Silicone Breasts are Back

Submitted by Meg Wilson on September 11, 2006 - 07:33.

Silicone gel-filled breast implants were pulled off the market in 1992 due to health concerns. They remained in use only for medical cases such as mastectomy. For the majority of breast augmentation, plastic surgeons were using saline-filled breast implants.

But saline-filled implants don't feel as natural as silicone. And it looks as though we will see silicone breast implants approved again by the FDA for general use by the end of this year.

The unrelated photo above and titled Cleavage is by C.P. Storm.


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Silicone Breasts and Mastectomy
Submitted by Total Mastectomy (not verified) on August 10, 2009 - 02:41.

A mastectomy is surgery to remove a breast. It is performed either to treat or to prevent breast cancer. Only high-risk patients have surgery to prevent cancer. There are four main types:

* Total mastectomy - removal of breast tissue and nipple
* Modified radical mastectomy - removal of the breast, most of the lymph nodes under the arm and often the lining over the chest muscles
* Lumpectomy - surgery to remove the tumor and a small amount of normal tissue around it
* Radical mastectomy - the removal of the breast, lymph nodes and chest muscles. This is no longer common

Which surgery you have depends on the stage of cancer, size of the tumor, size of the breast and whether the lymph nodes are involved. Silicone Breast are also used after mastectomy.

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