Science Writer · Editorial staff
Mateo Aldous
Specializes in myth-checking common claims about breast augmentation against the published literature.
3 stories by Mateo Aldous
Field Notes · 6 min · Mateo Aldous
The ten-year rule and other breast implant myths, checked against the evidence
Implants do not expire on a schedule, airport scanners do not burst them, and gummy bear devices are not indestructible. Six persistent claims, held up against what the published literature and the regulators actually say.
July 7, 2026
Explainer · 6 min · Mateo Aldous
How implant size actually gets chosen (and why cup sizes are the wrong language)
Patients arrive talking about cup sizes. Surgeons think in cubic centimeters, tissue measurements, and chest width. Here is how the sizing conversation really works, and how to have a better one.
July 2, 2026
Field Notes · 5 min · Mateo Aldous
Recovering well from breast augmentation surgery
Protecting the result in the critical early weeks.
March 30, 2026