Category: breast implants

Breast Implant Complications – Intrathoracic Displacement

In a case report that appeared in the December 15th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a women ‘swallowed’ her breast implant during a pilates exercise. The news media was quick to pick up and publicize this finding, sometimes in a sensational manner. On the surface, this breast implant story does sound Read More…

Remote-Controlled Breast Tissue Expanders

While current implants offer excellent results in breast augmentation, they are not perfect. One of the concerns both before and after breast augmentation for many patients is…what if they are not big enough? And even if they appear of good size right after surgery, some women will eventually feel after time that they are Read More…

The Role of Pictures in Planning for Breast Augmentation Surgery

The goal of breast augmentation surgery is to achieve both a bigger size and a better shape of the breasts. Understandably, women spend a great deal of time before surgery pondering what they want their after surgery breasts to look like. Using pictures of breasts, with or without implants, is a common method of Read More…

Selecting Implant Size and Predicting A Breast Augmentation Look

One of the most important considerations, if not the main one, that most women ponder when undergoing breast augmentation is what size they want to be. How big of an implant should one get? Much thought goes into the size of the breast implant from both the patient and the plastic surgeon. There is Read More…

The Risk of Loss of Nipple Sensation after Breast Augmentation

While breast augmentation is largely about altering the size and shape of the breasts, there are other aspects of the procedure that are of interest. While women want many certain aspects of their breasts to change after surgery, feeling and function of the nipple-areolar complex is not one of them. While some women don’t Read More…

Case Study: Breast Augmentation in Middle-Aged Women

Background:Breast augmentation continues to be a very popular body contouring procedure for women. Whether it is to improve a natural underdevelopment or the effects of pregnancy and gravity, increasing volume is one of the key components of breast enhancement. The majority of breast implants are placed in women under the age of 45, particularly Read More…

The Association of Breast Implants and ALCL

Breast implants, despite their tremendous popularity amongst women and plastic surgeons alike, is a medical device that does have complications. The vast majority of these are the typical problems that can occur with any synthetic implant such as infection, malposition and device failure. The risk of any true medical or health risks resulting from Read More…

Silicone Breast Implants Are Safe And Effective

Breast augmentation using silicone implants is the most popular method used today by most plastic surgeons. While saline breast implants dominated from 1991 to 2006, since they were the only type of implants available, that changed in 2006. The FDA approved silicone-containing implants in 2006, marking their return after fifteen years of study and Read More…

Case Study: A No Touch Breast Implant Placement Technique Using A Funnel Insertion Device

Background:The immediate and long-term success of breast augmentation is totally dependent on the use of an implant. Most of the risks of this surgery are implant-related, with infection being the most significant in the short-term and implant rupture in the long-term issue. While both can happen despite the best surgical efforts, the technique of Read More…

Developing A Natural Feel After Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is a popular body contouring procedure, not only because it is successful, but also due to its instantaneous result. Unlike many types of plastic surgery where the final result takes time to see, the enlargement of the breast by an implant is immediately apparent. While temporary swelling and some bruising accompany this Read More…