San Francisco Plastic Surgeon Experienced with Silicone Breast Implants
If you're in the San Francisco Bay area and looking for a Board Certified, highly qualified Plastic Surgeon to perform your Breast Enhancement surgery, look no farther than San Francisco Breast Implants Surgeon Dr. Roy Kim.
Dr. Kim has extensive experience in all Breast Enhancement procedures, including Breast Augmentation, Breast Lift, Breast Reduction and Reconstruction. His commitment is to patient safety and satisfaction, emphasizing natural-looking, individual results.
Even before the Food and Drug Administration had approved the use of Silicone Breast Implants for Breast Augmentation surgery, Dr. Kim has already had plenty of experience working with silicone implants as an investigator in several elite clinical trials using the cohesive or "gummy bear" silicone implants. However, Dr. Kim is experienced with both Saline and Silicone Breast Implants and he can help you discern which implant is better for you and your body type.
Before and After Photos of Dr. Kim's work and video testimonials of actual patients can be viewed by visiting Dr. Kim's Breast Implants USA's Profile Page.
Labels: Breast Implants San Francisco, Silicone Breast Implants
Friday, March 13, 2009
Age Minimum Difference For Saline Vs. Silicone Breast Implants?
Why is the age minimum different for augmentation patients for saline-filled and silicone gel-filled breast implants?
The FDA approved saline-filled breast implants for augmentation in women ages 18 and older.
The FDA approved silicone gel-filled implants for women ages 22 and older.
The age restrictions are different because the risks are different for the two products. For example, silicone gel-filled implants will require frequent MRI monitoring to detect silent rupture (a rupture that can go undetected by you or your doctor). There is no risk of silent rupture for saline-filled implants. In addition, the health consequences of a ruptured saline-filled breast implant are different from those of a ruptured silicone gel-filled breast implant.
Read more about the FDA and Silicone Implants on Breast Implants USA.
Labels: saline breast implants, Silicone Breast Implants
Monday, February 16, 2009
Saline or Silicone? Round or Anatomic?
Which Implant is Best For You?
There is no perfect way to determine on your own whether Saline or Silicone, Round or Anatomic, or Smooth or Textured implants are best for you, nor can you determine on your own the best incision for your particular case. These decisions can only be made between you and your Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. That's why it's important to schedule your confidential, personalized consultation with your breast implants surgeon.
To find a surgeon, either visit our Plastic Surgeon Locator or Ask a Breast Augmentation Expert your questions and a surgeon will contact you directly.
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Labels: ask an expert, board certified breast augmentation surgeons, find a plastic surgeon, saline breast implants, Silicone Breast Implants
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Breast Augmentation - Augmentation Mammoplasty
Breast augmentation is the name of the surgical procedure performed in order to enhance or enlarge a woman's breasts with the use of breast implants. It is also commonly referred to as Breast Implants Surgery and can be performed using saline or silicone breast implants, depending on the patients' desired look and feel.
Who Is An Ideal Candidate for Breast Augmentation Surgery?
There are many reasons why women consider breast augmentation surgery, ranging from the desire to have larger, more shapely breasts, to recovering breast shape and volume lost due to childbirth and age, to breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Candidates for breast augmentation are women who desire to enhance their body contour to fit their body shape, type and proportions. Breast augmentation may help a women to feel more self-confident about her body image.
Breast augmentation can also correct slightly sagging breasts or breasts that have lost volume due to pregnancy. The goal of surgery usually is to create a natural, fuller breast rather than one that appears "over augmented". Women that have a breast asymmetry, congenital abnormalities or have undergone a previous mastectomy may also be good candidates for breast augmentation, but may also require more specific procedures in conjunction with the breast augmentation surgery, such as the breast lift, breast reduction or breast implant re-visioning procedures.
Consult with your plastic surgeon to determine which procedure is right for you. If you don't have a breast implants surgeon, use the Surgeon Locator tool at Breast Implants USA to find a board certified breast implants surgeon in your area.
