Gummy Bear Implants Research Paper

Form-stable cohesive gel breast implants are available in Los Alamitos. The consistency of these innovative implants has led to their nickname ‘gummy bear’ implants: If one of these devices was sliced in half, the gel within the implant’s silicone shell would remain intact. Dr. Farbod Esmailian is a plastic surgeon with an office in Los Alamitos who regularly performs augmentation surgeries with gummy bear implants for women who reside in and around Orange County.

TYPES OF IMPLANTS

For years, Dr. Esmailian has been using the traditional silicone gel and saline implant devices. These tried and true devices are still used today to provide women with the shapely, voluptuous breasts they desire; however, the consistency of the gummy bear breast implants provides women with the security of knowing that in the event of a rupture their gummy bear implants will maintain their structure.
For this reason, should a rupture occur, immediate replacement is usually not as urgent as with traditional silicone and saline implant devices.

Traditional Silicone Implants

These implants consist of a silicone shell that is filled with silicone gel. If one of these implant devices ruptures, the silicone gel may remain in the shell or leak into the pocket of the implant.

While this leaked silicone gel does not cause any reproductive problems, connective tissue disease (such as arthritis) or breast cancer, the leaked gel could cause the breast:

To harden or soften. Size and/or shape to change. To become lumpy. To be painful, sore and/or inflamed.

A ruptured implant that consists of traditional silicone gel must be replaced rather