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  UPDATED 9/1/24:  Here are the most recently updated facts about ALCL and textured breast implants: Data from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons BIA-ALCL Global Network shows that there…

The most common complication after breast augmentation is indeed capsular contracture. However, this incidence is quite rare—I have only seen it in a small handful of my patients. Most patients…

In the last few months, two new implants have become available, to our patients’ benefit!  In the United States, we previously had the 5th generation of silicone gel breast implants,…

The following are words taken directly from an email I recently received from a patient in my San Francisco Plastic Surgery practice.  I think it speaks for itself: “My story…

I tell patients every day during their consultations that “Plastic Surgery is very psycho-social”.  What does this mean? Plastic Surgery generally addresses issues on the exterior of the body –…