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Many women considering breast augmentation, begin their fact finding process by wondering what questions to ask. Aside from the obvious question of “how big do you want to be,” there are other more clinical questions that need to be addressed as well. Hopefully this will be of value to the reader in order to help them make an informed decision on on breast augmentation.
Breast augmentation is one of the most popular elective cosmetic surgeries performed in the US today with over 350 thousand women going under the knife in 2008 to have this procedure performed. Breast augmentation, using implants, has been around for roughly over 40 years now. However, it didn’t really become popular until the 1980′s. Early use of silicone filled breast implants resulted in having them banned for use in the US in 1992. This was due to complaints of breast implant rupture, leaking and other issues. However, saline implants continued to be used through this time up until silicone implants were re-approved by the FDA in 2008. The leading manufacturers of breast implants, Allergan and Mentor both spent many years funding independent studies and redeveloping new silicone breast implant technologies. The new cohesive silicone gels will not bleed out of it’s casing even in the unlikeliness that the implant ruptures or tears.
Mentor Cohesive Silicone Gel Implant
Silicone breast implants have found a new popularity as many women are choosing to have revision surgery and replace their saline filled implants with silicone implants. Silicone breast implants offer many benefits over saline implants, which include the following:
One of the primary reasons for the popularity of this procedure is due to women’s dissatisfaction with their breast size and shape. Social stigmas of small breasted women also may play into the perception that bigger breasts can make women happier by making them more attractive which increases their self-esteem. Women who choose to have breast augmentation need to consider many things.
Surgery Options
Implant type will often determine incision choice.
Most surgeon’s have their incision preference and are willing to discuss your options in your consultation prior to having surgery. Saline implants require a smaller incision since they are not inflated with saline until they are placed surgically inside the breast cavity.
The placement can determine how the newly augmented breast will look. Breast implants placed below the muscle gives a more fuller projection on top.
There are many things to consider before undergoing breast augmentation and choosing the right surgeon is the most important part. Carefully, consider the credentials of the surgeon and seek out multiple opinions before scheduling your surgery.
More often these days it seems like we are constantly being reminded that our assurance of protection from product failure is about to expire. This is no different than with medical devices. Recently the major breast implant manufacturers are offering enhanced warranties for their products. This upgrade is only available this year, however, time is running out to take advantage of the offer.
If a patient schedules a breast augmentation on or before December 31st they can qualify for the enhanced breast implant warranty. This warranty provides a $3500 in financial reimbursement in the event of an implant rupture or failure. Even if your implant fails ten years down the road, the manufacturer will help pay to cover the medical costs to fix the problem.
While these reimbursements warranties have always been in affect the potential for out of pocket expense for the patient can be expensive.
Those considering breast augmentation surgery may want to schedule their surgery now rather than later next year in order take advantage of this special offer. Implant failures are very rare, however, it’s a good way to have some extra assurance about the financial risks associated when an implant failure occurs.
CNN – Reports – on a new controversial Public Service TV Announcement for breast cancer awareness as being too sexy for most viewers. The ad shows a beautiful woman wearing a bikini strolling around a public pool with people starring at her bosom with the caption “You Know – You Like Them – Now It’s Time – To Save the Boobs – Breast Cancer, is the leading cause of cancer death in young women ages 20 – 49. In support of rethink breast cancer.”
Reaction has been mixed, however, the target audience to this ad was addressed to men specifically. Often times, when women discover an abnormality in their breast, they are afraid to get it checked by a medical doctor. However, they are likely to confer with their husband or boyfriend and ask whether they should do so. The hope is that informed men will help women to make the right decision and get themselves checked even if they notice anything slightly out of the ordinary. Early detection is the key.
Learn more about breast cancer prevention from the Breast Cancer Prevention Fund.
According to a CNN report, some cosmetic surgeon’s are advertising on billboards providing specials for breast implants with a buy one get one free offer. Video courtesy of CNN.
Fox New Reports that a British women may be offered a natural form of breast enlargement that uses stem cells and fat from a woman’s own body, under plans being considered by doctors.
This new technique, pioneered in Japan, results in breasts that look and feel smoother than conventional cosmetic surgery using implants. This is because the stem cells enable the fat to grow its own blood supply, thus becoming an integral part of the breast rather than a foreign lump.
