Breast implants are often used to enhance the volume and shape of breasts. Although breast implants can last a lifetime, most women will replace their implants with newer implants at some point over the course of their lives. Less frequently, some women may choose to remove their breast implants and […]
PIP implants are breast implants made by a French manufacturer, Poly Implant Prothese (PIP). The company was required by French authorities to stop production of its silicone implants in 2010 when it was discovered that these implants were rupturing at a rate that was two times the industry standard. Ruptures […]
Silicone gel breast implants are now mainstream and account for at least half of all breast augmentation surgeries. What is new, however, is a recently developed device that is used to insert silicone implants called the Keller Funnel. Until the development of this device, putting in a silicone implant was […]