Round vs. Teardrop Shaped Breast Implants
With the introduction of high-strength, highly cohesive, gummy-bear, silicone gel breast implants comes the ability to make breast implants with an intrinsic teardrop shape. […]
Personalized Breast Implants
For the past 50 years, Board Certified Plastic Surgeons have had a selection of Breast Implants to choose from for Breast Augmentation. Before breast […]
What Does FDA Approved Mean?
I’ve spent a lot of time reporting about the newly FDA approved highly cohesive, high-strength silicone gel breast implants by Sientra, but what does […]
High-Strength Silicone Gel Breast Implants
The next generation of breast implants is still searching for its generic name. They have been called cohesive gels, gummy bears, highly-cohesive gels, form-stable, […]
New Treatments for Breast Cancer in Trials
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is meeting in Chicago this week, and some exciting new research is being presented in the medical […]
New Sientra Breast Implants Available in the U.S.
A few months ago, I posted the headline, “Sientra gets FDA approval for new breast implants in the US.” The breast implants are new […]
How to Choose a Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Mele is Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery How to Choose a Plastic Surgeon A few years ago, the state […]
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Visits Vancouver, Canada
The premier US cosmetic plastic surgery society, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), headed North of the border this weekend for its […]
PIP Silicone Breast Implants – Not in the US
The arrest of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) founder, Jean-Claude Mas, in January, brought 2 years of investigations to its logical, albeit protracted, conclusion. However, […]
Top 5 Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Procedures – 1st Place – Breast Augmentation (Breast Implants)
Today the number 1 cosmetic plastic surgery procedure is revealed. Often associated with Southern California, Los Angeles, Hollywood and Beverly Hills, it’s a perennial […]