Category: breast augmentation | breast implants

  The popularity and success of breast augmentation has more women than ever before seeking out the procedure. Besides the type and size of implant used, women are equally concerned about the incision which is used to get the implant in place. While scar placement and visibility is usually quite good with any of the Read More…

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  issued today that there may be rare but possible association between breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).This form of lymphoma is extremely rare. This information is based on between 30 to 60 reports of ALCL among as many as 10 million women with breast implants worldwide Read More…

Gummy bear breast implants have undergone clinical trial investigations in the United States for much of the last decade. Those clinical trials are now closed and the FDA is currently evaluating the data. Both existing U.S. breast implant manufacturers, Mentor and Allergan, have conducted clinical trials with their versions of the gummy bear implant. Mentor’s Read More…

  Breast augmentation is one of the most successful and sought after of all body contouring procedures in plastic surgery. A huge part of any breast result is the implant. Prior to 1991, silicone gel breast implants were the most widely used. From 1991 to 2006, saline breast implants were the only option as the Read More…

Beauty has always been in the eyes of the beholder. The parameters of beauty also differ from one culture to another and also change with time and fashion. What does that mean for breast size, particularly in a Western culture? Well the eye of the beholder is highly influenced by the culture in which they Read More…

  Breast augmentation remains a very popular body contouring procedure. It is a relatively simple outpatient procedure that takes about an hour to complete under general anesthesia. No matter how it is done, it fundamentally involves placing an implant behind the breast tissue. The breast implant essentially does all the work in terms of making Read More…

  What is the composition of a breast implant? Breast implants are composed of two components, both of which are related in silicone implants and are dissimilar in saline implants. The two parts are an outer containment bag or shell and an inner filler material. In both silicone and saline implants the outer shell is Read More…

  Background:  Breast augmentation is one of the most common body plastic surgery procedures. At one time in the United States, the ethnicity of most of the women getting breast implants was largely Caucasian. But that has changed dramatically over the past two decades as the melting pot of the United States becomes more mixed Read More…

While many women perceive breast augmentation as done using a breast implant, most are not aware of the diverse array that are available. Since silicone gel breast implants have been commercially available again since 2006, the two choices that women have of implant fillers is between saline and silicone. Saline is a simple filler concept Read More…