All About Breast Implants
All About Breast Implants
Everything You Need to Know About Saline and Silicone Gel Breast Implants:
Don't be overwhelmed - be educated. Before you undergo
breast augmentation surgery with breast implants, you need to make several choices about your surgery. One of those choices is which
breast implants to use and that choice involves several basic options.
First, you must choose a
breast implant fill:
saline or silicone. You must also choose whether the
breast implant surface is textured or smooth, and whether the
breast implant shape is round or anatomical. You must also choose what
size breast implant you want, what
profile you want and which
manufacturers' implant you want to use. Your surgeon will help with all of these.
So, here are the 6 basic questions to answer before you choose an
implant: Which fill? What shape? What type of surface? What Profile? What size? And, which manufacturer? Follow the outline below to learn about each choice.
If you get lost, use the
Roadmap or the
Quick Links you'll find on every page, to get back on track!
Let's get started:
Breast Implants: The Full Roadmap
- Saline
- Silicone
- History & Controversy
- Studies about Silicone Gel Breast Implants
- Who Qualifies for Silicone Breast Implants
- Cohesive Gel and Gummi Bear Silicone Breast Implants
- Methods of determining ideal breast implant size choice
- Using Nicole's photo gallery to help choose breast implant size
- Choosing from breast implant manufacturer specifications
- Choosing breast implant shape may seem complicated since manufacturers have so many styles in their lineups. However, it’s really only a matter of making 2 choices; The first choice is the shape; the second choice is the profile. Shape refers to the actual breast implant shape, round or anatomical. Breast implant profile refers to the distance the implant projects off the chest wall.
- Breast implant shapes: round breast implants vs. anatomical breast implants (teardrop/contoured/shaped)
- Breast implant profile: Low, Moderate, High
- Textured Surface Breast Implants
- Smooth Surface Breast Implants
- Moderate profile breast implants(regular/standard)
- High profile breast implants
- Low profile breast implants
- Moderate "PLUS" profile breast implants