Implant Breast

The first documented attempt to augment (enlarge) the breast happened 119 years ago. For the first 68 years, breast augmentation was attempted by direct injection with materials, including paraffin, fat, and free silicone. These attempts led to disastrous consequences including infection, hard breast lumps, deformity, fat absorption, fat necrosis, and chronic inflammatory reactions. Removal was difficult, sometimes leading to measures as drastic as mastectomy. After the invention of the mammogram, these injections were found to create artifacts that made cancer screening more difficult. For these reasons, direct injections of the breast were abandoned by most plastic surgeons in the US. Free silicone injections into the breast for augmentation still continued in many other countries into the latter part of the 20th century, however.

Commercially-made breast implants were first available in the US in 1958, and over 200 different implant types and designs have been made since then. Experts estimate that 60% of these were silicone gel filled implants with the exception of 1992-2006, when the FDA moratorium was in place. During this time, saline-filled implants dominated the market. Dow Corning dominated the implant market for the first 30 years, but over 15 other companies made breast implants during the 1980s.

Although Congress gave the FDA authority to regulate medical devices in 1976, breast implants had been “grandfathered in,” and few of the products underwent rigorous testing in clinical trials prior to sale on the open market. Regulation of breast implants did not occur until 1991, when the FDA asked companies to submit premarket approval applications. As a result, the implant industry was caught blind sided when the FDA demanded comprehensive data with a 90-day deadline for completion of all safety studies. [...]

Breast implant surgery has been the subject of a great many debates with advocates both for and against it. It is widely held that breast implants or any breast augmentation greatly improves a woman’s confidence. Some would like to have you believe that breast implants are too risky. Today’s breast implants have been studied and researched by the experts, and they are considered a safe option for women to improve their body image.

The technical term for breast implant surgery is breast augmentation mammoplasty, and the purpose is to increase the volume of the breast to enlarge the cup size, balance the shape of the breast, and of course, improve a woman’s self-image. [...]

The most popular cosmetic surgery today is breast implants. Breast implants may be used to augment a smaller chest or for reconstruction after breast cancer. Before seriously considering breast implants, a person should understand the different types of breast implants and what to expect before, during and after breast implant surgery.

Saline Breast Implants

Most popular type of breast implants in the United States is the saline breast implant. However, saline breast implants are not popular throughout the rest of the world. Saline breast implants are most popular in the U.S. due to the regulations on silicone breast implants. Silicone breast implants have been highly regulated due to rumors and suspicions regarding the health risks surrounding them. [...]

Breast augmentation is the most commonly performed cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States and therefore the most commonly performed breast plastic surgery. Today it’s important to be fully informed about all the risks and complications that you might encounter with breast plastic surgery. Of all the breast plastic surgery procedures performed in 2006 in the United States, 329,000 were for breast augmentations.

The first woman implanted with silicone implants was in 1962. There are two primary types of breast implants: saline-filled and [...]

It is extremely common for women to be dissatisfied with the size and shape of their breasts. Breast enhancement (known technically as Breast Augmentation Mammoplasty) involves placing an artificial implant into the breast so as to increase the size of the breast and to produce an amount of uplift where necessary. Breast enhancement is by far the most popular cosmetic surgery procedure requested by women.

Why Have Breast Enhancement Surgery?

Whatever you might have heard to the contrary, other than surgery, there is no other method of increasing breast size evenly, safely and permanently.

The only generally accepted method to increase the size of the breast is to insert an implant into a space created behind your own breast. It is the size of this space (determined by your own anatomy) along with your own wishes, that determines the size of breast implant employed.

The Latest Generation of Silicone Breast Implants

Breast implants have come a long way since their inception. Modern implants are extremely safe, and you’ll be surprised at how incredibly strong they are. At many consultations, you will be able to see, feel and even try on recommended implants during initial consultation.

So What Is Silicone?

Silicones are in fact man-made molecules (polymers) that are widely used in numerous skin and hair products; in processed food and food packaging; in most baby foods; in many medicines, syringes and most other types of medical implants. Consequently every day:

• We absorb silicone into our body through our skin
• We ingest it in our food~It is fed to children
• We feed it to our children~We absorb it from the food we consume
• We may even inject it directly into our blood stream~It might even be injected into our bodies [...]