The Super Gummy Breast Implant

"Extra" may call them "Super Implants," but we're much fonder of the name gummy bear implants.

Dr. Steven Teitelbaum, a Los Angeles plastic surgeon and contributor to our community, gets plenty of attention for being a surgeon to the stars as shown in his appearance on  the celeb show.

Teitelbaum is also an investigator of new breast implants filled with "cohesive filler." That is, the implant is filled with a gel that remains fixed in its position.  Should the implant rupture, the gel wouldn't spill out. The gel allows the implants to be anatomically shaped versus round, giving the patient a more natural appearance.

Gummy bear implants are approved in the UK and Canada, and under clinical trial in the US.

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