Category: breast augmentation | breast implants

  Breast augmentation is an operation that achieves its goal principally through the use of an implant. Whether it is a saline or silicone breast implant, both achieve enlargement of the breast in a near instantenous manner. Traditionally, breast implants have been of a uniform round (oblong really) shape. When this breast implant shape is Read More…

    Saline-filled breast implants typically have some amount of rippling or wrinkling which is not usually seen with silicone gel breast implants. (although it can still occur) This is particularly evident in women with thin skin and very little breast tissue. Implant wrinkling is felt on the bottom and sides of the breasts and Read More…

  Since silicone gel breast implants have been released back for commercial use in late 2006, nearly 15 years after they were initially pulled from the market, they have rapidly become the breast implant chosen by most women for their breast augmentation. I have seen many women come in for breast augmentation consults that are Read More…

  One of the known complications of the use of saline breast augmentation is the lifelong potential of deflation of the implants. Often referred to as rupture or developing a hole in the implant, the term deflation is more appropriate as it occurs without warning as the implant just slowly deflates over hours or days. Read More…

  There are two good reasons why patients choose silicone gel breast implants over saline…and one of those is that silicone breast implants have significantly less rippling or wrinkling than saline. This is of great aesthetic importance to those women with very little breast tissue and thin or stretched out skin where the outline of Read More…

A very frequent request for potential breast augmentation patients is that they would like to see breast augmentation photos/pictures of my results. I find patients reviewing before and after breast augmentation photos to be extremely educational for them and I insist that they do so. I refer to them to either by practice website, http://www.eppleyplasticsurgery.com/breast-aug.html Read More…

  My approach to selecting a size for one’s breast augmentation is that it is the patient’s choice. It is not for me to judge someone’s taste or desires. Breast size is a very personal issue and it is, to some degree, a bit like art. Beauty (breast size) is in the eye of the beholder. Read More…

Breast augmentation continues to be one of the most popular plastic surgery procedures with over 300,000 women undergoing the procedure last year. With the return of silicone gel breast implants, in addition to existing saline breast implants, women now have two good choices for their breast augmentation procedure. Whether saline or silicone gel breast implants Read More…