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About Breast Implants
Silicone was traditionally the material of choice for breast implants. However, in 1992, after some reports of complications allegedly linked to silicone, the FDA banned silicone implants from use in most breast implant surgeries. Since then, saline implants, filled with a safe salt water solution, have been the breast implant of choice.

Silicone has also been used since then, but only in unique circumstances. Medical professionals, and breast implant patients, have their doubts about saline as well. Not for safety reasons, but more so in relation to the results they produce. Silicone tends to lead to a more natural final appearance, but this can of course vary between patients.

Many people in the plastic surgery industry are investigating the differences between the materials used to make a breast implant. San Francisco's surgeons, as with the medical community, are respecting the research, and awaiting a verdict. It will likely be some time, however, before any concrete answers and decisions are settled upon.

Click here for a summarized explanation of a breast implant surgery.

San Francisco Specialists can help you with further questions, so feel free to contact us at any time.

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