The FDA hearings on breast implants in March 2019 prompted a large number of phone calls to our office. The patients had two main questions about breast implants…BIA-ALCL (Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma) and BII (Breast Implant Illness). We have addressed the BIA-ALCL issues in previous blogs on this website. Briefly stated, BIA-ALCL […]
Round Vs Anatomically Shaped Silicone Breast Implants
Over a third of the surgeries I perform utilize breast implants. This includes breast augmentation, breast lifts with augmentation, and breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer. I most frequently recommend round implants over anatomically shaped breast implants and this will be discussed in the blog. What I like about a round, smooth wall silicone […]
Breast Implant Lymphoma
Our monthly academic journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, highlighted a “special topic” section which addressed lymphoma arising in the breasts of women with implants. There were 6 articles which reported facts as well as opinions. Less than o.5% of all breast cancers are lymphomas. The first report in a patient with breast implants was in […]
