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Breast Implants
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A breast implant is a prosthesis used to enlarge the size of a woman's breasts (known as breast augmentation) for cosmetic reasons, to reconstruct the breast (e.g. after a mastectomy or to correct genetic deformities), or for the purposes of male-to-female gender reassignment surgery.
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According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, breast augmentation is the third most commonly performed cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States. In 2005, 291,000 breast augmentation procedures were performed.
There are two primary types of breast implants: saline and silicone gel implants. Saline implants have a silicone rubber shell filled with sterile saline liquid. Silicone gel implants have a silicone shell filled with a viscous silicone gel. |
Indications
Clinical indications for the use of breast implants are for breast reconstruction, gender reassignment surgery, and for other abnormalities that affect the shape and size of the breast. In some countries health insurers will reimburse insertion of breast implants only for these indications. Non-clinical indications (the most common reasons) are cosmetic. Breast implants may be contraindicated in body dysmorphic disorder, since women with that disorder have a distorted sense of their own body. This may result in repeated plastic surgery for perceived imperfections.
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