Your Breast Augmentation--- Which Filler Is The One For You

Most everyone has heard word of the controversy linked to silicone breast implants, but as of the year 2005, both silicone and saline are Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved as materials to use in breast augmentation surgery. Each type has a set of pros and cons, and a thorough consultation with your perspective surgeon can help you to make the right decision.

Because of the controversy that took silicone of the market in the year 1992, a lot of women feel safer choosing saline filler. Saline, or salt water is a recognizable substance to the human body, and many just feel more at ease sticking with saline because it is already present in the human body. If an implant were to rupture, it is easily recognizable because the shell deflates and the body assumes the saline. Because saline implants are filled after they are inserted into the body, their size can be adjusted by a doctor. The postoperative filling also allows for easier placement, and, therefore, the different surgical sites of orientation are all cooperative with this choice.

This option is also the less expensive of the two types of implant choices. Silicone implants seem to be the most desired type of breast augmentation because of the substance’s similarity to natural breast tissue. The consensus is that the material feels and looks more natural, but the controversy that linked silicone to connective tissue autoimmune disease in the early 1990s still looms as a decision-swaying factor among women who are considering the surgery. It has since been determined that there is no link; in fact, the shell used in wither surgeries is made from silicone and filled with the preferred substance; silicone is also used in other reconstructive surgeries such as those that involve replicating tendons and in some heart surgeries.

A downside to this choice is the permanence of the size chosen size; silicone is not adjustable like its saline counterpart. Silicone is clearly a more expensive substance than saline which is essentially salt water, and so the procedure itself assumes a lot of the related costs making the former substance when used for breast augmentation surgery about one-thousand dollars more in financial investment that the latter.

It has also been studied and concluded that silicone is the probable better option for those seeking implants as the result of a double mastectomy or for those who may be significantly small in stature. Both of these situations result in little or no breast tissue and surrounding skin to aid in the aesthetics of the operation.

The best way to determine which type of implant to use for your breast augmentation surgery is to arm yourself with prevalent information and weight it against your desired outcomes. A perspective surgeon can help guide your decision to fit your needs and ideas.