A Brief History of Breast Implants

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BREAST IMPLANTS 1889 DR. GERSUNY INJECTS PARAFFIN INTO THE BREASTS FOR AUGMENTATION 1895 DR. CZERNY PERFORMS THE FIRST USE OF FAT FOR THE BREASTS BY TRANSFERRING A LIPOMA OF FATTY TISSUE TO A WOMAN'S BREAST 1920 PARAFFIN INJECTIONS FELL OUT OF FAVOR SECONDARY TO INFECTION AND LUMP FORMATION IN THE BREASTS 1960 1965-1975: MEDICAL-GRADE SILICONE WAS INJECTED INTO BREASTS FOR AUGMENTATION. INITIAL ENTHUSIASM WAS TEMPERED BY THE ONSET OF COMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING PAIN, SKIN DISCOL ORATION, AND TISSUE NECROSIS 1962 3. SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS WERE INTRODUCED BY DRS. CRONIN AND GEROW IN HOUSTON, TEXAS 1964 SALINE BREAST IMPLANTS ARE INTRODUCED IN FRANCE, WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING THE INCISION SIZE REQUIRED FOR IMPLANT PLACEMENT 3. 1992 THE FDA REMOVES SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS FROM THE US MARKET SECONDARY TO SAFETY CONCERNS. SILICONE IMPLANTS CONTINUE TO BE USED THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA 2000 OVER 212,000 AUGMENTATION SURGERIES ARE PERFORMED IN THE UNITED STATES 2006 THE FDA IN THE US APPROVED RE-APPROVES THE USE OF SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS FOR BREAST AUGMENTATION THE FDA APPROVES THE USE OF SIENTRA COHESIVE GEL SILICONE FDA BREAST IMPLANTS IN APPROVED BOTH ANATOMIC AND 62% ROUND SHAPES. 2012 OVER 330,631 BREAST AUGMENTATION PROCEDURES ARE PERFORMED THE SAME YEAR SILICONE IMPLANTS 2013 THE FDA APPROVES THE USE OF ALLERGAN'S NATRELLE 410 ALLERGAN IMPLANTS,COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "GUMMY BEAR IMPLANTS" NINA S NAIDUM.D., FACS www.naiduplasticsurgery.com Sources: http://www.guardian.co.uk/life andstyle http://www.pbs.org/wgbh