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New Silicone Gel Breast Implants Approved
On March 9th, 2012 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of a new type of silicone gel filled implants manufactured by Sientra, Inc. The silicone implants will be available for use in aesthetic breast augmentation patients over 22 years of age as well as in brea...
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Nov
PIP Breast Implants – Issues and Recommendations
PIP breast implants are manufactured by a French company named Poly Implant Prothèse, which was shut down in 2010 due to unacceptably high rates of implant rupture. PIP implants were made at significantly lower cost by using a cheap industrial grade silicone rather than th...
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Nov
How to Achieve the Best Results from your Plastic Surgery
Once you've decided to go ahead with a plastic surgery procedure, whether liposuction, breast augmentation, tummy tuck, or a combination of surgeries, you should make sure your body and mind are at their best. Surgery of any kind, including aesthetic plastic surgery, is to...
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Nov
Silicone Breast Implants – Safety Update
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an updated white paper on June 23rd, 2011 on the safety of silicone gel-filled breast implants, used in both breast augmentation and breast reconstruction. The FDA stated that “silicone gel-filled breast implants have a reasonab...
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Nov
Welcome to Dr. Olivia Hutchinson’s New Plastic Surgery Office
We are delighted to announce our new location at 121A East 83rd Street, on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City. Dr. Olivia Hutchinson will continue to offer patients the full complement of cosmetic plastic surgery procedures and minimally invasive short scar techni...
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Nov
Breast Implants and Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL)
On Wednesday, January 26th, 2011, the FDA announced that women with saline or silicone breast implants may incur a “very low but increased risk” of developing Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL). ALCL is not breast cancer, but rather a rare malignant tumor that is a...
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Nov
Breast Enhancement in New York City – by Dr. Olivia Hutchinson
Aesthetic surgery to improve the appearance of a woman's breasts may include breast augmentation with saline or silicone implants, breast lift (mastopexy) with or without breast enlargement, and breast reduction. Breast surgery is designed to improve the volume, shape and o...
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Nov
Breast Augmentation – Saline or Silicone Implants?
Breast Augmentation - Saline or Silicone Implants? Posted on: Nov 1 2010 By: Dr. Olivia Hutchinson Breast augmentation surgery offers many options for patients, including a wide range of implant sizes, surgical approaches, and filling material. Dr. Hut...
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The Mommy Makeover – by Dr. Olivia Hutchinson, New York City Plastic Surgeon
It's September, the children have gone to school, routines are in place, and you have some extra time to focus on yourself. So you’ve been thinking about how you look, perhaps your belly just isn’t as flat as you’d like it to be, perhaps your breasts aren&...
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