Stem cells have the potential to change into any cells in the body. They are found in most tissues, especially fat.
Dozens of women in Japan have received the breast enlargements during trials. Last week German medical authorities gave approval to the process. Under Brussels rules, this means that the procedure is now legal throughout the European Union, including Britain.
Doctors here said last week they found the technique appealing?. The technique’s long-term effectiveness without side effects still needs further tests, but doctors are already enthusiastic.
I’m newly convinced, said Venkat Ramakrishnan, a specialist in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust. A lot more people have to use it and prove it, but it does seem to have something to it.?
In addition to cosmetic breast enlargements, which 26,000 women in Britain underwent last year, the procedure can be used for rebuilding breasts after cancer surgery and to repair facial disfigurements.
In a further variation of the technique, a Spanish hospital last week treated a patient with fat-derived stem cells to repair a severely damaged heart.
Both types of treatment rely on a process developed by Cytori, a Californian firm, for extracting adipose tissue and concentrating its stem cells. It has mechanised the process so that procedures which used to take weeks can be done in hours.
Much stem cell research has been directed at finding therapies for diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, motor neurone and muscular wasting.
The use of the cells for cosmetic breast surgery was begun in 2004 by Kotaro Yoshimura, a surgeon at Tokyo University medical school. He said last week: I believe that within five years my procedure will be available as plastic surgery and that it will prove very popular.
Scientists and doctors are starting to believe that the best clues to curing and improving our bodies are inside our bodies in the form of stem cells, said Cynthia Fox, author of Cell of Cells, a new book about the worldwide race to master stem cell technology.
Breast augmentation is cosmetic but these cells have the potential to treat diseases ranging from cancer to Alzheimer’s.
Yoshimura said last week he had had “no major problems” with the 39 women to whom he had so far administered the treatment. He has also used it to grow new tissue on the faces of three people with disfigurements.
He claims his technique has advantages over, for example, silicon and water implants which can leak. In addition, some 50% of implants that use plain fat without the stem cells “boost”die. This is usually caused by the fat losing blood supply when it is transplanted from the patient’s buttocks or thighs.
The process used by Yoshimura, Cytori and others involves extracting twice as much fat as is required for the implant. Half is treated to separate out the stem cells. These are then added back into the remaining fat to be injected into the breast in a series of treatments.
Some stem cells form more fat and others develop into a living blood supply for the new tissue which can grow into the surrounding breast.
The main drawback is that the stem cell implant gives only half the extra volume of new breast compared with conventional enhancements 150 cubic cm per side compared with 300 cubic cm for implants. Another limitation is that thin patients may not have enough spare fat.
Eva Weiler-Mithoff, a consultant at Canniesburn hospital in Glasgow, said the technique offered particular benefits for patients needing reconstructive surgery after having mastectomies.
“The most distressing effect of radiotherapy is that the blood vessels shrivel up,” she said. ”Stem cells can differentiate into new blood vessels, which could mean that more fat cells will survive.”
Breast augmentation has become a more increasingly popular surgery over the past several years, and more people in the Inland Empire are educating themselves on the breast augmentation procedure. In 2006, 10.9 million cosmetic surgical procedures and treatments were performed as reported by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS, 2007). Of the surgeries, breast augmentation was the most prevalent surgery with nearly 330,000 procedures performed in 2006.
Regarding the psychosocial aspect of breast augmentation in the Inland Empire, Dr. Sorosky and Dr. Park seek to define each individual’s motivations for breast augmentation. There are many factors that may influence a woman to undergo breast augmentation ranging from body image improvement to self-esteem, and even improving one’s relationships with the new added confidence.
Physically, it is important to have excellent communication between Dr. Sorosky and Dr. Park. Their goal is to listen to the desired result from the patient. Some patient’s may wish for more upper pole fullness in their breast, whereas others may seek a more tear-drop shape with their breast augmentation. Other’s may seek a breast lift (mastopexy) with augmentation in order to restore the breast volume higher on the chest wall after pregnancy and gravity have effected the breast causing breast sag or droop.
The various approaches of breast augmentation in the Inland Empire that are offered by Dr. Sorosky and Dr. Park. The incisions in the area of the breast are periareolar (around the nipple) or in the inframammary fold crease. If a patient does not wish to have scars on the breast then the axillary (or armpit) approach may be used. Finally, when a patient is undergoing a breast augmentation along with an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) procedure, the implants can be placed through the abdominoplasty incision to avoid any scars on the breast.
