Will overfilling or under-filling the implant cause ripples?

Beverly Hills Los Angeles is one of the most notorious cities to view cases of plastic surgery gone wrong. One of the more commonly botched procedures is breast augmentation.

Occasionally, overfilling implants used during breast augmentation can cause rippling in the skin of the breast tissue, due to an implant that has exceeded its fill limit and become misshapen. More commonly, an under-filled saline implant will cause rippling because the low saline levels are not sufficient to maintain the pressure needed to remain firm and well-formed. When researching breast augmentation specialists in Beverly Hills Los Angeles, be sure to ask your physician how he avoids this common, undesirable result.

Patients with fine lines, sun damage, acne scars, age spots, or who simply want to improve the overall texture and tone of their skin should consider the Fraxel laser. Traditionally, these signs of age could only be treated by using a CO2 or Erbium laser to completely remove, or ablate, the epidermal layers of the skin. These are known as “ablative lasers”. While effective, this is a surgical procedure with considerable downtime. Following the procedure the treated area remains an open wound for 8 to 10 days, and is not completely healed for 2 to 3 weeks.

Fraxel lasers offer an equally effective procedure, with significantly less downtime. Fraxel lasers work by splitting the laser into thousands of tiny beams that treat the epidermis in a microscopic, fractional grid, leaving the healthy tissue in-between untreated. New collagen and epidermal cells begin to develop within 24 hours, and results continue to improve for months following the procedure. Side effects are generally mild, and include swelling and redness similar to a sunburn for 3 to 5 days. Patients can return to normal activities in days, as opposed to ablative laser treatments which have a recovery time of 2 to 3 weeks. Clients of any laser treatment clinic will be required to wear sunscreen following laser procedures, particularly those who live in sunny climates, such as fractional laser Los Angeles and Fraxel Beverly Hills patients.

Pain associated with the Fraxel treatment is described as mild, and has been compared to a rubber band snapping against the skin. Conversely, ablative laser treatment pain must be managed with medication during and after the procedure.

If you are researching Fraxel Beverly Hills or fractional laser Los Angeles, consult the International Aesthetic & Laser Association (IALA) to learn more about safety precautions and treatments.