Facts About Breast Implants

1. FACTS ABOUT BREAST IMPLANTS DR. ERIK NUVEEN www.csaok.com 2. BREAST IMPLANTS HAVE BECOME AN EXTREMELY COMMON COSMETIC PROCEDURE AMONG WOMEN, AND THERE IS A LOT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE DECIDING TO GET THEM. 3. MOST SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS LAST ANYWHERE FROM SEVEN TO 12 YEARS. OTHER TYPES OF IMPLANTS CAN LAST MORE THAN 15 YEARS. 4. THE FIRST SILICONE GEL IMPLANTS IN THE U.S. WERE SOLD IN THE 1960S, AND THEY WERE NOT REGULATED. 5. BY THE 1990S, OVER ONE MILLION WOMEN HAD SOME TYPE OF BREAST IMPLANTS. 6. SOME TYPES OF IMPLANTS CAN BREAK WITHIN JUST DAYS OR WEEKS OF THE PROCEDURE. 7. MAMMOGRAMS CAN CAUSE IMPLANTS TO RUPTURE IF PERFORMED BY INEXPERIENCED TECHNICIANS. 8. SILICONE IMPLANTS CONSIST OF A SHELL OF SILICONE RUBBER THAT IS SEVERAL LAYERS THICK. 9. BREAST IMPLANTS CAN COST $2,000 OR MORE, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF IMPLANTS AND WHERE THE SURGERY IS PERFORMED. 10. SILICONE IMPLANTS STAY TRAPPED IN THEIR SHELL EVEN IF THEY ARE RUPTURED, MINIMIZING THE DAMAGE.