the most common denominator amongst patients is that of achieving the desired size. Too small or too large of an augmented breast size can lead to an unhappy patient and the need for revisional surgery. Women understandably spend the vast majority of their time before surgery Read More…

Breast Augmentation Outcomes and Incision Choice

The success of breast augmentation is influenced by a wide variety of surgical technique factors. No one single technical maneuver has been shown to be necessarily more important other than the submuscular placement of the implant, which has been shown to reduce numerous after surgery risks. When one looks at the relatively high incidence of Read More…

The Emerging Popularity of the Mommy Makeover

The concept of a Mommy Makeover has become a very popular plastic surgery procedure in the past decade. While sounding like a novel procedure, it is really nothing more than combining traditional breast and abdominal reshaping procedures in a single one-time operation. When put together they change the two body parts most affected by pregnancy Read More…

Case Study: Breast Implant Replacements After 20 Years

Background:Breast augmentation is entering its fifth decade of human use. In fact, the first breast augmentation patient is still alive and is 82 years old. Over that time, much has been learned about the procedure and the implants themselves have undergone a lot of design and structural changes. With each passing decade of use, breast augmentation Read More…

Why Do Breast Implants Fail?

One of the often unrecognized realities of having breast implants is that one day they will fail. Almost all women will eventually experience breast implant failure and have to have them replaced. The definition of breast implant failure is that the containment bag or shell develops a hole or a tear which can allow its Read More…