Silicone Implants for Breast Augmentation Surgery

As we know one of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures is breast augmentation, often with the use of silicone breast implants. A recent study of the health implications of using silicone implants for breast augmentation surgery has has found zero increase in the risk of cancers, connective tissue diseases and other diseases. The study appeared in the Annals of Plastic Surgery last November.

In excess of a dozen scientific studies have looked into the risk of cancer as a result of breast implants and have shown rather similar results to date. The studies have shown no evidence of an increase in breast or other cancers among females with silicone breast implants.

There has long been a concern that the use of implants during the breast augmentation procedures will retard the detection of early onset breast cancers using mammograms. There have been concerns from some studies suggesting that mammograms may work less efficiently in females with breast implants. There has however been no studies to date that demonstrate evidence of survival rates for cancer being lower in women who have used breast implants when undergoing breast augmentation surgery.

Further studies have suggested that problems with the use of implants for breast augmentation surgery are not common and rarely cause the need for further surgery, in fact when further surgery is required it is generally as a result of contractures hardening of tissue surrounding the breast implants.