Do teardrop(anatomical) type implant rotate (turn upside-down)?  I would like to quote findings of Prof. Heden from Karolinska University in Stockholm, Sweden. "From 1995 to 2009 we implanted close to 12,000 (minimum of 6,000 patients) AHCSI implants (teardrop type implants)........ Infections were caused in 1.7%, seroma in 0.6% of the cases. Infections are found mainly in the combined mastopexy augmentations. Rotations have been seen...

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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...

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[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...

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Breast Ptosis Surgery, KIES-U Plastic surgery Korea How do your breasts change after you give birth or as you get older? First, is when most of the fat on your breast drops down and the lower part of the breast stretches. Second, is when you lose volume in the upper breast. We call this glandular ptosis. Please refer to the image below. Glandular...

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Dual plane teardrop breast augmentation  A lot of patients in Korea get the teardrop breast augmentation but using teardrop(anatomical) type implant does not mean that your breast would look natural and beautiful. A lot of the doctors realized this late and therefore, now, think much about how the surgery should be performed than they used to in the past. Teardrop breast augmentation Korea   Also the teardrop type...

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