Breast implants are a popular area of plastic surgery. This leads us to the debate on the type of implants that are best and the governments role in the decision
The Great Implant Debate
The debate on silicone and saline implants is a hot one. For a long period of time, silicone was dominant, but health concerns led to saline coming to the front.
Silicone first became a popular enlargement resource after World War II. Doctors would shoot silicone directly into womens breasts to create enlargement. This direct approach resulted in numerous complications including cysts, sores and systematic illness. These complications led to the reduction of interest in silicone, but it would make a comeback.
In the early 1960s, two Houston plastic surgeons developed the first contained silicone implants with Dow Corning. To say the two plastic surgeons, Thomas Cronin and Frank Gerow, revolutionized plastic surgery would be a minor understatement. The procedure because very popular and there was practically more demand than there were plastic surgeons to satisfy it.
The implant was made of a harder silicone sack covering soft silicone gel. The implant was...