Category Archives: Breast Augmentation

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Augmentation Mastopexy Recovery – Connecticut Surgery

The augmentation mastopexy procedure – a way to add volume to the breasts while also reducing sagging – is very effective when it comes to enhancing the breasts. Like any surgery, post-surgical healing will be a vital part of the process. If you follow our augmentation mastopexy recovery instructions, your healing period will be as …

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Enhance Your Overall Appearance With Breast Augmentation

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, breast augmentation is the most requested cosmetic surgery in the United States. Breast augmentation at our Guilford practice is a very flexible procedure, offering our patients from throughout West Hartford and the shoreline areas the choice of changing the size, shape, firmness, and placement of their breasts, …

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Silicone Breast Implants – A 50-Year Retrospective

Once controversial, they are now safer and more effective than ever Throughout their half-century history, silicone breast implants have been the subject of heated debate. Few medical devices have experienced such longevity, despite being banned by the FDA for 14 years, from 1992-2006. And breast implants remain among most popular procedures in plastic surgery. According …

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Make Your Own Breast Implant Sizers and Decide Which Implant Size is Right for You

Size matters when it comes to breast implants. Most women find that determining the right breast implant size can be just as difficult as deciding to undergo breast augmentation in the first place. Guilford plastic surgeon Dr. Beth Collins believes that realistic expectations are key to patient satisfaction, so it is essential that you are …

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Allergan Releases Statement About Gel-Filled Breast Implants

Allergan Inc., a prominent breast implant device manufacturer, has released a statement distancing itself from the Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP) breast implant scandal which is currently under investigation in Europe. Allergan, maker of popular breast implant products such as NATRELLE, McGhan and CUI, is in no way affiliated with PIP and seeks to reassure patients …

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Greater Complications in Obese Women Post Breast Surgery

Recently published in November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), a new study has found evidence that obese women experience a higher risk of complications after undergoing elective breast surgery, in comparison to non-obese women. After analyzing the insurance claims of nearly 8,000 …

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