subject: Breast Implants: An Evaluation [print this page] Over the years and decades, cosmetic surgeons have sought to perfect mammoplasty procedures. And this involves coming up with implants with the right consistency and texture, giving off a realistic bounce and jiggleor the closest possible they can get to real one. And they have come a long way from glass balls and ground rubber.
Currently, there are two basic types of breast implants: saline and silicone gel. This refers to the type of filling there is inside the shell or the lumen. The lumen, however, is usually made out of silicone rubber.
Saline-filled implants were first made in the 60s. They were made out of the need to make smaller incisions. Saline implant shells are inserted through small incisions and are filled with saline through a valve in the shell after it has been implanted. Saline implants were widely used in the US in the 90s as it produced good-to-excellent effects. The flipside though is that saline implants have a higher tendency of causing ripples and wrinkles on the surface of the breast.
The other upside of saline implants, however, is that the saline can be easily and safely absorbed by the body in case of ruptures.
The first silicone gel-filled implants were developed by Texas plastic surgeons Thomas Cronin and Frank Gerow in the 60s. Silicone type breast implants are more widely used due to the more natural look and feel of the augmented breasts. Since the the 1960s, though, silicone gel breast implants have gone through a lot of development. The breast implants Los Angeles plastic surgeons mostly use nowadays are the fifth generation of the Cronin-Gerow version.
The fifth generation silicone type breast implant is made of a semi-solid gel that has no shell. This prosthesis is fondly called the Gummy Bear because of the similarity in consistency. This consistency significantly eliminates the possibility of silicone migration and lowers the rates of ruptures. These are the breast implants Los Angeles plastic surgeons believe are most durable and efficient.
Although breast implants come in many forms and sizes, they are all covered by different sets of pros and cons. As a significant portion of todays best breast augmentation surgeries are done in Los Angeles, it is best to know the trends concerning the breast implants Los Angeles plastic surgery experts use and recommend.
