The Body Beautiful Surgeon

“There’s something new in the neighborhood!” It’s called breast MRI. Dr. Richard A. Moss, Boston Breast Augmentation specialist comments, “We are fortunate to have equipment as sophisticated and state of the art, as we are going to have at Quincy Medical Center. Instead of travelling to Boston or Brockton, our patients will be able to conveniently have these tests close to home.”

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) uses magnets and radio waves instead of x-rays to produce very detailed, cross-sectional images of the body. This technology incorporates the use of computer software that processes the signals to generate these images, each of which shows a thin slice of the body. MRI studies do not expose patients to x-ray radiation.

Read about the mammogram processes for Boston breast implant patients. Know more about reading and interpreting mammograms in breast implants.

All women who are 40 years of age need to have an annual mammogram for the purpose of screening for breast cancer. Women who have a family history of breast cancer may be advised by their primary care physician to start this screening at an earlier age. When it comes to the time frame and frequency of screening for breast cancer with a mammogram, women who have breast implants should be treated exactly as women who don’t have breast implants. In other words, women with breast implants should have their first mammogram at age 40, unless there is a family history of breast cancer. If a woman, who has breast implants has a family history of breast cancer, then her primary care physician may start her screening process at an earlier age, similar to that of a woman without breast implants.