by Ken Dembny | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Breast Implants
Each round silicone gel-filled breast implant is comprised of a silicone elastomer shell which contains the silicone gel filling. Silicone gel breast implants are filled by the manufacturer with a moderately cohesive (responsive) silicone gel. If you look carefully at...
by Ken Dembny | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog, Saline vs. Silicone
During the consultation today, a patient asked me, “Aren’t saline implants harder?” Well, it actually depends. Let me start by saying that if you have ever held a saline implant and a silicone gel implant side-by-side, you know that they feel...
by Ken Dembny | Jul 14, 2015 | Blog, Plastic Surgery
I recently saw a woman in consultation for a failed saline breast implant. She had her breast augmentation performed seven years earlier by a surgeon who advertises like a plastic surgeon, but is not board certified in plastic surgery. And as far as I am aware, has...
by Ken Dembny | Jul 14, 2015 | Blog, Breast Implants
During breast augmentation consultations women frequently make a comment, or ask a question, about having to change their breast implants every 10 years. The comment or question is usually worded in such a way that they have the understanding that breast implants need...
by Ken Dembny | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog, Capsular Contracture
Capsular contracture is the most common complication following breast augmentation. Reported capsular contracture rates range from a few percent to much more significant numbers depending upon the criteria used for evaluation and inclusion. An average rate is probably...
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