Silicon Breast Implants

Silicone Breast implant have always been shrouded with controversy. Silicone breast implants have been around right from the beginning but silicone breast augmentation was always considered as risky. It has been believed by many surgeons and women that the silicone gel breast implant cause Connective Tissue disorders (CTD).

 Although there is no concrete proof in medical science that augmentation of breast with silicone leads to this disorder and till date there is no ascertained cause for this disorder. There is no evidence that silicone implant or any other implant causes this disorder but never the less this notion has been doing rounds. It has also been believed that Neurological and immunological disorders and some forms of cancer may also happen. It is believed that the gel in the implant causes this disorder.

To top it all in 1992, FDA put a moratorium on breast augmentation with silicone and since then this type of implant is not being used by general public, although many women still opt for it, but they must follow certain conditions before they can go for it.

The first is they must be properly educated regarding breast implant with silicone effects and side effects and the second is that they must get follow up treatment for a long time, say up to 10 years. In any case only under special conditions women are allowed to go for silicone breast implant products. Those who have undergone mastectomy (removal of breast) and are planning to go for reconstructions of breast surgery are allowed silicone breast implant.
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The next case where you may opt for silicone breast implants is where you had already underwent saline implant and were not happy with the outcome or you have suffered a capsular contracture or rippling, and you are going for a revision surgery or you are going for augmentation and a breast lift surgery, known as mastpexy or for reconstruction of breasts. In these cases silicone breast implant is considered or if there is any deformity in your chest wall and you are incapable of having a saline implant.

Silicone breast implants are pre filled. Hence the surgeon has to make a larger incision for it. In case of saline implant he can make a small incision and insert the hollow shell but in the case of silicone implant the incisions is bigger. The shells are textured and this lead to larger incisions. It varies with the size of the implant too.

The silicone which is used for filling now days is very different from what was available earlier. Earlier, silicones were stiff and hard but nowadays you get a soft feeling silicone gel. The gel in the implant is covered by three layers of shell to prevent any Silicone breast implant rupture. The earlier ones had ultra thick shells which tend to rupture and there were cases of Silicone breast implant leak. If there was a ruptured silicone breast implant then the women would have to go for revision surgery or may even have to permanently opt for Silicone breast implant removal.