There are two different types of breast implants or mammary prosthesis, saline or silicone. The outer shell of each implant is exactly the same it is composed of a silicone elastomer. What differs is what goes on the inside. The saline implant is filled by the operating surgeon with saline at the time of the augmentation. The silicone implants come pre-packaged…
Liposuction of the lower back is a common procedure. Quite frequently patients will have been successful with weight loss, but may not be able to loose weight in areas with localized deposits of fat. Liposuction can be very helpful in loosing these localized fat collections.
Mastopexy Augmentation is a common surgical procedure for patients who have had implants for over ten years. Patients who had implants placed many years ago many now want them replaced or may notice that their breast implants over time may have migrated too far laterally. In these cases the breast implants need to be repositioned more centrally. In this scenario,…
It is common for many patients who have breast implants for quite sometime to want to either change their implant size or to undergo a breast lift procedure. The medical term for a breast that sags or droops is ptosis. A ptotic breast is one where the nipple areola complex lies below the level of the breast crease. When the nipple areola complex…
