What this site is for
It exists to answer one question well: is what I am feeling now ordinary recovery, or is it something that needs to be handled? That question is harder than it looks, because the symptoms that matter do not announce themselves. A breast that becomes firmer over months rather than softer, an implant that has ruptured without any sign, a wound that weeps — each of those is a decision point, and the decisions are different from one another.
What it deliberately does not do
It does not name brands of drugs or devices: implants and materials are described by class only. It does not quote prices or dosages, and it does not promise a result. It does not publish an emergency telephone number, a room number or a set of opening hours of its own, because a number printed on a website can be wrong at the moment it is needed most.
The two facts kept visible
Two facts are repeated wherever they are relevant, because both are easy to omit. The first is that implants are not lifetime devices, and that exchange at some point in your life is likely. The second is that rupture can be silent, which is why surveillance is a plan rather than a worry, and why an implant history that is written down is worth more than a memory.
How the content is reviewed and corrected
Tongchun Mao, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Aesthetic Surgery, is the responsible physician. Every guide is reviewed against his clinical judgement before publication and reviewed again on a six-month cycle. If you find something unclear, out of date or wrong, the contact page explains how to tell us, and corrections are made to the page itself.