Archive for the ‘Breast Augmentation’ Category

Pain Free Breast Augmentation in San Diego

May 15th, 2012

Breast augmentation is one of the most common procedures we perform our San Diego Plastic Surgery office. One of the biggest concerns patients have regarding their procedure is “how much pain will I have? Although it is usually mild and well controlled with pain medication, there is a degree of discomfort that most patients experience [...]

Capsular Contractures and Breast Augmentation

March 21st, 2012

Capsular contracture is one of the most common complications associated with breast augmentation both in San Diego and across the country. Unfortunately, it is a complication that we, as plastic surgeons, do not fully understand. This makes it a very frustrating problem for both patient and doctor alike. There is no way to predict, before [...]

Worldwide Concern Over PIP Breast Implants

December 26th, 2011

It has recently come to light that the now defunct French company, Poly Implant Prosthesis, had been illegally changing the silicone gel injected into their “approved” PIP breast implants to an inferior, non-medical grade “industrial” silicone. It is thought that this has caused the implants to have a higher incidence of spontaneous rupture and the [...]

San Diego Advances Breast Enlargement Techniques

October 3rd, 2011

Few new technologies really change any surgical procedure, but the ones that do are often the most simple. A tool we have recently begun to use more frequently is the Keller Funnel, a tool used to deliver silicone breast implants into a patient with little “trauma” or stretch to the incision. Saline breast implants are [...]

Revisionary Breast Surgery in San Diego

September 26th, 2011

Breast Augmentation with silicone or saline implants is the most popular cosmetic procedure performed in the United States. Last year over 320,000 women underwent a breast augmentation by plastic surgeons alone (keep in mind that, unfortunately, any MD can perform breast augmentation in California – including oral surgeons!). However, despite its popularity, not all procedures [...]