San Francisco AlloDerm doctors
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Miguel Delgado, Jr., MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
450 Sutter Street Suite 2433, San Francisco |
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Kenneth Bermudez, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
525 Spruce St Suite 2, San Francisco |
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Donald M. Brown, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
2100 Webster Street Suite 429, San Francisco |
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Larry Fan, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
77 Van Ness Avenue Suite 302, San Francisco |
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Daryl K. Hoffman, MD
Los Gatos Plastic Surgeon
805 El Camino Real Suite A, Palo Alto |
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Recent Answers
I'm looking for a product that is longer-lasting than hyluronic fillers and I'd be content to get even a few years out of Alloderm! Does it give natural, non-lumpy results in the lips? What's an average cost?
For a longer lasting augmentation for the lips, I like to use a patients own skin/tissue taken from another place in your body and grafted into one or both lips. The advantages of using your own skin are that it will not be rejected and a custom piece can be accurately tailored. This is a very popular procedure to do in conjunction with a Facelift and the extra tissue is readily available.
I understand that Alloderm comes from donor tissue. Does this create a risk of infection after surgery?
I have been using AlloDerm and breast reconstruction surgery for the last 5 years. Clinically I haven't noticed an increase in postmastectomy reconstruction surgeries using AlloDerm and tissue expanders or implants. I think most of my colleagues agree that AlloDerm does not cause an increased rate of infection. It is a product that has really improved the overall results of postmastectomy reconstruction is using implant products. It also is very useful in both aesthetic and reconstructive breast revisional surgery.
One thing that will increase post mastectomy immediate reconstruction is the use of implants in a subglandular location. Not to mention the increased problems with capsular contracture and revisions.