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What Makes for a Natural Breast Augmentation?

One basic preoperative concept of breast augmentation has taken on a contemporary approach of tissue-based planning. Such an approach strives to achieve a ‘natural breast augmentation’ result by not overwhelming the breast tissues with implants that are more than the tissue can accommodate. By having good tissue support for the implant there is a  lower Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Hispanic Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast augmentation is a common body contouring procedure. Of the many pictures of breast augmentation results on the internet, the vast majority are of Caucasian type. The main difference with Hispanic or Latin women is their increased propensity to develop dark pigmentation at incision/scar sites. While they almost never develop hypertrophic or keloid scars, Read More…

The Dual Chambered Design of the Ideal Breast Implant

Historically the choice for women considering breast augmentation were either saline or silicone devices. These very contrasting breast implants choices have very well known advantages and disadvantages. Saline breast implants offer the most economical approach to the procedure with aesthetic device issues such as rippling, an unnatural feel in some patients and the risk of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Vertical Breast Lifts with Implants

Background: Sagging of the breasts is a common result from pregnancies and weight loss. The loss of breast volume withdraws the support of the overlying breast skin leading to collapse of the breast mound. The breast mound then falls over the fixed inframammary fold creating a sagging breast appearance. The classification of breast sagging is Read More…

Successful Placement of Large Breast Implants

While there many important issues to consider in breast augmentation, the size of the implant is one that women spent the greatest amount of time pondering before surgery. There are a variety of implant sizing methods and they all have their merits, but the reality is that breast implant sizing is not an exact science. Read More…

Sientra Breast Implants Outcomes Study

  Sientra breast implants may have had a rough patch in the past six months due to a voluntary cessation of manufacturing and distribution of their implants. But now that their breast implants have been fully cleared again by the FDA with no concerns about them or their manufacturing process, they are now again clinically Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Breast Lifts with Implants

Background: Severe sagging of the breasts occurs for a variety of reasons but the most common is weight loss. Weight loss creates the unaesthetic combination of excessive stretched out breast skin and loss of breast volume. Occurring together this allows many breast mounds to fall over the inframammary fold carrying the nipple with it. The Read More…

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…

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