Learn about types and shapes of breast implants, including silicone versus saline. View surgery videos and before-and-after photos. Locate a surgeon.
Silicone and Saline Breast Implants Toxicity Sickness, Healing testimonials. Hundreds of thousands of women with breast implants both silicone and saline and filed lawsuits against implant manufacturers in the 1990s.
FDA Update on the Safety of Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants June 2011 Center for Devices and Radiological Health U.S. Food and Drug Administration
By Diana Zuckerman, Elizabeth Nagelin-Anderson & Elizabeth Santoro. The most common kind of cosmetic surgery is breast augmentation. In 2015, nearly 280,000 women and teenagers underwent surgery to have their breasts enlarged with silicone or saline implants and about 106,000 breast cancer patients had reconstruction after …
Medscape Interview with FDA staff on Breast Implants (July 2013) 5 Things to Know About Breast Implants; Update on the Safety of Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants (2011) (PDF – 1.5MB)
Silicone breast implant: Silicone breast implant, prosthesis made from a polymer gel contained within a flexible casing that is used for the reconstruction or augmentation of the female mammary tissue.
WebMD explains breast augmentation, including the pros and cons of saline and silicone implants, cost of surgery, potential problems and …
Which are better, silicone breast implants or saline breast implants?
Silicone breast implants — A Mayo Clinic specialist discusses the health effects of ruptured silicone implants.
Breast implants — Answers to common questions about saline and silicone implants.