Marc Schneider, MD

Breast Implant Type: Silicone or Saline

Each implant has advantages and disadvantages. First lets consider breakage. Patients are commonly under the impression that they need to change their implants every ten years. This is not true. If the implant is not broken, and the patient is happy with her breasts, there is no need to change the implant. All implants, just like all mechanical devices known to man, will break. It is generally stated that saline implants have an average life span of ten-fifteen years. This means that...

Tailoring the Breast Shape with Breast Augmentation

When patients come in for breast augmentation, one of the key things we try and learn from them is what shape they desire for their breasts. We like to categorize this as a breast that appears very natural, or a breast that appears very round. Here is what we mean. If you were to look straight on at the breast and draw it as a line drawing, you would draw a shape that looks like the letter U. Breasts of course vary in their shape and the U can be drawn as large U’s, small...

Tummy Tuck: What are the Options?

The tummy tuck, otherwise known as an abdominoplasty, is a surgical technique used to improve the appearance of the abdomen or belly. Most abdominoplasties involve tightening the muscle wall to help flatten the abdomen and liposuction to contour the flanks and hips. Aging, pregnancy, weight loss or weight gain, and environmental effects such as smoking will change the elasticity and laxity of the abdomen’s skin. The skin can loosen either in just the lower abdomen, it may...