FACTS ABOUTBREAST IMPLANTS

DR. ERIK NUVEENwww.csaok.com

BREAST IMPLANTSHAVE BECOME AN EXTREMELY COMMONCOSMETIC PROCEDURE AMONG WOMEN,AND THERE IS A LOT YOU SHOULD KNOW

BEFORE DECIDING TO GET THEM.

MOST SILICONEBREAST IMPLANTSLAST ANYWHERE FROMSEVEN TO 12 YEARS.OTHER TYPES OFIMPLANTS CAN LASTMORE THAN 15 YEARS.

THE FIRST SILICONE GELIMPLANTS IN THE U.S.

WERE SOLD IN THE 1960S,AND THEY WERE NOT REGULATED.

BY THE 1990S,OVER ONE MILLION WOMEN

HAD SOME TYPE OF BREAST IMPLANTS.

SOME TYPES OF IMPLANTS CAN BREAKWITHIN JUST DAYS OR WEEKS OF THE PROCEDURE.

MAMMOGRAMSCAN CAUSE IMPLANTSTO RUPTURE IF PERFORMEDBY INEXPERIENCEDTECHNICIANS.

SILICONE IMPLANTSCONSIST OF ASHELL OF SILICONE RUBBERTHAT IS SEVERALLAYERS THICK.

BREAST IMPLANTS CAN COST $2,000 OR MORE,DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF IMPLANTS ANDWHERE THE SURGERY IS PERFORMED.

SILICONE IMPLANTSSTAY TRAPPED INTHEIR SHELLEVEN IF THEY ARERUPTURED, MINIMIZINGTHE DAMAGE.