Facts About Mammograms and Breast Implants
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. It’s an important time to spread awareness about the disease, and stress the importance of early detection. Mammography is a proven method for early detection which can greatly improve the chances of survival. For a little over a decade, it was suspected that breast implants and breast…
Important Message from Dr. Epstein Regarding Hurricane Sandy
Dear Friends: Unfortunately, we are still without power. We do have the appointment schedule for this week and my staff will be contacting patients. Donna (special kudos to her!) has all our phone lines forwarded to her cell phone and continues to answer all our calls. As soon as power is restored, we will…
FDA approves new silicone gel breast implants
Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Sientra Silimed brand silicone breast implants. Up til now, the only approved manufacturers of silicone gel breast implants available for use in the United States are Allergan and Mentor. Now, Sientra enters the market as the third such approved manufacturer. Like Allergan and Mentor, Sientra was…
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How to select a plastic surgeon
So you’ve decided to take the first step towards surgical enhancement or rejuvenation. You want to arrange a consultation with a plastic surgeon. How do you begin? How do you make sense of the frequent advertisements and recommendations of others? I would like to give you some guidelines as to how to proceed. Board…
Recent problem with breast implants in France
On March 30, 2010, France’s health regulators issued a recall of all pre-filled silicone breast implants manufactured by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), a company based in southern France. The breast implant recall is said to affect an estimated 35,000 to 45,000 women worldwide. AFSSAPS, the health regulatory agency of France, discovered an unauthorized type…
Recovery from breast augmentation in just 24 hours – How to know you are getting the real thing
In 2002, my good friend, colleague and mentor, Dr. John Tebbetts described an entirely new approach to breast augmentation. His procedure, which yielded a recovery from breast augmentation in 24 hours, is radically different than current breast augmentation techniques. What he created is a system for breast augmentation that is based upon the measurement…
