Friday, April 27, 2007

Future of Silicone gel breast implants

At a recent meeting of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) it was announced by their eminent panel that they would be soon re-launching silicone breast implants. The U.S. FDA has also approved the marketing and use of silicone filled breast implants to be used for Boston breast augmentation purposes by women who are aged 22 or older. This change is recent since for over a decade silicone gel breast implants were strictly restricted to be used for breast reconstruction purposes only. The panel announced that they had carried out research to so show evidence that silicone gel breast implants are no more hazardous to health and can be considered safe and efficacious. This study now brings a glimmer of hope into the lives of so many American women.

American women can now easily make choices and enjoy the same opportunities as their international counterparts to choose over silicone gel breast implants. This boosts the women in the U.S. to know competently make important personal aesthetic and health decisions with regards to their femininity. The now newly available option of silicone gel breast implants is creating new venues for women who are about to have a breast surgery for the first time in their lives. It is also for all those women who have already previously had breast implant surgeries but are looking out for breast implant replacement or revision. Patients who are not considered suitable for saline implants can also undergo silicone breast implant surgery. All those women who are very thin or skinny, or have very little breast muscle or muscle tissue on the chest, silicone gel implants are the best option for them. Because for such women saline implants will not provide a as good result. But then the most important fact is that the type of implants is entirely the patient’ s choice or decision. It is for them to decide which type of breast implant they want and for the doctors to advise exactly which type of implant is more suitable for their body types or health condition. There maybe women for whom both silicone gel and saline implants would produce good results. The panelists discussed further about the advantages, disadvantages about silicone breast implants, their handling, placement, complications and other procedures.

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