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...
by Ken Dembny | Jan 1, 2015 | Blog, Cost & Financing
Breast augmentation is a cosmetic surgical procedure that is not covered by insurance. Pricing for breast augmentation surgery includes the surgeon’s fee, the cost for anesthesia, the facility fee, the price of the breast implants, and possibly some other...
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