Portland, ME, July 15, 2015: Owner and Founder of The Plastic Surgery Center, Dr. Verne Weisberg posted a new blog on his website entitled, “Peace, Love and Breast Augmentation!” According to Dr. Weisberg, breast augmentation has come a long way.

Weisberg writes, “The 60’s were a time of political unrest and sweeping societal changes in this country. The Hippie movement saw men growing their hair long and women burning their bras. “ He continues adding, “Apropos, the 60’s also gave birth to the first silicone breast implant.”

Weisberg relates that a number of different materials and procedures were being tried with “disastrous results” up until the mid-20^th Century. “However”, he writes, “in 1961 Dow Corning introduced the first silicone breast implant and breast augmentation became an immediate sensation.”

As Weisberg states, “Today, more than 50 years after the implant came to market, breast augmentation is the most popular cosmetic surgical procedure. According to the 2013 National Plastic Surgery Statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS,) there were 290,244 breast augmentations performed in the U.S.”

New techniques and advanced materials make this popular surgery safer than ever. Weisberg elaborates on the choices patients have on the materials implants are made with. He says, “The first generation silicone implants that made headlines in the 60’s and 70’s are long gone. The newest cohesive gel or “gummy bear” implants are today’s preferred silicone implants.”

The entire blog can be found http://www.drverne.com/peace-love-and-breast-augmentation/

About Dr. Weisberg

Dr. Verne Weisberg is board certified with two surgical specialties. His first board certification is in otolaryngology (ENT), after three years of training at the prestigious Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Weisberg was then privileged to complete his plastic surgical residency at Yale University, after which he was invited to join the faculty. While a resident at Yale, Dr. Weisberg spent several months at New York University Medical Center and Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital where he studied aesthetic surgery. In 1987, Dr. Weisberg was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic) by Yale University, where he taught the general surgery and plastic surgery residents. During that time, he developed a love for clinical practice and cosmetic surgery, especially after having developed the first university-based aesthetic surgery practice on his own.

For more than 26 years, Dr. Weisberg has developed the premier Aesthetic Surgical Practice in northern New England. As a double-boarded surgeon, he is uniquely trained in all aspects of facial plastic surgery with a special interest in rhinoplasty, both primary and revisional, as well as face-lifting. Dr. Weisberg enjoys performing the full variety of aesthetic plastic surgery, especially body contouring after weight loss as well as breast augmentation and lifting. Dr. Weisberg has been a pioneer in limited incisional surgery for reducing breasts, and has introduced cutting edge procedures and has written many articles on advanced techniques in aesthetic and cosmetic surgery.

About The Plastic Surgery Center

The Plastic Surgery Center is a certified surgical facility, AAAASF (American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc.) where we offer you a comfortable and relaxed setting with state-of-the-art technology in cosmetic surgery

We have a highly experienced and professional staff who will help make your time with us a positive experience from the initial consult with Dr. Weisberg and our Patient Care Coordinator, to surgery and then after care. We believe that each person is an individual with unique needs. To meet those needs we are committed to providing and maintaining unparalleled standards of care, excellence, quality, and above all, compassion. Our goal is to help people feel good about themselves by bringing out the beauty that’s been there all along.

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