subject: Silicone Gel Breast Implants And Breast Augmentation [print this page] Silicone gel breast implants are one of the most reliable and common types of breast implant technologies available to women who wish to have breast augmentation. Silicone gel breast implants are also the most common and most naturalistic form of breast implant that provide an anatomical tear-drop shape that provides a more "real" appearance and a more subtle form of female beauty.
Silicone gel is derived from silicon, the second most abundant element on earth, next to oxygen. Silicone gel and silicones are an assemblage or mix of chemical compounds made of silicon, a naturally occurring element found in sand, quartz, rocks and other materials. Silicone gel comes from the combination of oxygen and silicon, hydrogen, and carbon. At this point silicon becomes a silicone compound which then can be used to fill a breast implant or made for other types of implants and uses in the medical industry. Silicone gel is a good malleable and durable material with many uses applied in cosmetic and prosthetic medicine. Breast augmentation has been using silicone gel breast implants for more than ten years now after the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) certified them as safe in response to concerns over leakage and other issues with earlier forms of silicone gel breast implants.
Today silicone gel breast implants have three layers in their exterior construction surrounding the silicone gel. These layers of the silicone breast implant offer an important protection against silicone gel bleed or seepage. But because these layers make the silicone gel implant a bit larger, the insertion incisions and subsequent scars are usually larger than those of saline breast implants. Your cosmetic surgeon will discuss various insertion techniques and scarring based on the size and types of breast implants you want for your body.
Silicone gel breast implants are made pre-filled, unlike other forms of breast implants, which makes them much easier to install. The only real drawback to a pre-filled silicone gel breast implant is that the incision will have to be slightly larger, depending on the size of the implant to be inserted, particularly for textured silicone and gummy bear silicone implants, which are somewhat firmer. But silicone gel breast implants offer a firmer and more life-like appearance. Another reason that textured silicone implants require a longer incision is the fact that their exterior is slightly textured to prevent slippage or sliding after insertion and over the course of the ensuing years.
Silicone gel breast implants represent the most reliable and most advanced form of breast augmentation surgery that women can choose from, which explains why they are now the most commonly-employed form of implant.
