silicone implants

Each breast augmentation surgeon has his or her preference. Some prefer silicone implants purely for aesthetic reasons. Silicon breast implants tend to have a more natural texture and over all natural look to them. Others are leery of the risks associated with silicone (see below)

Breast Implants from Saline:

New saline filled implants are made with a rubber shell that may be filled to the patients requested size. Some now have a valve emplace allowing for an increase or decrease in size depending on the clients wants.

Currently there are two kinds of saline implants on the market. The standard model is your basic implant that comes in a set shape and size. The other is a fresh take, with the added feature of a small valve, cosmetic surgeons have the ability to insert the implants into the breast and then fill or decrease the size of the breast before the patients eyes, insuring the perfect look. This also means that should you want bigger or smaller breasts as time goes on, you simply see your physician and voila.

Risks involved with saline implants are much lower than those of silicon implants. However there are recorded cases where mould and other forms of bacteria grow and eat away at the implant. If the implant should rupture or leak the bacteria is released directly into the body. This has been known to cause respiratory problems. Ask your plastic breast surgeon for more info.

Silicone Implants

Silicone implant outer shell is made from a form of silicone and is said to be very durable and comes in different types of shell, hard, soft, thick etc. These implants are prefilled (can not be adjusted) to a specific size and are available in many shapes, sizes, textures and surfaces.

Silicone implants were banned by the FDA in the 90s but have reapproved despite little advancement. Breast surgeons using implants should make the client aware of the risks when going with this type if implant. Studies have concluded that not only can silicone implants lead to cancer (if ruptured) but because of high amounts of platinum and other toxic materials found in the implant, it can lead to diminished motor functions and problems concerning memory.

As if the potential risks werent bad enough, after you have the implants, you must go for an MRI every year to see if there is a leak or rupture in the implants. With saline implants a leak is detect right away (as the breast deflates and the person can feel it), with silicone if it leaks or ruptures the silicone actually takes the shape around the breast tissue making it near to impossible to notice a change.

When a silicone implants ruptures there may be no physical signs as the silicon leaks into the surrounding breast tissue.

Added risks include: After having silicone breast implants it has been shown that if the women has children and implant has leaked, the child may be severely affected by the toxins in the implant. Unfortunately a child may still be adversely affect even after the breast plastic implants surgeon removes the implants prior to conception as platinum and other toxins are not expelled from the body.

For cosmetic reason reasons silicone implants are popular because they lend themselves to a more natural look and feel. They do however have a worse rate of rupture and capsular contraction (that is when the tissue surrounding the breast implant hardens up and it can be painful).

The rate of capsular contraction and rate of deflation is higher in silicone implants.

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