When it comes to breast augmentation, which involves breast implants, there are actually two types to choose from: saline and silicone. While they achieve a similar look and are both approved by the ...

Gummy bear breast implants are one of the options available for breast augmentation. The term “gummy bear” is actually a nickname for these teardrop-shaped, gel-based implants. They’re known to retain ...

Breast augmentation is the most popular form of plastic surgery, but now the well-known saline and silicone implants are making way for the newer so-called Gummy Bear breast implant The Gummy Bear ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who have breast reconstruction after cancer surgery tend to be happier with the cosmetic results of silicone implants than with saline-filled ones, a study published ...

I guess you could say I have a thing about breasts. As a child of the '90s, the decade that brought us Pamela Anderson’s slo-mo run and the Spice Girls’ cleavage-centric group sets, I grew with a ...

All implants, regardless of fill type, have a silicone elastomer shell that may weaken over time due to constant movement, folding and pressure. Ruptures in saline implants are usually obvious, as the ...

(Reuters) - Following is a look at the history of breast implants. Jean-Claude Mas, whose company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) sparked a global health scare by using substandard silicone, was arrested ...

In 2022, the Food and Drug Administration — the government agency that, among other responsibilities, oversees which medicines and medical devices are available in the United States — issued a safety ...