CAPSULECTOMY & IMPLANT REMOVAL

• Development of capsular contracture in one or both breasts
• Development of pain, firmness or breast distortion due to capsular contracture
• Failure, leak or rupture of one or both implants
• Excessive age of implants (well beyond 10 years)
• Desired change in implant plane is desired (subglandular vs. subpectoral, etc.)
• Desired change in implant type or size
• Would like implants and associated implant-related scar tissue removed

Breast augmentation is a surgical procedure to enhance one's breasts. Both silicone and saline breast implants are available to enlarge breast size. Implants can be placed in a variety of positions via a variety of approaches. Implants can be placed in a submuscular or subglandular/subfascial pocket. A submuscular pocket means that the implant is placed beneath breast tissue and chest musculature; a subglandular or subfascial pocket means the implant is placed beneath one's breast tissue but above the level of the chest wall muscles.

During your consultation, Dr. Robey will work with you to help pick out the implants that will match your body frame and preferences. Chest measurements will be taken to figure out which implants would be an ideal fit for you. "Trying on" various implants inside your bra can help determine what sized implants you would benefit from.

* Special is only on surgical procedures, call our office to see if your procedure qualifies.

• Saline Breast Augmentation
• Ideal Saline Breast Implant
• Silicone Standard Breast Augmentation
• Silicone Gel Gummy Round Breast Augmentation
• Silicone Gel Gummy Shaped Breast Augmentation
• Fat-Transfer ( Using Your Fat to Naturally Enhance Your Breast )

Fat grafting has increased in popularity for many reasons in the field of breast enhancing. Liposuction of the donor areas can shape the donor areas and provide grafting material to enhance breast shape and size. Donor areas could potentially include any area of relative fat excess; the abdomen, flanks, thighs and back are commonly utilized. 

Fat grafting can be beneficial to enhance both implant based and other tissue based reconstructions. Small volume fat grafting to the breasts can be used to treat contour deformities, asymmetries, and improve the quality of radiated skin and breast tissue.

Large volume and mega volume fat transfers are also options for some patients looking to reconstruct larger breast volumes or exchange existing implants for one’s own tissue. For larger breast volumes, serial fat grafting can replace the volume provided by the implant with transferred fat. Some patients without pre-existing implants may also benefit from pre-expansion with the BRAVA system (breast suction cups that help expand breast tissue and increase the size of the recipient bed). Transferred fat cells also provide rejuvenating benefits to skin affected by radiation. 

While there is a relatively low complication rate associated with prosthetic breast implants, for those patients experiencing issues such as pain, tissue thinning, asymmetry, malposition, and capsular contracture, traditional methods of treatment have a newer alternative. While these issues have classically been treated with implant removal and/or replacement, capsulectomy, capsulotomy, change in implant plane, acellular dermal matrix placement, and autologous flap reconstruction, fat transfer has been shown to be effective in restoring breast volume without maintaining the theoretical long-term risks associated with the implants themselves.