Category: General

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Implants can be covered under a manufacturer’s warranty, so replacement cost might be lower than you expect.  A ruptured saline implant, while it poses no health risk, will probably look and feel strange. If you have silicone implants, damage can only be diagnosed with an MRI.

While it is far from a common occurrence, implant deflation can happen for a variety of reasons. In some cases, the problem occurs when the implants are filled beyond (or below) the manufacturer’s recommended fill range. Other times, the texture of a saline implant can result in excessive wrinkling and premature wear, causing the implant to fail. Even regular wear and tear over time can cause breast implant deflation, and your lifestyle can also play a role in the longevity of your breast implants.

A deflated implant can be safely removed and replaced in a surgical procedure similar to the original breast augmentation. Usually the same breast augmentation incision is used to approach the deflated implant.  While all this might seem like a hassle, the good news is that recovery from breast implant repair surgery is usually easier than the original surgery, since the pectoralis muscle has already been stretched.

The hot new eyelash enhancement drug Latisse is now available in Frankfort and Munster!

Last month, the FDA gave Botox/Juvederm manufacturer Allergan its stamp of approval for Latisse.  Now, the hot new drug is becoming available through certain providers.

What is Latisse? If you haven’t heard yet, it is a special eyelash treatment that is applied to the base of the lashes.  Latisse keeps hairs in their growth phase, producing darker, fuller and longer eyelashes. The aesthetic results of Latisse are desirable, but not permanent; patients must keep using it in order to maintain its effects.

Like many new drugs in recent years, the effects of Latisse were discovered inadvertently. During clinical trials for a glaucoma eye drop called Lumigan, researchers noticed an unintended side effect; patients exhibited longer, fuller lashes.  To make it brief: further research was conducted, the active ingredient (bimatoprost) was reduced, and now many patients can have the long, desirable eyelashes they’ve always wanted.

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Medical professionals at Cleveland Clinic have performed the nation’s first ever “80 percent face transplant.”

While specific patient details have been withheld, the clinic’s online press release reports that the patient is a female who had previously suffered facial trauma. During the procedure, which required almost a full (22 hour) day, many aspects of the patient’s face were replaced or restored.  Trained in the latest microsurgery and transplantation techniques, the surgeons integrated facial structures like the lower eyelids and nose, while also replacing complex tissues like nerves, arteries and skin.

Doctor Maria Siemionow, director of Plastic surgery research and team leader for the operation has spent a much of her career on research and development for such a procedure. She was able to direct professionals from many disciplines, including surgery, anesthesia, opthamology, dentistry and bioethics. A multifaceted approach of this magnitude is probably the only way to succeed in such a complex surgical procedure.

Regarding the necessity of facial surgery, Siemionow says, “No other aspect of our anatomy is capable of even a fraction of the complexity of motion and emotion allowed by the muscles and tissues of the face.”  She describes her motivation in a recent Wall Street Journal article saying,”Patients with facial disfigurement have very difficult challenges in society. We hope that one day we may be able to help the tens of thousands of patients who are quietly suffering.”


Orlando plastic surgeon, Richard Bosshardt recently wrote about the status of modern breast cancer treatments and the efforts of the medical community to minimize negative effects of the disease.

Most women know how to focus on prevention and are aware of the statistics – that “about 1 in 8 women will have to face breast cancer in their lifetime.” However, many aren’t informed about the positive developments of recent years. Family ‘genetic markers’ have become excellent risk indicators, narrowing the search for a definite cause. Also, as Bosshardt says, breast implants, bras and high-fat diets have never been shown to have any correlation with increased breast cancer risk.

There are new reasons to be optimistic: Doctors have begun practicing “breast conservation” rather than outright removal, chemotherapy is more advanced and reconstruction has become more sophisticated than ever, with patients often looking better as an end result. Read the original article here at the Orlando Sentinel.