New Advances in Silicone Breast Augmentation Now Available in Jacksonville - Local Plastic Surgeons Using Revolutionary Device to Improve Aesthetic Outcome

Jacksonville, FL, June 21, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Would you try and push a water balloon through a buttonhole? Common sense kicks in and says no — the balloon will rupture and create a mess, right? Plastic surgeons are faced with a similar task each time they insert a silicone breast implant into a small incision site. A new technique with important benefits for women undergoing breast augmentation surgery is now available through the use of the silicone implant delivery device called the Keller Funnel™.

Board Certified Plastic Surgeons William A. Wallace, MD and Timothy E. Fee, MD, of Coastal Cosmetic Center, are now performing safer, more advanced silicone breast augmentations using the Keller Funnel™. Women choosing silicone breast augmentation can now have smaller scars, speedier surgeries, less chance of infection, and potentially less postoperative pain using this technique.

This specially coated, nylon delivery tool provides board certified plastic surgeons with an improved way to gently insert implants. Additional benefits include: the ability for doctors to use a “no-touch” technique which reduces the chance of implant contamination, and may lessen incidence of clinical complications, including capsular contracture; smaller incision lengths; less insertion force is used which may reduce incidence of implant rupture; and more incision placement options.

To optimize the aesthetic outcome in a breast augmentation, plastic surgeons generally insert silicone sizers (temporary implants) to evaluate size before introducing the permanent implants. Both the sizers and implants must be inserted through the same incision using the surgeon’s fingers to push and pull them through. Resistance occurs when the implants rub against the incision, causing trauma to the skin edges. Cells and germs from the skin edges may contaminate the implant shell. Employing the Funnel’s “no-touch technique” eliminates the resistance allowing the implant to easily slip into the surgically created breast pocket without ever coming in contact with the incision site.

Coastal Cosmetic Center Board Certified Plastic Surgeons Timothy E. Fee, MD and William A. Wallace, MD specialize in cosmetic plastic surgery and aesthetic skin care of the face, nose, neck, breasts, body, arms and legs. Serving greater Jacksonville including Jacksonville Beach and Orange Park at two convenient office locations. For more information, contact Coastal Cosmetic Center at (904) 332-6774 or email info@coastalcosmetic.com