Bilateral areoleor depigmentation after augmentation mammoplasty: A case report and literature search

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-146

  Khan, Umar D ^a,b  

^a Belvedere Private Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Areolar depigmentation; Breast augmentation; Complications of silicone gel breast implants; Silicone gel prosthesis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AREOLA DEPIGMENTATION; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; MELANOCYTE; NIPPLE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITILIGO;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; NIPPLES; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SILICONES; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 37849003116     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-007-9002-0     Document Type: Article

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