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Rippling of Saline Breast Implants

    Saline-filled breast implants typically have some amount of rippling or wrinkling which is not usually seen with silicone gel breast implants. (although it can still occur) This is particularly evident in women with thin skin and very little breast tissue. Implant wrinkling is felt on the bottom and sides of the breasts and Read More…

The Risk and Mechanism of Saline Breast Implant Deflations

  One of the known complications of the use of saline breast augmentation is the lifelong potential of deflation of the implants. Often referred to as rupture or developing a hole in the implant, the term deflation is more appropriate as it occurs without warning as the implant just slowly deflates over hours or days. Read More…

Rippling in Silicone Gel Breast Implants

  There are two good reasons why patients choose silicone gel breast implants over saline…and one of those is that silicone breast implants have significantly less rippling or wrinkling than saline. This is of great aesthetic importance to those women with very little breast tissue and thin or stretched out skin where the outline of Read More…

The Breast Lift in the Bariatric Surgery Patient

Of the many body deformities that result from excess skin after massive weight loss in the bariatric surgery patient, the most difficult in my experience is that of the breast. Loss of breast volume, a low nipple position, and sagging skin from a ‘deflated balloon’ creates a breast problem that offers a lot of challenges. Read More…

Before and After Breast Augmentation Photo Results

A very frequent request for potential breast augmentation patients is that they would like to see breast augmentation photos/pictures of my results. I find patients reviewing before and after breast augmentation photos to be extremely educational for them and I insist that they do so. I refer to them to either by practice website, http://www.eppleyplasticsurgery.com/breast-aug.html Read More…

Large Implants in Breast Augmentation

  My approach to selecting a size for one’s breast augmentation is that it is the patient’s choice. It is not for me to judge someone’s taste or desires. Breast size is a very personal issue and it is, to some degree, a bit like art. Beauty (breast size) is in the eye of the beholder. Read More…

ActiPatch for Breast Augmentation Recovery

ActiPatch is a non-drug, anti-inflammatory device that has been used for multiple medical conditions from facial surgery recovery to plantar fasciitis. It helps reduce swelling and inflammation through the use of pulsed electromagnetic fields contained in either a patch design or a loop configurations. The patch or loop devices contain a tiny circuit which is Read More…

Non-Visible Scars in Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation continues to be one of the most popular plastic surgery procedures with over 300,000 women undergoing the procedure last year. With the return of silicone gel breast implants, in addition to existing saline breast implants, women now have two good choices for their breast augmentation procedure. Whether saline or silicone gel breast implants Read More…

The Effects of Implants in Pre-Existing Breast Asymmetry

Despite the tremendous popularity of breast augmentation, and the relatively common occurrence of differences in most women’s breasts, there is little public knowledge about what occurs when both are mixed together in a surgical enhancement. All plastic surgeon’s made a good effort to point out a patient’s breast asymmetries beforehand, and that breast asymmetry is Read More…

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