Nowadays, thanks to the FDA s approval of silicone gel implants, the once only approved implant for breast augmentation, saline breast implants, is quickly falling out of favor.
The most performed type of cosmetic surgery in the world is breast augmentation surgery. During this type of procedure, a plastic surgeon will insert breast implants under or over a woman s chest muscle to increase her overall breast size and shape. Depending on the woman s personal preference and what her surgeon recommends, she can choose smaller breast implants or gigantic breast implants, or any size in between. Another choice she will have to make is whether she wants saline breast implants or silicone gel implants.
Breast augmentation surgery has been around for a long, long time. The modern attempts to increase a woman s breast size began in the 1960 s. The first material to be used was a silicone gel that was injected straight into the woman s breast. This type of breast augmentation resulted in disaster after disaster, and was the catalyst for the ongoing debate about whether breast augmentation surgery and (specifically) silicone gel was truly safe for women.
Silicone gel faced severe scrutiny over the years. Due to some of the more legitimate concerns, such as the safety of silicone gel leaking into a woman s body, the saline breast implant was designed and produced.
The first form of saline implant was introduced by a French surgeon named H.R. Arion, who produced it in 1965. The implant was considered an overnight success, mostly due to the fact that the implant uses a saline solution as its filler, and the saline is nothing more than a saltwater solution not unlike the fluids already found in the human body. Essentially, a saline breast implant poses no threat to a woman s health should it leak the saline solution into her body due to implant rupture or saline leakage of any sort.
Another reason for the development of the saline breast implant was to minimize the size of the incision required for surgery. Since saline breast implants are not filled with saline until after they are in place, they require only minimal incisions. Again, the initial saline implant produced far better results with incision requirement, and was considered as the viable solution of the larger incisions that silicone gel implants require.
The only other notable change in saline breast implant design was a switch to a thicker, room temperature, vulcanized shell. The new shell design improved the saline implant s durability and resulted in significantly fewer implant ruptures. During the 90 s the saline implant became extremely popular. But was the implant popular because it was the implant of choice, or was it because the FDA had banned the use of silicone gel implants? Perhaps the best way to answer that question is to acknowledge the fact that the popularity of saline breast implants did not extend to other countries during that time.
Would you like to learn more about saline breast implants? Despite their decline in popularity among women, they are still considered the safest implant currently available. If you want to learn the latest and greatest information regarding saline breast implants, you will need to schedule an initial consultation with a licensed, board certified surgeon who specializes in breast augmentation surgery.
If you are seeking guidance and health related advice for your medical decisions, you need to seek the counsel of a licensed, practicing physician. That being said, it is not the intention of this article to provide medical advice. Good luck!
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