The lower part of the breast can in rare situations have a double bubble appearance immediately after breast implants are placed, usually where the tissue is excessively tight and the patient’s natural infra-mammary crease was too high. The appearance can be a challenge to deal with and this article discusses a non-surgical method that was published, involving the use of a shoelace support.
Breast Implant Developments Silicone breast implants have changed in incremental steps over the last 50 years. Some changes have been good, others less so, and research and developments continue to be made by manufactures. The first silicone-filler breast implants were introduced to the market in the 1960s. These are now termed ‘generation one’. They had…
Silicone breast implants need to be replaced, ideally at 10-years. Rupture rates with the best silicone implants are 5-12% at 10-years. I also do a lot or revisions on patients who had poor surgery elsewhere.