Saline Versus Silicone Implants
Choosing between saline and silicone implants means choosing a practice first. A practice shows up in public as a listing, a rating and a few published lines. This page reads those lines closely, one practice at a time, and names the publisher each time.
Two fills, and a choice that is hard to see from outside
Saline and silicone are the two fills this page sets against each other. A star rating records how reviewers rated their experience, and it does not say which fill suits you. For reading about the devices themselves, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publishes a page on things to consider before getting breast implants and a page on the types of breast implants.
The rating the practices are ordered by
The practices here are ordered by Google rating, highest first, taken from each practice's Google profile. CNY Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery holds a 4.9 rating across 881 reviews on Google. That figure is read exactly as every other figure below is read.
The practices ranked third through sixth, side by side
| Practice | City on its listing | Published line | Google rating, in words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facial Plastics Center: Lindsey Goyal MD | Syracuse | No published line quoted | Top of the scale |
| Syracuse Plastic Surgery Skin & Wellness | Syracuse | WebMD: multi-surgeon practice on E Genesee St | Just under the top |
| CNY Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery | East Syracuse | Google: practice office on Bridge St | Just under the top |
| Natural Face Clinic | East Syracuse | Medifind: facial plastic surgery at the Brittonfield Parkway office | A little lower |
What each row says, read literally
Facial Plastics Center: Lindsey Goyal MD is listed in Syracuse and shows a 5 rating across 14 reviews. That is the top of the scale, and it rests on fewer reviews than the two practices beneath it.
WebMD describes Syracuse Plastic Surgery Skin & Wellness as a multi-surgeon practice on E Genesee St. Its Google profile shows a 4.9 rating across 1,424 reviews. That is the largest review count in this table.
Google's own listing places the office of CNY Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery on Bridge St in East Syracuse. The practice shows a 4.9 rating across 881 reviews. The rating matches the row above it, with fewer reviews behind it.
Medifind states that Sang W. Kim MD practices facial plastic surgery at the East Syracuse office on Brittonfield Parkway. That office appears here as Natural Face Clinic, which shows a 4.8 rating across 387 reviews.
Where the published lines go quiet
Read literally, none of the lines above mentions saline or silicone. They place a practice, name a surgeon or give a rating. They do not say which fill a practice places, how often, or on what terms. Wikipedia's article on breast augmentation is a general reference and sits outside this ranking.
The question to settle before you book
Use the table to build a shortlist and not to pick a fill. Ask each practice, in writing, which fill it would place in your case. Then read its consent paperwork line by line, the way this page reads a listing.
Two questions are worth carrying into that conversation. Which written document names the fill you were quoted? What does that document say it covers, and what does it leave out?