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Labels: Breast Augmentation, Breast Implants Surgeons, Breast Lift, breast reduction, saline breast implants, Silicone Breast Implants
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
How will the FDA ensure that Allergan and Mentor complete their post-approval studies?
The FDA has been very careful in their decision to lift the ban on silicone breast implants and in order to further make sure that implant manufacturers follow through on the strict guidelines they have implemented a very detailed study post ban.
To assure that Mentor and Allergan (formerly Inamed) complete these studies, FDA will:
- Track the post-approval studies, using a new electronic tracking system
- Provide guidance on how and when companies should report the status of their post-approval studies
- Post the status of the studies on the FDA website to help keep the public informed
- Hold open public Panel meetings on the status of the conditions of approval five and 10 years after approval, as well as any other time the FDA decides is necessary (e.g., if significant new information from the post-approval studies becomes available)
Labels: FAQs, Silicone Breast Implants
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Why is the age minimum different for augmentation patients for saline-filled and silicone gel-filled breast implants?
The FDA approved saline-filled breast implants for augmentation in women ages 18 and older.
The FDA approved silicone gel-filled implants for women ages 22 and older.
The age restrictions are different because the risks are different for the two products. For example, silicone gel-filled implants will require frequent MRI monitoring to detect silent rupture (a rupture that can go undetected by you or your doctor). There is no risk of silent rupture for saline-filled implants. In addition, the health consequences of a ruptured saline-filled breast implant are different from those of a ruptured silicone gel-filled breast implant.
Read more about the FDA and Silicone Implants on Breast Implants USA.
Labels: FAQs, Silicone Breast Implants
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Audio Interview with Dr. Peter Hyans on FDA Approval of Silicone Implants
The FDA caused quite a stir when they lifted the ban on silicone breast implants. With the approval nearing the one year mark, many women have flocked to the once ill conceived silicone breast implant over the widely used saline breast implant.However not all women are convinced on the relative safety of the silicone breast implant, with haunting memories of the controversies that plagued the implant, it is not hard to understand their hesitation regarding the silicone breast implant.
To help ease the transition Breast Implants USA conducted audio interviews with highly respected doctors and asked them what they thought of the approval of silicone breast implants.
Dr. Peter Hyans, a board-certified plastic surgeon has contributed many articles for medical journals, participated in local and national lectures specializing in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and can be found in the "How To Find the Best Doctors: New York Metro Area" published by Castle Connolly, this authoritative guide is crucial to finding highly qualified physicians throughout the region.
Dr. Hyans has been honored and respected by his peers. Fellow physicians specializing in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery voted Dr. Hyans a "Top Doc" in New Jersey Monthly magazine.
You can find Dr. Hyans' audio interview on the FDA approval of silicone implants on Breast Implants USA here.
Breast Implants USA is The Source for finding Board Certified Plastic Surgeons and continues to reach out to the community with up to date breast augmentation and breast implants information and support.
Labels: Dr. Peter Hyans, Essex County, Morris County, Silicone Breast Implants, Somerset County, Union County
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Silicone Breast Implants News
You have heard about the recent FDA Approval of Silicone Implants, but what does it mean?
Read all of the latest news releases about Silicone Breast Implants, and check out our FAQ for a special section on Silicone Implants.
Also, on our front page you'll see links to several audio interviews with surgeons such as Dr. Sanjay Grover of Newport Beach and Beverly Hills answering questions about Silicone Implants.
If you have any additional questions about Silicone Implants, click here to Ask an Expert.
Labels: ask an expert, Silicone Breast Implants
Monday, July 23, 2007
Silicone Breast Implants Interview with Dr. Brian Howard of Atlanta
Dr. Brian Howard of Atlanta recently spoke to Breast Implants USA on the subject of silicone breast implants. Click here for the interview (audio), and click here to visit Dr. Howard's website!
If you click for the interview, the Breast Implants USA Audio Player will open in a separate window.
Labels: Atlanta Breast Augmentation Surgeons, Board Certified Plastic Surgeons, Breast Implants Audio Interview, Silicone Breast Implants
