In order to obtain an optimal result, the prosthesis (Size Selection) that will be used on a patient must be selected according to its volume, profile (width), height and shape. The choice of the final prosthesis is made according to many characteristics of the patient: height, shoulder width, chest width, breast width, pre-existing breast, waist and hip width. Most patients come in and simply ask for a prosthesis volume similar to that obtained by friends (for example 350cc). Unless two completely identical patients can be compared, it is quite possible that two very similar patients will obtain significantly different results.

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Patients very frequently ask if they will have to have their prostheses replaced every 10 years. The answer is simple: The life of prostheses is not like an oil change… They do not have to be systematically replaced every ten years. If a patient is satisfied with the result of her surgery after 15, 20, 25 years, there is no need to necessarily change her prostheses. A surgeon telling his patients that they ABSOLUTELY must change their prostheses (without any other medical or aesthetic reason) after 10, 7 and even 5 years is probably unfortunately aiming to reduce the content of their wallet. However, a surgeon will never be able to assure a patient that she will wear her prostheses for life.

Describe the item or answer the question so that site visitors who are interested get more information. You can emphasize this text with bullets, italics or bold, and add links. Most patients who know friends who have had breast augmentation surgery are told a typical story: “You’ll see, you’ll have the worst pain of your life for 2, 3, 4 weeks! You won’t be able to use your arms for a month!” Post-operative pain can mostly be associated with the way the space is created for the implant to be placed in the retromuscular position. Most surgeons use their fingers to create this space, which leads to painful muscle tears and significant bleeding. This results in more significant edema and therefore even more pain. Dr. LeBlanc is one of a minority of surgeons who use an electrocautery (“electric pencil”) to delicately create this space. If a small vessel were to start bleeding, it would be stopped immediately.