The return of the legality of silicone breast implants caused a stir in the news at first, but I haven’t really heard too much about the actual availability of the newly re-approved breast implant as of late, have you?
Supposedly the implant was to become almost immediately available again after the FDA allowed it to become available to any woman wanting breast implants, whereas before, a woman had to have specific conditions which required reconstructive surgery to be able to get silicone legally implanted into their chest here in the US.
Silicone was banned several years ago when women with this type of implant began to complain routinely about several health issues, mostly related to the autoimmune system, and as a precaution the FDA banned their use in the US, although I do believe they were still offered overseas to women wanting implants.
Opponents of the return of silicone say that there was a flawed reason for their return, and that there are actually conflicts of interest between the approving agency and the primary manufacturer of the silicone implant, which raised suspicions as to whether the findings that the newly improved implant with silicone was really safe, or not.
Many women claim they think silicone is superior for cosmetic reasons, because it feels more like a real breast and moves like a real breast and looks more natural, but some of the saline ones look pretty darn real nowadays too, I guess we’ll be seeing more silicone out there now though. I hope it’s really safe…
