When it comes to breast augmentation, which involves breast implants, there are actually two types to choose from: saline and silicone. While they achieve a similar look and are both approved by the ...

March 9, 2012 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved a new silicone gel–filled breast implant, bringing the number of such products in the United States to 3, but continued to warn ...

Silicone breast implants were pulled off the market in 1992 amid concerns that leaks from the implants could lead to cancer or autoimmune disease. Five years ago, revamped products returned to the ...

Thicker shells and stickier silicone make today's silicone-gel breast implants less prone to break and leak than versions sold years ago, Inamed Corp. argued Tuesday in asking the government to end a ...

Induction or promotion of malignancies of the breast or other organs by silicone implants has been the subject of studies and comprehensive reviews with negative findings. Individual case reports have ...