How can we treat Poland syndrome? [Breast surgery Korea KIES-U] Q. I have Poland syndrome. What can I do about it? Can there be any more problems in my body? A. Here is the answer. Poland syndrome was discovered by an English doctor, Patrick Clarkson in 1962. He had observed patients with abnormality on hands and hypoplasia on the breasts. Clarkson found out...
Uneven breasts; how to correct them There are patients who have a complex with uneven breasts as much as those who do with small or sagging breasts. Today I would like to share about the uneven breasts. People think of uneven breasts as breasts with different volume size but there is a lot more to this. Let’s look at them one by one....
Breast surgery Korea KIES-U plastic surgery The least pretty looking breast is the sagging breast. One of the scariest concern that the women around the world have is having sagging breasts and their body turning “old”. Men then to lose interest on those women with loss in breast volume. A lot of women after pregnancy come and ask about what to do with...
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7:27 PM Can you see the implant in the x-ray after the breast augmentation? There are many of those who ask if one can see the silicone implant through the x-ray after the breast implantation. The answer to this is, “Yes”. You can also see the saline bag type implant as well. X-ray is a line that penetrates through the body, and the amount of...
Recent finding on the risk factors of capsular contracture (breast augmentation) There was an announcement regarding a finding on the capsular contracture risk factors by Dr. Grant Stevens and 34 others and so I would like to post on that. When there is a medical finding and announcement, there must be a reasonable number of samples to derive statistics. Also, there should be...
[Breast Surgery Korea KIES-U] Incision on the inframammary fold leads to minimum possibility of capsular contracture (Reference from a journal published by research team in Georgetown University Hospital, D.C) Breast augmentation is the most popular beauty surgery in the world today. In 2010, there were 318,000 cases of breast augmentation in US alone. Image that shows the possibility of capsular contracture according to...
Choosing your implant for water drop breast augmentation It is not easy to make a normal person who is not professionally knowledgeable in medical field to understand what a doctor wants to communicate. I get quite surprised that my patients do not understand me. Today I look like to share something that the patients have most difficulty understanding, making it easier for you...
The types and differences of breast implants II Plastic surgery Korea KIES-U Which implant looks and feels the most natural? This is a frequently asked question. My answer is always the same. There aren’t many differences in the 5th generation cohesive gel implants. If you put a smooth type and a texture type implants on top of the table and touch them, you...
Incidence rate of capsular contracture According to 2002 Plastic and Reconstructive surgery article by Tebbetts and others, the incidence rate of capsular contracture of 1664 patients over 7 years is 0.7%. The information from implant manufacturing companies of Mentor and McCann submitted to FDA reads 9%. How can the two data of 0.7% and 9% from the same country, US, have so much difference?...
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...
Q. When do you need to have a breast revision surgery? There are few reasons for the breast revision surgery First, when the breasts become hard due to the capsular contracture. Second, when the breasts look awkward because the location or the position of the implant changes. Third, when there is a damage on the implant (this is common on the saline type)...
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...