| Never in history has there been a greater choice of | | | | squashed and stretched when putting into the chest |
| breast implants for women and in some cases, men. | | | | cavity, a doctor can make an incision in any one of |
| The world has come a long way from paraffin wax | | | | four places. For example, he or she can insert the |
| and glass balls, which were put into women's bodies | | | | implants through the areolas of the breast, the |
| in the earlier part of the last century. In the 1960's, | | | | armpit, even the belly button. The feeling of the |
| women had silicon injected into their breast cavities, | | | | saline implant differs for different people, but the |
| and then a silicon-filled breast implant was generally | | | | majority of saline implant patients are just as satisfied |
| used. When health issues, infections and even deaths | | | | with the feeling of them as silicone consumers are |
| arose from these, the government banned most of | | | | with theirs. |
| these types of implants. | | | | Saline implants also give one the option of |
| Now, there's a wide array of much safer implants to | | | | postoperative expansion. The surgeon can put a |
| choose from, and the choice a breast surgery | | | | dime-sized port in each implant, near each incision. He |
| candidate makes depends largely on their needs and | | | | or she then gradually fills a bit more volume in over |
| desires, rather than what the implant maker would | | | | time until the patient reaches her cup or volume goal. |
| rather sell. | | | | This allows skin and muscle tissue to slowly expand, |
| A consumer can now choose a silicone-filled implant | | | | too. |
| again, after years of only being able to use saline. In | | | | Shapes of implants: the type the patient chooses |
| recent decades, silicone-filled implants could rupture, | | | | with the advice of his or her doctor really depends |
| slowly leaking the substance into the bloodstream | | | | on his or her body type, bone structure, |
| and ultimately causing painful swelling and scar tissue | | | | expectations of cup size and preference of |
| all over the body. Now, there are implants available | | | | silhouette. |
| which have silicone made into a gel, so in the event | | | | Round implants are just that, though not quite ball |
| that the implant does rupture, the silicone will not run | | | | shaped. They look pretty much the same from |
| all over the body but would stay within the broken | | | | every viewpoint both pre and post operation. |
| implant. Additionally, these implants have texture put | | | | Anatomical implants used to be used primarily for |
| on them, much like that of an orange peel, to | | | | reconstruction purposes, but are now used for |
| prevent a "scar tissue capsule" which can form | | | | cosmetic breast augmentation as well. When looking |
| around the implant and eventually rupture it. | | | | at it from the front, the anatomical implant appears |
| Many people would question why a consumer would | | | | oval in shape, and if looking at it from the side, it |
| choose silicone in the first place, if there were the | | | | looks like it has more volume at the bottom - a little |
| potential for problems. Many people think silicone has | | | | bit conical. |
| a much more natural feel to them, like real breast | | | | Also, there is the high profile implant, which gives |
| tissue. This is a good choice for people who have | | | | more fullness at the top of the breast. These |
| little of their own natural breast tissue. And, as noted | | | | implants are narrow at the base (the part that sits |
| above, there are now several models available, which | | | | against your chest) and they have a mound that |
| have been approved by the FDA. | | | | protrudes out. Regular or traditional implants have a |
| So why consider saline-filled implants as well? Simply, | | | | large base and do not project outwards. |
| they are much easier to insert. Because they can be | | | | |