Gummy Bear Breast Augmentation
50 years after breast implants were first introduced, the US FDA has approved Gummy Bear high strength, highly cohesive, silicone gel, breast implants. They […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
New Breast Implants – Sientra Gets FDA Approval for Silimed Breast Implants
For the first time in 20 years, the FDA has approved a new manufacturer for Breast Implants in the US. Santa Barbara, California, based […]
Breast Implants – Cohesive Gel vs. Gummy Bear
One of the more frequently asked Breast Augmentation questions at my Walnut Creek Plastic Surgery Office is regarding the difference between Cohesive Gel Silicone […]