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LifeCell Tissue Matrices: advantages for women considering device (implant) breast reconstruction after mastectomy.

Over the last several decades, in an effort to achieve better aesthetic results for their patients, surgeons have increasingly switched from full muscle coverage to partial muscle coverage techniques for breast reconstruction procedures. Full muscle coverage has a number of benefits, but it also has numerous limitations. Over time, some surgeons migrated to partial muscle coverage for many of their patients because it provided a number of benefits that directly answered the limitations of full muscle coverage. Although partial muscle coverage provided many new benefits, it came with a host of limitations all its own.

LifeCell Tissue Matrices help Dr. Kapp attain optimum aesthetic outcomes for his patients without an increased risk of complications.

LifeCell Tissue Matrices:

• Provide an additional layer of tissue that may help hide implant visibility
• Provide additional tissue creating a hammock that allows for a natural looking breast
• Help control the location of the implant and to define the breast fold

For more information about LifeCell Tissue Matrices call Dr. Daniel Kapp today at (561) 833-4022 to schedule your consultation.

*This blog post contains content directly from www.lifecell.com.

West Palm Beach based board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Daniel Kapp offers both silicone and saline breast implants for breast augmentation procedures.  Breast augmentation can achieve dramatic and beautiful results on its own as well as in conjunction with other cosmetic surgery or non-invasive procedures. Dr. Kapp sometimes recommends combining breast augmentation with other procedures such as a breast lift for more satisfying results. 

Breast implants are silicone shells filled with either saline (salt water) or silicone gel. Both implant types are very safe, and each offers its own advantages. Dr. Kapp will help you decide which kind is right for you. During surgery, he will place the implants behind each breast, underneath either breast tissue or the chest wall muscle.

Although silicone implants received criticism in the nation media for many years, in 2006, after rigorous scientific review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the marketing of silicone gel-filled breast implants made by two companies for breast reconstruction in women of all ages and breast augmentation in women ages 22 and older. 

“The FDA has reviewed an extensive amount of data from clinical trials of women studied for up to four years, as well as a wealth of other information to determine the benefits and risks of these products,” said Daniel Schultz, M.D., Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA.  “The extensive body of scientific evidence provides reasonable assurance of the benefits and risks of these devices.  This information is available in the product labeling and will enable women and their physicians to make informed decisions.”

If you are considering breast augmentation surgery, please call Dr. Daniel Kapp at (561) 833-4022 to schedule your consultation.

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