A billboard in Utah had a picture of a lady crying and claiming: “I didn’t know my “cosmetic surgeon” wasn’t a plastic surgeon.” This declaration prompted a nasty lawsuit filed by the state’s cosmetic surgeons. The lawsuit was eventually found in favor of the board certified plastic surgeons of Utah. The ruling stated that only […]
Silicone Implant Controversies…Round 2
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 […]
