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We’ve combined the other blogs into one uniform resource of information and news. Since NKP Medical is a host to numerous different sites, this blog will contain any and new information that pertains to the NKP Medical family of sites.

The official blog for the source for finding breast surgeons BreastImplantsUSA and MyPlasticSurgeonUSA the source for finding plastic surgeons for all your other plastic surgery needs is now online and open to serve you, the community for news and information regarding breast surgeons and plastic surgeons as well as news in the medical industry regarding breast implants and plastic surgery.

Allure Magazine Features Breast Implants USA!

The April issue of Allure Magazine features Breast Implants USA in their Insider's Guide.

The 'Toy Box' section covers the Free doctor dolls that Breast Implants USA gives away along with an information packet on post breast augmentation surgery. Recovery is an important part of the entire breast augmentation procedure and what better way to accompany that recovery time with a little doctor of your own.

Taking the proper steps to ensure that your surgery is a success is crucial. It's what guarantees proper healing, and ultimately the end result.

You can find the story on page 150 in the April issue of Allure magazine. Pick up your copy today!

For your free doctor doll and recovery packet visit Breast Implants USA.

Making a Point: FDA Conditions

The FDA has set strict conditions in furthering their "insurance" of making sure their decision on lifting the ban on silicone implants was the right decision. Many may feel the conditions are tough, but the FDA is doing the right thing. Prior to the ban, the pressure of the media and society to bring down silicone implants was immense, and the FDA is doing what it can to make sure that safety and prevention is carried out as a primary concern.

The following was taken from the FDA:

The FDA approved the silicone gel-filled breast implants with a number of conditions, including requiring each company to

• conduct a large post approval study
• continue its core study through 10 years
• conduct a focus group study of the patient labeling
• continue laboratory studies to further characterize types of device failure
• track each implant in the event, for example, that health professionals and patients need to be notified of updated product information.

The post approval studies will continue to gather information about the safety and effectiveness of the implants. Information will be collected about rates of local complications, rates of connective tissue disease and its signs and symptoms, rates of neurological disease and its signs and symptoms, potential effects on offspring of women with breast implants, potential effects on reproduction and lactation, rates of cancer, rates of suicide, potential interference of breast implants with mammography, and MRI compliance and rupture rates. The FDA will closely monitor the post approval studies. The agency anticipates that data from the studies will provide important information for patients and physicians, and may lead to improvements in device labeling.

Those of you considering Silicone Implants may find that these restrictions and conditions to be a bit imposing, but keep in mind, it is with your health and safety in mind. Not to mention that your participation will provide valuable data and feedback to the future of silicone implants and the women who will choose to accept them.

For more information on silicone breast implants visit Breast Implants USA.

An Important Message from the FDA

The FDA is very careful to list and provide very important information regarding the risks and benefits of silicone gel-filled breast implants. These are very important factors women should consider:

• Breast implants are not lifetime devices, and a woman will likely need additional surgeries on her breast at least once over her lifetime.
• Many of the changes to a woman's breast after implantation are irreversible.
• Rupture of a silicone gel-filled breast implant is most often silent, which means that usually neither the woman nor her surgeon will know that her implants have ruptured.
• A woman will need regular screening Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) examinations over her lifetime to determine whether silent rupture has occurred.

The FDA continues to state that the MRI's as mentioned in an earlier post, over time will cost more than the initial surgery performed, however it is vital for women to take part in these studies so that silicone implants can continue to stay on the market for the future.

Silicone implants may look and feel much more realistic but they also come with a heavier price tag. If you are able to make this financial commitment make sure to also commit to the ongoing study. It only hurts the community, the women and future patients if the study is done in any manner of poor participation. Make sure you do your part. Support silicone implants and support breast augmentation.

source: http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2007/107_silicone.html

Visit Breast Implants USA to find your board certified breast augmentation surgeon in your area!

Featured Surgeon - Dr. Howard Dawkins

Dr. Howard Dawkins

Raleigh, Durham, Pitt County, Wake County and Greenville, North Carolina

Dr. Dawkins is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and has performed cosmetic surgery for over two decades. Rest assured, Dr. Dawkins stays up to date with the latest innovations. A fine quality if you're considering making a change in your physical appearance.

Under his leadership at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, he has assembled an excellent, well trained medical team devoted to providing the finest available cosmetic surgery services with complementing Medi Day Spa centers.

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Silicone Follow Up?

When the FDA approved silicone implants they implied strict screening on the patients and a few conditions on the manufacturers, including conducting studies and following up of a projected 40,000 women over the next 10 years.

Included in this follow up procedure protocol are MRI scans that have to be done routinely. Mainly to detect any signs of implant rupture - which was led to the banning of the silicone implants in the first place.

However, the cost of the MRI scans are expensive, about $1000 and the fact that this has to be done more than once may deter women from considering silicone implants. The manufacturers don't plan on footing the bill, neither do the doctors and quite possibly the insurance companies. So who pays for the MRI's?

The patients do.

The advantage to this is that a patient receives an MRI scan, which is beneficial overall to their health. The downside is the cost and frequency of the scan. Most will argue that those seeking silicone implants are financially able to afford the MRI's as silicone implants do cost more. But with easy access to financing the silicone implants may be considered less if budgeting is a key issue.

Also add to the fact that patients have to go through a 60 page booklet on risks and considerations and fill out more paperwork than a patient would getting saline implants.

However, silicone implants ultimately look and feel more real, and to many patients, that alone is worth the work. When it comes to the body, budgeting may not always be the wisest thing, many times, as the saying goes, "You get what you pay for" and it couldn't less true when it comes to breast augmentation surgeons and silicone implants.

To find YOUR Board Certified Plastic Surgeon visit BreastImplantsUSA now.

Featured Surgeon - Dr. Steven Teitelbaum

Dr. Steven Teitelbaum
Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Brentwood, California

A Word from Dr. Teitelbaum
"Because aesthetic surgery is voluntary, and arguably even frivolous, I believe a unique burden is placed upon the doctor - and the patient - to be safe, prudent, and conservative. Though no plastic surgeon would openly disagree with that statement, I adhere to it stronger than most.

It guides my philosophy from my lengthy initial consultations, to successive pre-operative contacts, to the techniques I use, and finally my post-operative and on-going care. I am distraught by what I see as an increasingly cavalier attitude toward cosmetic surgery by patients and physicians alike, with some doctors' offices having only a little more serious of an atmosphere than a beauty salon."

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