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Boston Breast Surgery Patients Can Participate in Mentor or Allergan Silicone Breast Implant Studies

If you are considering silicone breast implants, we encourage you to be a part of the PAS (Post Approval Study) or BIF (Breast Implant Follow-up).

This article will provide the details on the two FDA post approval silicone gel breast implant studies, being held in the United States. These studies are known by their acronyms PAS (Post Approval Study), and BIF (Breast Implant Follow-up). Both studies are currently enrolling patients. We will also provide some background information on the FDA approval of the silicone gel breast implants, currently being distributed in the United States.

A few weeks ago, Dr. Moss and I presented to readers information on the two types of breast implants: saline filled breast implants and the newly FDA approved silicone gel filled breast implants. This week we will focus on another area that patients have a choice in: the location of the incisions for insertion of breast implants. It should be noted that one of the reasons for the popularity of breast augmentation is that the incisions for breast augmentation are relatively small and for the most part well hidden, especially when compared to the visibility of the incisions required in either a breast lift or breast reduction.

Boston breast implant information, read more about FDA approval of silicone gel filled breast implants and how to get breast implants.