| r Choice? | | | | body — this has been the subject of extreme |
| Women have multiple choices for their breast | | | | scrutiny and testing for many, many years. While |
| augmentation surgery. Two of those choices are | | | | there is no definitive evidence that suggests silicone |
| silicone gel implants and cohesive gel implants. Which | | | | gel is harmful to the body, there isn't substantial |
| is the better choice? | | | | evidence to claim that it's entirely risk free either. |
| Depending on which website you visit, you will read a | | | | Cohesive gel implants, on the other hand, use a solid |
| variety of pros and cons regarding both cohesive gel | | | | mass of silicone gel as their filler. The solid mass does |
| implants and traditional silicone gel implants. Which is | | | | not leak if stabbed or sliced or ruptured in any |
| the better choice for your breast augmentation | | | | manner. This is because there is no liquid — it |
| surgery? That answer to that question lies in your | | | | can't leak, even if you try to make it leak. |
| own desires and preferences. Both types of implant | | | | When a silicone gel implant ruptures, it is virtually |
| offer advantages and disadvantages. It's entirely up | | | | impossible to detect without the aid of an MRI. The |
| to you which you prefer. | | | | FDA recommends that any woman with breast |
| Silicone gel implants and saline implants were the only | | | | implants have a bi-annual MRI performed. Few |
| two implants available for American women for many | | | | women consider the added cost of an MRI every |
| years. That has since changed. There is now a new | | | | two years when they think about purchasing breast |
| implant on the scene, it is called the Cohesive Gel | | | | implants. Cohesive gel implants are garnering the |
| Implant. While this new implant has been in use for | | | | reputation as being immune to rupture. Of course, |
| almost twenty years elsewhere in the world, it has | | | | this is preliminary and without scientific backing, but |
| only recently entered the U.S. market and is currently | | | | early evidence from around the world suggests that |
| undergoing the FDA's clinical trial. If you were to | | | | these implants are impervious to rupture and leakage. |
| consider cohesive implants as an option for your | | | | Perhaps the greatest difference between cohesive |
| breast augmentation surgery, you will need to speak | | | | gel implants and silicone implants is the simple fact |
| with a licensed, board certified plastic surgeon who is | | | | that silicone gel implants are FDA approved for |
| participating in the FDA's clinical trial. | | | | unrestricted use, and cohesive gel implants are not. |
| Cohesive Gel Implants bear the nickname Gummy | | | | This makes it difficult for an American woman to |
| Bear Breast Implants. This is because their texture | | | | freely choose between the two. While a woman can |
| and feel closely resemble the very popular candy | | | | opt to have cohesive implants, it is not easily |
| named Gummy Bears. | | | | accomplished. She will need to seek a breast |
| There are quite a few differences between the | | | | augmentation surgeon who is participating in the |
| traditional silicone gel implant and the new cohesive | | | | FDA's clinical trial. While it is certainly difficult to get |
| gel implant. The most notable is their filler: traditional | | | | accepted into the trial, it is not impossible. And, as a |
| silicone implants use a liquid gel while the new | | | | perk to joining, participants are usually reimbursed the |
| cohesive implant uses a solid mass of gel. A silicone | | | | cost of the augmentation surgery. Speak directly |
| gel implant, when ruptured, will leak silicone into the | | | | with an FDA approved surgeon to learn more. |