The Safety of Silicone Breast Implants

Silicone breast implants were at the centre of great controversy in the early 1990s when women in the USA commenced legal action against breast implant manufacturers claiming that silicone breast implants were responsible for various diseases such as auto-immune disorders and even breast cancer.

Subsequent major world studies on large numbers of women with silicone breast implants each concluded that no such causal relationship existed and that the incidence of those diseases was no greater in women with silicone breast implants than it was in the general population.
On the basis of these major world studies, silicone breast implants were re-introduced.

The Benefits of Breast Implants

A well-planned and well-performed breast augmentation in combination with the right choice of breast implants can have very positive effects on your appearance, self-image and self-confidence.
Breast implants will increase the volume of either under-developed breasts or breasts that have lost volume through pregnancy and breast feeding. A large variety of breast implants currently exists by way of shape, dimensions and size thus making it possible to select a set of breast implants that should fulfil every woman’s preferred look.

The Popularity of Breast Implants
The obvious improvements in appearance, self-esteem and self-confidence conferred by breast implants in combination with their demonstrated safety have resulted in a great surge in the numbers of women worldwide seeking breast implants. We expect the popularity of breast implants will continue to grow exponentially as more and more women perceive the benefits of breast implants in their friends and relatives.

New Breast Implants
The latest breast implants to be approved for use in Australia are the polyurethane-covered silicone gel implants from Brazil known locally as ‘Furry Brazilians’.

These breast implants have a polyurethane foam coating which gives them a ‘furry-feel.
Some surgeons claim that the use of these foam breast implants may significantly reduce the risk of the complication of breast implants known as Capsular Contracture.

Although the use of these breast implants has been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Authority in Australia, the FDA (the equivalent authority in the USA) has yet to issue a green signal for use of these breast implants in US women, believing more research as to their efficacy and safety is first required.

Dr Mayson is monitoring the reports of these latest breast implants and will consider offering them to patients only if they are proven safe in the long-term as well as effective in preventing Capsular Contracture.