Will a new discovery make breast implants safer?

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RachaelO

The history of breast implants

Breast Enlargement dates back to 1890 with the injection of paraffin into the breast. Following this, several other attempts took place such as the introduction of fat transplants from other parts of the body in the 1920s. During the Second World War ladies of the night had silicon injected directly into their breasts, sponges were used in the 1950s. A decade later in 1961 the first silicon breast implant was introduced by Frank Gerow and Thomas Cronin.

Even though breast implants are not lifetime devices and so cannot be expected to last forever, since its invention the silicon breast implant has been associated with dissolving, leaking, rupture and contraction. For those considering breast enlargement surgery, this is a major concern and for cosmetic surgeons, it is listed as one of the most common risks of breast enlargement surgery.

Silicon Breast implants have been known to rupture after several years of surgery. When silicone gel-filled implants rupture, some women may notice decreased breast size, nodules (hard knots), uneven appearance of the breasts, pain or tenderness, tingling, swelling, numbness, burning, or changes in sensation. Other women may unknowingly experience a rupture without any symptoms (i.e., “silent rupture”).

Improvements in breast implant surgery

Current trends in the breast surgery industry made Cereform look into new ways of manufacturing breast implants. Women are more and more willing to have a natural augmentation. Natural appearance is more important than volume. For that reason surgeons are choosing to put the implant below the muscle instead of below the gland. The former gives a double layer of protection, the latter one layer of protection.

Their choice of silicon over saline filled breast implants is also derived from recent preferences Saline breast implants are loosing ground. Younger surgeons consistently use the cohesive silicone gel filled implants. Silicone has been used for many years in medicine (e.g. bladder catheters) and it is a very innocent and inert material. Cohesive silicon gel implants feel more natural.

Citing biocompatibility, texture and a perforation safe layer as the medical innovation behind Cereform implants, he explains further how they combine to form a medical innovation.

The most important issue for breast implants as with every medical implant is biocompatibility. In aesthetic breast surgery there is always a small risk of capsular formation, a so called hostile reaction of the native tissue with scar formation around the implant.

Perforation safe layer implants

Cereform seeks to overcome this with the texture of its breast implants. The process of manufacture is fully automated. You hear a lot of nanofabrication these days. Many competitors use the manual process because it is a time consuming process. Our implants are textured by automotive ways and it is the combination of texturation and different layers of Cereform implants that makes it innovative.

Talking about the perforation safe layer of the implants, he explains the technology behind their design. The implants are made up of 16-18 layers with 3 barrier layers, which protect them from perforation during or after surgery. The gel used to fill up the implants is ISO-approved medical gel from Nusil (USA) while an additional feature is the patch-free filling of the implant. The patch was a weak point in the eighties for perforation.

Even though rupture or perforation is becoming rare nowadays and most companies are offering a lifelong guarantee for their implants, technological improvements continue to make breast implants a safe medical device. At the moment, Cereform breast Implants are distributed in more than 30 countries. Eighty percent is distributed for breast augmentation and breast lifting while twenty percent is distributed for reconstructive procedures after breast cancer related surgery.

With worldwide demand for plastic surgery, intensive research, scientific reviews and several studies showing no risk between breast cancer and breast implants, Cereform believes innovation and state of the art medical technology keeps them going strong which is evident in their expansion in Europe and development of broad international distribution channels.

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