Silicone Breast implant
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During your breast augmentation consultation your breast augmentation surgeon will examine you and let you know If you are a good candidate for breast augmentation. He or she may require additional blood work and x-rays to make sure that you a good candidate for breast augmentation. During your breast augmentation consultation your surgeon may show you before and after pictures or use special software so that you can visualize the possible outcome of your breast augmentation surgery. Then you and your breast augmentation surgeon will discuss the size, shape, type of implant and technique to use for your breast augmentation.
Your breast augmentation surgeon may show you the different kinds of breast implants available and may ask you to try different sizes and shapes of implant on your bra so that you have a better idea of how your larger breasts may look like after surgery. Breast augmentation will give a woman bigger breasts in one simple surgical procedure. It is very important to have realistic expectations about the size that is best suited for each body frame. There are a number of factors that will determine and limit the size that a breast can be enlarged. Your breast augmentation surgeon will examine your breast tissue and skin and also your skin's elasticity and body frame to determine and recommended the breast size that is recommended for you and how big you can go. For patients where there is less skin on the breast and for whose skin's is inelastic; if they decide to go too big they will have a greater risk of developing stretch marks and having a more painful and lengthier recovery. For these cases your breast augmentation surgeon may recommend a smaller size of implant but with a higher profile so that the breasts stand out and look perkier without being too big for you. Your plastic surgeon will let you know how big you can go without causing extreme stretching on the skin. Please keep your expectations realistic. If the size that your breast augmentation surgeon recommends for you is not what you expected, talk to him or her about different breast profiles available for you. The different profiles will allow you to get the results you desire without going too big on your breasts.
Silicone implants vary in shell surface (smooth/textured), shape, profile, volume, shell thickness, and number of shell lumens. Most silicone gel-filled implants are not adjustable.
In the early 1990's it was reported that silicone breast implants were responsible for connective tissue diseases in some women. After a comprehensive evaluation of the evidence for the Association of Silicon Breast Implants with human health conditions, the Institute of Medicine concluded in June that there is "no definitive evidence linking breast implants to cancer, neurological diseases, neurological problems or other systemic diseases."
"Silicone is used not only in breast implants but also in implants located literally throughout every part of the body. It has been used: to construct heart valves and other cardiovascular prostheses; to fashion catheters which are used for purposes ranging from drug delivery to cardiac monitoring; in dentistry; in the gastrointestinal tract; as a facilitator for nerve regeneration; in ophthalmology; in the ear, nose, throat, and respiratory tract; as a prosthesis or ingredient in prostheses for many parts of the skeletal system; as a tissue expander; as a cosmetic agent for treatment of scars and wrinkles; in the urogenital tract, including penile prostheses; and in many other applications."
Your breast augmentation surgeon may show you the different kinds of breast implants available and may ask you to try different sizes and shapes of implant on your bra so that you have a better idea of how your larger breasts may look like after surgery. Breast augmentation will give a woman bigger breasts in one simple surgical procedure. It is very important to have realistic expectations about the size that is best suited for each body frame. There are a number of factors that will determine and limit the size that a breast can be enlarged. Your breast augmentation surgeon will examine your breast tissue and skin and also your skin's elasticity and body frame to determine and recommended the breast size that is recommended for you and how big you can go. For patients where there is less skin on the breast and for whose skin's is inelastic; if they decide to go too big they will have a greater risk of developing stretch marks and having a more painful and lengthier recovery. For these cases your breast augmentation surgeon may recommend a smaller size of implant but with a higher profile so that the breasts stand out and look perkier without being too big for you. Your plastic surgeon will let you know how big you can go without causing extreme stretching on the skin. Please keep your expectations realistic. If the size that your breast augmentation surgeon recommends for you is not what you expected, talk to him or her about different breast profiles available for you. The different profiles will allow you to get the results you desire without going too big on your breasts.
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Silicone implants have a silicone rubber shell that is filled with a fixed amount of silicone gel. Each implant has a patch that covers the manufacturing port of the implant.Silicone implants vary in shell surface (smooth/textured), shape, profile, volume, shell thickness, and number of shell lumens. Most silicone gel-filled implants are not adjustable.
In the early 1990's it was reported that silicone breast implants were responsible for connective tissue diseases in some women. After a comprehensive evaluation of the evidence for the Association of Silicon Breast Implants with human health conditions, the Institute of Medicine concluded in June that there is "no definitive evidence linking breast implants to cancer, neurological diseases, neurological problems or other systemic diseases."
The U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services States:
"For some years controversy has existed over silicone implants used for breast augmentation or replacement after mastectomy. Adverse effects from their use have been widely reported in the popular press, with conflicting information often appearing in the medical literature. This controversy and the attendant publicity led the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first to ban any use of these implants and then to permit limited use, mainly as replacement after mastectomy."Silicone is used not only in breast implants but also in implants located literally throughout every part of the body. It has been used: to construct heart valves and other cardiovascular prostheses; to fashion catheters which are used for purposes ranging from drug delivery to cardiac monitoring; in dentistry; in the gastrointestinal tract; as a facilitator for nerve regeneration; in ophthalmology; in the ear, nose, throat, and respiratory tract; as a prosthesis or ingredient in prostheses for many parts of the skeletal system; as a tissue expander; as a cosmetic agent for treatment of scars and wrinkles; in the urogenital tract, including penile prostheses; and in many other applications."
