Posted on January 30, 2024
Super quick blog answering the question: what are the most popular breast implants? If you have no attention span the synopsis? Smooth walled, silicone gel implant, under the muscle, through an inframammary incision.
The what: “Practice Patterns in Primary Breast Augmentation: a 16 year Review of Continuous Certification Tracer Data from the American Board of Plastic Surgery,” published 2023 December in the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Journal.
Interesting tidbits:
- IMF incision has become more popular since 2015 (80% now, used to be 68%)
- Submuscular placement has increased (56% vs 22%)
- Silicone implants are 82% of breast augs (up from 58%)
- Textured implant are 0% in 2021 following the FDA warnings.
My thoughts?
Makes sense. This mimics my own practices when it comes to breast augmentation. When I started in 2000, I did mostly saline implants through a periareolar incision under the muscle. Now, knowing what we do about biofilm, breast implant illness, ALCL, and other issues, this totally makes sense.