Breast Implants: Q&A
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need to know more about the safety and whether doctors now recommend getting silicone breast implants
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Silicone Breast Implants Manufactured in America Are Safe
Thank you for your question.
Many years of development and FDA approved studies have produced a modern cohesive Silicone Gel Implant with a non bleeding shell which are safe and FDA approved.
The problems with older Silicone Gel Implants such as silicone bleed and gel migration after rupture have been corrected with the new implants.
However the same safety guidelines and controls have not been imposed on manufacturers in other countries- eg. the recent disastrous problems with...
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Silicone breast implants are SAFE! A detailed history.
The modern era in breast augmentation began with the development and surgical implantation of silicone gel breast implants in a woman in 1963. In the 30 years that followed, plastic surgeons worldwide used silicone-gel-filled breast implants for both breast reconstruction and elective breast enlargement in well over one million women. Saline-filled breast implants were also used during this time, but in only about 15% of all patients receiving implants.
Breast implants were developed and...
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Breast Implants and Augmentation Safety
Silicone gel breast implants were first developed in 1961. Because of some concerns in the 1980s about a correlation of silicone gel with some medical problems, silicone implants were removed from the market in 1993. This was done, unfortunately, before significant studies were performed to prove or disprove any of the allocations against silicone.
These studies were subsequently performed, however, and in these major studies, no significant correlation has been found between silicone breast...
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Are silicone breast implants safe?
These are the main points to remember in regards to Silicone breast implants:
Based on numerous scientific studies, silicone breast implants have been shown to be safe and effective.
Even if the breast implant shell is ruptured, they don't leak and travel through the body.
Using MRI, we can detect any leakage and remove the implant without difficulty.
Hope this is helpful.
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Silicone implants are safe
I have no hesitation in recommending silicone implants. We have so many studies and years of experience in the use of these implants, that we know they are safe from a medical point of view. The majority of my patients desiring breast augmentation are currently asking for silicone gel implants. The rate of leakage is acceptably low so far, and with regular monitoring with an MRI, you can know the status of your implants. The softness and natural feel of gel implants is better than...
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The FDA says silicone implants are safe and effective
The issue of the safety of silicone breast implants was settled in 2006 when the US FDA pronounced that after 14 years of research they had concluded that silicone does not cause any dieases and does not have side effects. Now, nearly six years later more women are choosing to have silicone impants than saline implants. Natioanlly this figure is 60% and in my own practice it is closer to 100%.
The only people with detectable high silicone levels in their body are long term...
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Silicone Implants Are Considered a Safe Choice for Breast Augmentation
No medical device has been studied more than silicone implants.
After review of years of many hundreds of intensive laboratory and clinical studies, the Academy of Medicine concluded there was no evidence that women were becoming ill from silicone gel implants.
The FDA agreed with this conclusion and approved the use of silicone gel-filled implants for cosmetic breast augmentation.
Because of their natural feel, silicone gel-filled implants have again become the most...
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Silicone Breast Implant Safety
Best place to start is your particular definition of "safe".
1) Anesthesia/Procedure : Breast Augmentation, one of the most popular aesthetic plasctic surgery procedures performed by Board Certified Plastic Surgeons on female pateints desireing breast enhancement, is a tremedously SAFE procedure as long as it is performed in a certified Hospital or out-patient surgery center.
2) Implant composition : You know the answer to this. The previous surgeons on this thread as well as the...
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Silicone implants safe, if you trust FDA
There are two types of breast implants available: saline and silicone. Saline implants are made of a salt-water solution whereas silicone implants are made of a silicon gel. The latter have come under much scrutiny in the U.S. during the early '80s.
The Food and Drug Administration removed silicone implants from the market after numerous women were complaining of odd symptoms. During that period they could only be used for reconstructive purposes. The problem developed from the lack of...
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Silicone Breast Implants Cohesive Gel Implant Information
Silicone Gel breast implants in Raleigh, NC: the basics
The silicone gel breast implants that we use today are filled with cohesive gel material, which is in a solid rather than liquid state. It's still a silicone gel product, and it still feels soft and breast-like, but it does not ooze out of the implant if the outer shell fails. If you cut a cohesive silicone gel implant in half, you end up with two halves of a solid implant, rather than a sticky, gooey mess. The outer shell...
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