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Juvista® (Avotermin) Scars after surgery or trauma can cause a significant degree of psychosocial distress for people. For centuries, surgeons have been searching for methods of reducing scars and optimizing healing, to reduce these effects. To date, we know that several technique related factors as well as post surgical factors can effect the quality of the final scar. A new drug called Avotermin (trade name Juvista®) is based on the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β family of cytokines. These growth factors play a critical role in the final appearance of scars, and this represents one of the first drugs based on growth factors that may make a real difference in scars. Renovo is a biopharmaceutical product company involved in in the discovery and development of drugs to reduce scarring. I have no relationship with the company whatsoever (I have nothing to disclose). The July edition of the Plastic Surgery Journal (the [Read more...]

Question: I have old breast implants in place but I have bilateral capsules. I am going to get my breasts re-done, and I am not sure whether I should have a new pocket done or just use the existing breast implant pocket. What is your advice? Answer: Breast Implant Re-Do: Which Pocket After Fixing Capsular Contracture? The standard textbook advice for capsular contracture is capsulectomy followed by site change and device exchange(1, 2). That means taking out the old implant, as well as the surrounding scar, closing the pocket, followed by making an entirely new pocket opposite to the original (under the muscle if the original was over the muscle) and using a new implant. There are as many option I have tried using medications (such as ACCOLATE®- aka Zafirlukast) on a few patients to alter the tightness of early capsules (3, 4), but the results have been disappointing. Surgery [Read more...]

QUESTION: I want to have either 500cc or 600 cc silicone implants-but I can’t figure out what size that is. Can you tell me what cup size I should expect? Can I start picking out pretty bras now? ANSWER: Exactly how big is a cup, as in a breast cup size? Wow, that sounds pretty big. Look elsewhere on this website for my comments on getting the right size for your body. For the average height and weight female in the USA, a cup is about 200cc. Speaking in general terms, a 500cc implant will increase your bust size by 2 ½ cups, and a 600cc implant will increase you by 3 full cups. This is ONLY true for an average height/average weight female In international law, there sits, in a deep, dark, secure safe in Paris, the exact standard Killogram Measure, from which all other standard kilogram weights are [Read more...]