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Choosing the Correct Breast Implant: Part 5 Implant Style
Both Allergan and Mentor, the only two companies permitted to sell implants in the US, make low, medium or moderate and high profile implants. As implants move from low profile to high profile, the...
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Choosing the Correct Breast Implant: Part 6 Don’t Get What She Has!
Even the most well informed patients have said to me “my girlfriend has X size implants and we’re the same height and weight so I think I should get the same because they look great on her.” But the...
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Choosing the Correct Breast Implant: Part 7 Use Sizers
Prior to their breast augmentation consultation, I have had patients try any number of tricks to estimate the implant size they desire: filling zip lock bags with water, putting coffee beans or rice...
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Choosing the Correct Breast Implant: Part 8 Bring a Friend to Your Consultation
In medical school I was taught that patients only hear 35% of what you tell them. In practice I think that’s absolutely true. I tend to spend a lot of time, during my consultations, educating...
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Choosing the Correct Breast Implant: Part 9 Visit Your Surgeon More Than Once
At the initial consultation, patients and I usually decide on the correct implant. If there is any doubt it can usually be clarified at the preoperative appointment, one to two weeks before surgery....
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Choosing the Correct Breast Implant: Part 10 Don’t Let Your Surgeon Decide...
I have found through my work with sites like RealSelf that patients are often left out of the decision making process or simply allow their surgeon to determine the correct implants, only to be...
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Ruptured Breast Implants: What to do if it happens to you
Breast implants are not designed to fail. In fact their durability is quite impressive, as the picture depicts. They must be able to withstand years of everyday life and the occasional mammogram. Yet...
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New Breast Implant Monitoring Technology a Possibility
Ultrasound System May Save Time and Money Monitoring your breast implants can be costly and inconvenient, but that may all change with the advent of new monitoring procedures that could make the...
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Why Do Breast Implants Rupture?
The modern breast implant was developed by American plastic surgeons Thomas Cronin and Frank Gerow in coordination with the Dow Corning Corporation in 1961. The implants were made with a silicone...
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Why Are Breast Implants “High” After Breast Augmentation
One of the most common questions I’m asked is “Why are some breast implants so high?” To answer this we need to distinguish between normal postoperative implant position and implant malposition. When...
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