Some characteristics of microtextured implants Hello everyone. Today I would like to share about the characteristics of microtextured implant along with its advantages and disadvantages. 1) What is microtextured implant? Texturing in implant is uneven surface where the skin cell can grow into. The purpose of texturing is to avoid capsular contracture. As the tissue cells grow into the surface without any uniformity,...
Today, I would like to share about #microthane (micro polyurethane) implant. There are many who think that #microthaneimplants are only good for preventing capsular contracture, but I would like to share more specific details on it. Microthane implant refers to a breast implant made of #Micropolyurethane foam. Only the exterior is different and it is composed to silicone gel just like any other...
Does the textured implant have more rippling effect than the smooth type? Rippling is similar to waviness. For those of you who are searched on the internet a lot, most will think that rippling is caused on the saline bag type and also on the textured type. Today I would like to share on the two side effects of rippling and feeling on...
Ultrasound imaging for breast surgery Today I would like to share about the Ultrasonography after the breast augmentatioin surgery. Although there aren’t any problems after the breast augmentation, one might be curious about if the implant is at the appropriate position and think about if there is no problem inside the breast where one cannot see. Breast augmentation Korea KIES-U Or, the breasts...
How the shape of the implant and different methods change the shape of the breasts An interesting report on how the breasts change according to the shape of the implants has been introduced based on various experiments conducted on 17 corpses. It was written by Dr. Antonio Jorge Forte of Yale University and Dr. Alonso of Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Plastic and reconstructive surgery,...
Breast augmentation revision surgery Korea 'Anatomical type breast revision surgery' means that you will have a revision surgery with a anatomical type implant. Today’s topic is the breast re-surgery with an anatomical type implant. There are no revision surgeries that require an anatomical type implants If you decide to have a breast revision surgery, then you would need to think about what type...
Q. Should Breast implants be replaced every 10 years? A. Before the FDA approval of cohesive gel in 2006, there was a time when we only used saline solution bag. The various rumors at that time are still on-line today. What I am surprised at is that there are many surgeons who do not have sufficient knowledge about the breast implants but communicate...
Breast augmentation massage Massaging is to maintain the large space around the breast implant Many surgeons believed that in order to reduce the capsular contracture, the pocket needs to be larger than the necessary size so that the massaging would be able to maintain the large space of the pocket in order to move the breast implant. This would prevent the breast implant...
Pectus Carinatum Breast augmentation Surgery I have personally analyzed statistically that there are about 12~16% of those with Pigeon chest. This is rather a common form of chest cage. Pigeon chest is when the chest cage is roundly shaped by ribs, and breastbones. We call pigeon chest medically pectus carinatum. The shape is formed because costal cartilage and breastbone stick outwards. A bad...
Deciding on the upper body shape and breast implant When I counsel for the breast surgery, the very first thing I consider is the upper body shape. The upper body is the background of the breast, therefore, it is important to see what type of upper body shape a person has. In some aspect, it is like considering with material of paper you...