Breast Augmentation
Breast Implants: Silicone Breast Implants
Breast Implants: Saline Breast Implants

Breast Implants (Saline Breast Implants or Silicone Breast Implants), Breast Lift,  and Breast Reconstruction are several breast surgery specialties performed in the Manhattan, New York Plastic Surgeon.  All breast procedures are performed by the NYC Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Douglas Senderoff, MD FACS.

The Manhattan, New York, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, uses FDA approved saline filled breast implants or silicone breast implants. The NYC Plastic Surgeon will personally discuss with you which type of breast implant - silicone breast implants or saline breast implants - would be right for you (during your free breast augmentation plastic surgery consultation). The following information will help you better understand the breast implant operation as performed by the Manhattan Plastic Surgeon.

There are several breast augmentation options that you may choose for breast enlargement surgery with breast implants. These options include the site of the placement of the breast implants: either above or below the muscle and the choice of the incision through which the implant is placed. Breast enlargement can be accomplished through either a transaxillary (armpit) incision, inframammary (below the breast) incision or a periareolar (through the areola) incision. The Manhattan Breast Implants Plastic Surgeon will discuss all these options with you.

Your breast implant plastic surgery will be performed at the Board Certified Plastic Surgeon's fully accredited Manhattan, New York outpatient surgical facility; under local anesthesia with intravenous sedation or under general anesthesia. Once your plastic surgeon, Dr. Senderoff, completes your breast implant surgery, you will be fitted with a support bra and a light dressing. You will most likely be back on your feet within a couple of days and back to full activities within a few weeks.

BREAST IMPLANT CHOICES
Breast implants can come in a variety of shapes, most commonly either round or contoured. You can discuss which breast implant is best for you during your complimentary consultation with the NYC Plastic Surgeon. The surface of the breast implant can vary as well, being either smooth or textured. While those breast implants with a textured surface were designed to reduce the risk of capsular contracture, there is little evidence to prove that this is true. Breast implants come in a variety of sizes as well. For many of the Plastic Surgeon's Manhattan, New York candidates, the size of the breast implant, and thus the desired size of their breasts, can be the most difficult aspect of breast augmentation. Patients must have sufficient tissue in order to accommodate a larger breast implant, otherwise the breast implant may be more palpable following the plastic surgery, the edges more easily seen and felt through the skin. Furthermore, breast implants that are too large for the amount of tissue may increase the risk of surgical complications. Excessively large breast implants may cause the breasts to prematurely droop or sag.

There are two basic types of breast implants and these include the following:
Saline-filled breast implants, the choice of the breast implant being used for nearly all breast augmentation surgeries by plastic surgeons. These are breast implants which are inserted and filled, typically through a valve, with a saline or salt-water solution (similar to the fluid which comprises most of the human body). The location of the valve can vary, typically on either the front or the back of the breast implant. There are also saline-filled adjustable breast implants which are relatively new to the market and allow the surgeon, through an additional small connector tube, to adjust the size of the breast following surgery through a simple injection. Saline fluid can either be added or drained to increase or decrease the size of the breast, possibly for up to several months following surgery. Saline-filled adjustable implants are not offered by all surgeons and require an additional incision, and thus an additional scar.

Many women still opt for saline breast implants, even though silicon breast implants are offered by the NYC Plastic Surgeon, which feel and look less natural but can be implanted with smaller incisions. Saline implants may have a lower rate of capsular contracture than silicone implants. If you are uncertain about the type of breast implants you want, it is best to discuss your concerns with the Manhattan  Boar Certified Plastic Surgeon.

Silicone Gel-Filled Implants. Silicone breast implants are made of silicone gel and encased in a rubber shell. In November 2006, the FDA approved silicone breast implants for use in the United States. Previously, silicone implants had been suspected of causing systemic health problems; however, multiple studies and expert-review panels have shown that these claims were false. Silicone implants have been safely used by plastic surgeons in Europe for years, and now American patients can once again take advantage of the natural look and feel of silicone breast implants. At his Manhattan, New York practice, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Douglas Senderoff offers breast augmentation surgery with both silicone and saline breast implants.

The NYC Breast Implants Plastic Surgeon will discuss the goal of your proposed breast enlargement surgery, and go over the entire procedure with you. The following information will help you understand the operation.

Operation: The breast implant surgery operation will be performed in the Board Certified Plastic Surgeron fully accredited New York City office in Manhattan - his surgery center, or in the hospital as an out-patient. The breast enlargement operation with breast implants itself lasts for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. You will stay in the Plastic Surgeon's recovery area until you feel comfortable to return home. Suture removal is usually one week after surgery.

Anesthesia: Patients have a choice of either a general anesthesia or intravenous sedation anesthesia. As in all of our operations, the anesthesiologist is a board-certified, and highly skilled, experienced anesthesiologist. If the breast implant is placed below the muscle, the operation is usually performed under general anesthesia.

Convalescence: After breast enlargement surgery with breast implants, it takes approximately one week to ten days to fell comfortable. You should refrain from athletics for three weeks after surgery. You can feel free to call the Manhattan Plastic Surgeon at any time during your recovery period.

Insurance Information: Breast enlargement plastic surgery with breast implants is rarely covered by any insurance program. However, if there is a congenital maldevelopment of one or both breasts, this may be covered, and would depend on which carrier that you might have. Some insurance companies will cover the removal of ruptured silicone implants. If you do have a ruptured breast implant, our New York office will contact your insurance carrier to help you determine if you are covered.

Revision of Breast Enlargement: Because of the Manhattan Plastic Surgeon's years of experience, he often corrects problems that have been associated with breast enlargement with breast implants in the past.  Breast augmentation surgery, both new and revisionary procedures, are the most common procedures performed by Douglas Senderoff, MD, FACS.

If you have experienced complications or dissatisfaction with a previous breast implant surgery, you may want to consider a breast implants revision plastic surgery; you can discuss this with the Palstic Surgeon during your free consultation. Dr. Senderoff's unique surgical approach and years of experience with breast surgery make him the ideal doctor for you to have perform your breast implants revision plastic surgery.. He can use breast implant revision surgery to correct many different complaints that women have about their previous results including:
Changing Implant Size
Replacing Implants
Improving Look and Feel
Correcting Capsular Contracture

If you have any questions about breast implants (silicone breast implants or saline breast implants), breast augmentation, breast lift, or would like a complimentary breast implants consultation with the Manhattan Plastic Surgeon (or any other plastic surgery procedures) please feel free to contact Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Douglas Senderoff, at his Manhattan or Westchester, New York Plastic Surgery offices.