Silicone breast implants have made a big comeback in cosmetic procedures, a little more than six years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted its ban on most use of the devices. In 2012, ...

Although they don't look a day over 20, silicone breast implants celebrate the big five-o this year. They've had their ups and downs, even bouncing back from scandal, but the 50-year-old implants have ...

This first-of-its-kind silicone gel-filled implant line features an expanded range of base widths, projections, and volumes in an entirely new range of sizes extending from 930 cc to 1445 cc, the ...

For anyone who’s had reconstructive or cosmetic breast surgery, it’s hard not to be concerned over the Food and Drug Administration’s latest warning that textured silicone implants have been linked to ...

The largest ever study of silicone breast implants has found the devices are generally safe but associated with a slightly higher risk of a few rare diseases, a controversial conclusion that quickly ...

Say what you will about breast implants — and people have spoken volumes over the past three decades — they are as much a part of modern American culture as, well, Barbie, Marilyn Monroe, the Playmate ...

Plastic surgeons and the two dominant Southern California-based makers of silicone breast implants are gearing up for what they expect will be a boom in sales of the devices. The only question: How ...

Silicone gel implants were taken off the market in 1992 amidst fears that they could be linked to cancer, autoimmune and connective tissue disorders (such as lupus). But since the FDA approved their ...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – A new type of silicone breast implant, currently available to women who agree to be part of a clinical study, offers breast augmentation and reconstruction patients more ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Brazil's health regulator Anvisa said on Friday it had suspended the production, sale and use of products made by Brazilian breast-implant maker Silimed after an ...

Scientists in Austria are reporting detection of previously unrecognized proteins that accumulate on the surface of silicone breast implants after implants are in the body. Georg Wick and colleagues ...