Contact our office in Salt Lake City to learn more about silicone breast implants for breast augmentation.
Institute of Facial & Cosmetic Surgery, LLC
5929 South Fashion Blvd.
Murray, UT 84107
Ph. 801.261.3637
Fx. 801.261.4096
Contact our office in Salt Lake City to learn more about silicone breast implants for breast augmentation.
Institute of Facial & Cosmetic Surgery, LLC
5929 South Fashion Blvd.
Murray, UT 84107
Ph. 801.261.3637
Fx. 801.261.4096
At the Institute of Facial and Cosmetic Surgery in Salt Lake City, we offer breast augmentation using either silicone breast implants or saline breast implants. Our cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Brent D. Kennedy, believes that every woman should feel proud of her body. Oftentimes, that results from having a bust line that gives a feminine curve to the frame. If you are interested in learning more about the breast augmentation procedure or the types of breast implants we offer, contact our plastic surgery office. During your consultation our doctors help you decide if breast augmentation using silicone breast implants or saline breast implants is right for you.
Many women would love to have fuller, firmer breasts, because they weren’t born with the breast size or shape to compliment their body type. Having breasts that give a full, feminine curve to a woman’s body can boost self confidence, and eliminate anxiety about body image. Breast enhancement is especially beneficial for those women with smaller frames who need a boost to maintain the proportions of their feminine figure. Although there are risks and benefits for both silicone and saline implants, we assure our patients that both types of implants are safe and effective and require only minimally invasive surgery to place.
Breast implants can give you the enhanced body you’ve always wanted. With the lifelike feel, and continued safety of both types of breast implants, you can get a beautiful figure with one simple surgery.
In 2006, after a 14-year moratorium on the use of silicone breast implants for cosmetic breast augmentation procedures due to safety concerns, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of silicone implants for patients 22 years old or older. The FDA found after numerous studies that there is no convincing evidence that the implants pose an unreasonable health risk.
Silicone breast implants have a lifelike quality and can provide a natural look that may not be achieved with saline breast implants. Many cosmetic surgeons – not only in Salt Lake City, but across the United States – feel that silicone breast implants are safe and that they provide the most beautiful results.
The implants can be placed on top of the chest muscle or below it, depending on the desired look. At our office in Salt Lake City, we want our breast augmentation patients to feel comfortable with their decision and to achieve the best results possible, so we do a careful evaluation of every patient's body structure and desired outcome to recommend the procedure that will provide the best results.
Silicone breast implants are made of a silicone casing filled with a more pliant silicone gel. They offer the most natural-looking breast enhancement and can hold their shape for years. According to the FDA, the number of breast augmentation patients that choose silicone breast implants and experience rupture of an implant is very low.
If a rupture does occur in one or both implants, the rupture may go undetected by both the patient and her doctor. For this reason, we at our Salt Lake City practice recommend that breast augmentation patients have an MRI screening once every three years to check for a rupture.
Saline breast implants are the most frequently used type of implants in the United States and are a popular option at our Salt Lake City practice for breast augmentation. Saline breast implants are made of a silicone elastomer sac that is filled with a saline solution.
The procedure for inserting saline breast implants is a little different than the procedure used for inserting silicone breast implants. The silicone sacs are placed either above or below the chest muscle while empty and then filled with a saline solution to achieve the desired size.
Because the deflated shell can be inserted behind the breast tissue, post-surgery scars are significantly smaller with this type of implant than with silicone breast implants.
Saline implants became the most common type of breast implant used in the United States due to the 14-year suspension on silicone breast implants.
If saline breast implants rupture, they are more likely to cause cosmetic problems than serious health risks. Immediately after rupture, saline breast implants will deflate within the breast, and the saline solution, which is similar to the body's own fluids, will be reabsorbed into the body naturally.
Saline breast implants are known to cause cosmetic problems such as the appearance of rippling or wrinkling. Similar to silicone breast implants, saline breast implants may also cause loss of feeling in the nipple or tissue of the breast, pain in the breasts, infection, or capsular contracture. They can also interfere with breastfeeding and the detection of breast cancer.
The decision to undergo breast augmentation should not be taken lightly. It’s important to know and fully understand as much about the breast enlargement procedure as possible before making your choice. Contact our plastic surgery office in Salt Lake City to learn more about breast augmentation techniques, silicone breast implants, and saline breast implants. We’ll meet with you, discuss your needs and desires, and try to make your dreams a reality with safe implants that provide the most aesthetic results possible.