Breast Implant Registry Shows Low Complication Rates for Silicone Implants

Registries Key to Understanding Implant Benefits and Risks ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Breast implant surgery registries across the globe are dispelling myths and highlighting the benefits of breast augmentation, reconstruction, and reduction. Data from the Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast shows that a low number of silicone and saline implant patients experience complications, according to an article published in the June issue…


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Resources on Breast Implant Surgery

The most informative Internet resource on breast implant surgery Purpose BreastImplantSafety.org offers objective and medically grounded information – from the two leading plastic surgery societies – on breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reconstruction and saline and silicone implants, including updates and comparative information on new devices and procedures. Benefits BreastImplantSafety.org gives women a reliable resource as they investigate the vast, often confusing and sometimes inaccurate…


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Plastic Surgery Societies Applaud the FDA’s Decision to Approve Silicone Breast Implants

For Immediate Release: November 17, 2006 Arlington Heights, Ill. – The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the two largest plastic surgery membership organizations, applaud the FDA’s decision today to approve Allergan Corp. and Mentor Corp.’s silicone breast implants and return these devices to the U.S. market. This decision comes 14 years after the FDA restricted access to…


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Breast Augmentation Safe for Active Women

ASPS Study Shows No Long-Term Effect on Muscle or Nerve Function For Immediate Release: January 29, 2004 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Breast augmentation performed under the pectoral muscle causes no loss of muscle function or loss of nipple sensation long term, according to the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). This is…


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Women Receive Health Benefits of Surgical Breast Procedures

Nearly 180,000 Women Receive Health Benefits of Surgical Breast Procedures Breast Reduction, Reconstruction Procedures Increase More Than 100 Percent in Decade For Immediate Release: April 19, 2002 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – More women than ever – 178,726 – improved their health and quality of life through breast reduction and reconstruction procedures in 2001. In the past 10 years breast reconstruction and reduction performed by plastic…


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