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Nice call…

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 at 6:48 pm | Posted in Breast Augmentation

Saturday phonecalls through the answering service are always interesting.  Mostly these calls are due to pain, swelling, dressing questions, or medication refills.

Yesterday I got one from a recent breast augmentation patient away in Florida asking if it was too soon to go in the water!  She was loving her early results and wanted to make sure it was ok!

Luckily she was far enough out from surgery to enjoy and I told her so.  It was great to hear how happy she was so quickly after her surgery that it made me smile!   Sometimes a happy patient can make your day!

Best regards,

Evan Sorokin

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French PIP Implants

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 at 12:02 am | Posted in Breast Augmentation

I received a few phonecalls today asking about the French recall of silicone implants from maker PIP.  PIP implants were sold in the United States until May 15th 2000.  The recall involved the French manufacturer using unauthorized silicone in their product.  See this link for more info.

The current silicone approved implants in the United States are from Mentor and Allergan, not PIP.  Thus, anyone receiving silicone implants since 2000 should not worry.  If a patient does indeed have older PIP silicone implants from pre-2000 she should see her surgeon to see if an MRI should be obtained to make sure that there are no leaks.

I’ll refer my readers to a page on my breast implant website that discusses the safety of United States FDA approved silicone breast implants.  My patients should rest easy knowing I have never used a PIP implant.  Other patients that may have had surgery elsewhere and may have had this implant prior to the year 2000 are more than welcome to call for an appointment to discuss screening options.

Best,

Evan Sorokin

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