Health Reporter · Editorial staff
Imani Castellanos
Shapes the publication's long-form features on breast augmentation and the people making those decisions.
4 stories by Imani Castellanos
Explainer · 6 min · Imani Castellanos
Implant Safety and Monitoring: What the FDA Actually Recommends
Screening schedules, the black box warning, BIA-ALCL numbers, and breast implant illness. The current safety picture, reported without spin in either direction.
July 5, 2026
Explainer · 5 min · Imani Castellanos
Drop and Fluff, Explained: What Actually Happens to Breast Implants in the First Six Months
Patients across Los Angeles hear the phrase constantly in consultations and on social media. Here is the physiology behind implant settling, what is normal, what is not, and why your three-week photos are not your final result.
June 12, 2026
Explainer · 5 min · Imani Castellanos
Over, Under, or In Between: How Implant Placement Actually Works
Subglandular, submuscular, and dual plane placement explained at the tissue level, plus why Los Angeles surgeons increasingly default to the hybrid approach.
June 11, 2026
Field Notes · 5 min · Imani Castellanos
Breast augmentation incision options and scars
Where the incision goes, and how visible the scar will be.
December 16, 2025