Dr. Sorosky and Dr. Park will help guide you through a very detailed consultation regarding breast augmentation in the Inland Empire and listen to your individual goals.
Women who are seeking breast augmentation in the Inland Empire often search the internet for qualifed Doctor referrals. Dr. Sorosky and Dr. Park are experts in breast augmentation in the Inland Empire. Their skill and attention to detail show in the result of the hundreds of breast agumentation surgeries they have performed in the Inland Empire. Please review the before and after images of some of the Inland Empire breast augmenation results. Dr. Sorosky and Dr. Park provide their patients with the very best care. Call Dr. Sorosky and Dr. Park today at (909) 981-8985 for your Inland Empire breast augmentation consultation today.
For some women in Pasadena the decision to have Breast Augmentation is a result of many factors, including personal reasons. The need to reduce volume due to weight loss or following pregnancy, to acheive better breast symmetry, to improve the sagging effects of gravity and time or to improve the appearance of a breast that is disfigured due to trauma, heredity or congenital abnormalities.
Dr. Sorosky and Dr. Park combined, have performed hundreds of breast augmenations in Pasadena and are clinical experts on your implant choices. In your Pasadena breast augmentation consultation they will help facilitate you to make an informed decision on what type of implant to use, the recommended incision and the placement of the implant.
Recently, after a 14 year exhaustive study, the FDA has once again approved silicon gel implants for women to use for breast augmetation in Pasadena and the United States. This new generation of silicone gel implants do not bleed in the event of a rupture.
To schedule your Pasadena Breast Augmentation consultation please call Dr. Sorosky or Dr. Park at (909) 981-8985 today.
With the approval of silicone breast implants for cosmetic procedures, plastic surgery will take yet another step forward towards a more natural beauty. The exciting announcement by the Food and Drug Administration approved silicone breast implants for cosmetic procedures for patients age 22 and older.
Previously, the controversy behind silicone breast augmentation arose from women reporting silicone implants to be linked to connective tissue disorders. Therefore, in 1992, the FDA banned silicone implants to the general public, and later allowed certain patients in adjunctive studies to obtain silicone implants. These studies included women who required implants for reconstructive surgery, breast lift procedures, breast revisions, or chest wall deformities.
In the Inland Empire, Robert H. Sorosky, M.D. is a cosmetic surgeon who has been one of the participants in the silicone study which has allowed his practice to offer silicone implants to those patients satisfying the appropriate prerequisites. “I have been part of the silicone gel breast implant study since1994, and it has afforded our practice the opportunity to really look at silicone implants and any underlying effects it has had on women. So far in comparison to saline implants, we have not seen it linked to any illnesses.”
Since 1992, several national studies were performed and proved that there has been no link between silicone implants and any illnesses such as connective tissue disorders, breast cancer, or autoimmune diseases. Based on review of these scientific studies, last week the FDA approved silicone implants for all women age 22 and older.
“Although we have been providing silicone implants to the appropriate patients, this approval will offer all patients the option of obtaining silicone implants. We feel that silicone does have some advantages in terms of natural feel, however, saline implants will continue to play a role in cosmetic augmentation as well.” Dr. Sorosky reports.
The one thing to consider is the fact that silicone implants are pre-filled, and therefore, the incision for the implants must be made longer. The incision must be made under the breast in the inframammary fold or through the areola, so this would preclude the other approaches such as through the belly button or armpit. Also there is an additional cost factor for the silicone implants as well as future costs for FDA recommended followup studies such as periodic MRI’s to detect any rupture of implants with leakage of silicone.
Edward H. Park, M.D. is Dr. Sorosky’s partner who is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and has significant experience with silicone gel implants in his breast reconstructive surgery practice. “Silicone implants have afforded certain advantages in breast cancer patients who will often have thin tissue coverage after a mastectomy. There is less rippling in silicone vs. saline implants, and some of these advantages may now be passed on to the appropriate cosmetic patients.”
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Edward H. Park, MD
Robert H. Sorosky, MD
1330 San Bernardino Rd. Ste C
Upland, CA 91786
tel: (909) 981-8985 | fax: (909) 949-4550
Dr. Edward H. Park is a board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.