| The FDA has a very strict set of trials that must be | | | | knife. They would then proceed to leak their filler - |
| followed whenever a new medical device attempts | | | | silicone gel implants would leak very slowly because |
| to enter the U.S. market. The latest breast implant, | | | | of the gel's consistency, while saline breast implants |
| the cohesive gel implant, is currently undergoing its | | | | would deflate quite rapidly. The new cohesive gel |
| own FDA trials. It could be five or ten years before | | | | implant will not leak if you stab it with a knife! You |
| this new implant is approved for unrestricted use. | | | | can even slice one completely in half, and all you will |
| Despite the fact that it's not approved yet, this | | | | end up with is two solid masses of cohesive gel! |
| cohesive gel implant is increasing in popularity every | | | | Because they are a solid mass of cohesive gel, the |
| year - American women are very curious about this | | | | Gummy Bear breast implant cannot leak. |
| new implant device. | | | | Ruptures, leakage, and wrinkling are practically |
| Gummy Bear Implants acquired their nickname | | | | unheard of when it comes to cohesive gel implants. |
| because of their resemblance in both texture and | | | | Some say this will garner them the coveted title of |
| feel to the very popular Gummy Bear candy. | | | | "safest implant on the market". That could take |
| Elsewhere in the world, this breast implant has been | | | | many more years, however. |
| in use for almost twenty years. Plenty of information | | | | All cohesive gel implants are anatomically shaped. |
| has been gathered and collected already, but the | | | | They are shaped in such a fashion because they are |
| FDA will not recognize this information! Only | | | | immune to the effects of gravity and a naturally |
| FDA-sanctioned research trials can produce | | | | sloped breast is far more appealing, both visually and |
| acknowledgeable data. | | | | physically, than a flat, round-shaped implant that |
| Have you ever heard of wrinkling? It's the unsightly | | | | resembles an enormous M&M candy. |
| situation where the exterior of a breast implant's shell | | | | Evidence collected elsewhere around the world |
| actually wrinkles together, much like a plastic baggie if | | | | suggests that cohesive gel implants maintain their |
| you were to scrunch it together. The wrinkled | | | | shape and texture regardless of time and the effects |
| surface affects the surface skin of a woman's | | | | of gravity. Will they last thirty years? Perhaps |
| breast, and as you can imagine, it is not a pleasant | | | | twenty? Only time will tell. Once the FDA has |
| experience for the woman. Although typically a | | | | concluded its research, the collected data will be |
| harmless scenario, wrinkling is something that every | | | | made freely available to the general public. |
| woman fears and will want corrected as quickly as | | | | Please schedule an initial consultation with a |
| possible if it should occur. | | | | board-certified plastic surgeon that is participating in |
| The new cohesive gel implant is said to be impervious | | | | the FDA's clinical trial of cohesive gel implants. Once |
| to wrinkling. It's believed that the solid filler, the solid | | | | you meet with the surgeon, you can ask him as |
| mass of cohesive gel, helps prevent wrinkling from | | | | many questions as you wish. |
| occurring. Whether or not that is the case is yet to | | | | Please note: the information contained in this article is |
| be determined by the FDA. | | | | not to be interpreted as medical advice. You should |
| Silicone gel implants and saline breast implants will | | | | only seek health-related advice from a board-certified |
| both rupture if you were to poke them with a sharp | | | | plastic surgeon. |