Cohesive Silicone Gel Implants Still Being Studied

If you’ve been researching breast augmentation lately, you’ve probably heard about the next generation “highly cohesive” silicone gel implants.  If not, you may want to read up on the Natrelle 410 or the Mentor CPG 300 series breast implants.

A recent study published in Aesthetic Surgery Journal compares the outcomes of both breast implants and studies the potential processes that may improve breast augmentation with the new prosthetics.

The authors evaluated data on breast aesthetics, quality of life, patient satisfaction, surgeon satisfaction, and adverse events.

After breast augmentation with highly cohesive silicone gel implants, doctors followed up on patients 16 to 77 months later. “The outcome data indicate that these devices produce natural-appearing breasts with extremely low aggregate reoperation rate (4.2%), writes study author Mark Jewell M.D.  Between the two breast implant manufacturers, the study showed measurable differences in the incidence of visible implant rippling.

To learn more, read the abstract on PubMed.gov for “A comparison of outcomes involving highly cohesive, form-stable breast implants from two manufacturers in patients undergoing primary breast augmentation”

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