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Why Subfascial Breast Implant Placement Is Gaining Popularity Again

Subfascial breast implant placement isn’t a new idea, but suddenly everyone is talking about it. Patients were told to think of breast implants going either under or over the pectoral muscle, but in actuality, there are four planes for...

Ob la di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra-less?*

I have it on good authority that when the bra comes off, it’s a sign that you are staying in, and with everyone sheltering in place right now, bras don’t even leave the drawer some days. I generally advocate...

Clinical trial shows long term benefits of Galaflex internal bra

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Solutions for breast implant rippling

We do a lot of revision breast surgery here, and breast implant rippling is a common concern of patients seeking revision. There are two factors that contribute to this: thin tissue coverage and the characteristics of the implants. Correction...

The Internal Bra Defined

Over the past 17 years I have been working on the idea of an internal bra, and now that the idea is taking hold there seems to be some confusion about what it actually is. The purpose of a...

Waterfall ptosis and bottoming out: opposite problems with a similar solution

Lately we have been seeing more of a type of breast sagging that occurs after augmentation with implants, called waterfall ptosis (ptosis being the medical word for sagging; the “p” is silent.) It can happen years later, or sometimes...

Correction of asymmetry in breast surgery

Correction of Asymmetry in Breast Surgery Symmetry has long been held to be a hallmark of physical beauty, for the face and the body. It’s more than just an artistic concept; scientific studies have consistently validated the relationship of...

Acellular Dermal Matrix in breast surgery: Proof of concept

In 2003 I published a series of 10 cases using Alloderm in revision breast implant surgery in the journal Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. In addition to showing how Acellular Dermal Matrix (Alloderm was the only ADM at the time) could be...

VECTRA 3D imaging brings a new dimension to breast surgery

Picturing your results from breast augmentation, reconstruction, and especially revision breast implant surgery can be difficult, but 3D imaging such as we now have with the VECTRA system is proving to be a major help. Image capture and processing takes only a...