Breast enlargement has a history that goes back over 119 years. During the first 65 years or so the enlargement was done primarily by directly injecting substances like paraffin, fat or silicon into the breasts. This method proved to be rather dangerous and led to many ill effects. Before the year 1962 plastic foam materials were used, however these too did not have much success. In 1963 two scientists namely Thomas Cronin and Frank Gerow did a research on breast implants and came up with the idea of implanting silicon bags directly into the breasts of women for breast enlargement. By the year 1972 a lot of women turned to these breast implants but also complained of many problems like leakage and ruptures. The silicon was then replaced with saline bags containing a saline (salt) solution. Even if these bags leaked there was no harm caused to the body as the water was absorbed up by the body.
The silicon breast implants used in present times for breast enlargement have gone over a number of changes from generation to generation. If we look at the history of breast implants, after 1963 there were three major generations of breast implants, each having a slight variation. The first Generation models have thick envelopes and silicon elastomers that are smooth walled and made in two sections filled with a viscous material called silicon gel. Earlier these were attached with fixing patches made of perforated silicon or Dacron mesh however these patches created tears in the envelope and were eliminated in the 1970s.
Breast enlargement has a history that goes back over 119 years. During the first 65 years or so the enlargement was done primarily by directly injecting substances like paraffin, fat or silicon into the breasts. This method proved to be rather dangerous and led to many ill effects. Before the year 1962 plastic foam materials were used, however these too did not have much success. In 1963 two scientists namely Thomas Cronin and Frank Gerow did a research on breast implants and came up with the idea of implanting silicon bags directly into the breasts of women for breast enlargement. By the year 1972 a lot of women turned to these breast implants but also complained of many problems like leakage and ruptures. The silicon was then replaced with saline bags containing a saline (salt) solution. Even if these bags leaked there was no harm caused to the body as the water was absorbed up by the body.
The silicon breast implants used in present times for breast enlargement have gone over a number of changes from generation to generation. If we look at the history of breast implants, after 1963 there were three major generations of breast implants, each having a slight variation. The first Generation models have thick envelopes and silicon elastomers that are smooth walled and made in two sections filled with a viscous material called silicon gel. Earlier these were attached with fixing patches made of perforated silicon or Dacron mesh however these patches created tears in the envelope and were eliminated in the 1970s. The second generation brought changes and the shells were made thinner and the gel was made less viscous. These changes did not prove very useful and the breast implant was more fragile. The third generation of breast implants came into being in around 1989 and the silicon gel had a fraction of silicon oil to it that made it more viscous. The firmness and the texture of the envelope were further reduces.
Other than these three generations various other researches were conducted and various other breast implants were devised for breast enlargements. In the 1960s another device was developed which had a polyurethane coating. This coating proved a success and decreased the incidence of capsular contracture after a breast implant surgery. By the end of the 1980s various shapes and sizes were developed as far as breast implants were concerned. One style i.e. the MemeME style was rather very unique. It had a skin formed on the shell, which was formed in situ by spraying it with silicon along the surface. This caused an extensive cross link to be formed in the membrane. All through the history of breast implants, Silicon was one standard material used to make the shell of the implants. However various types of filler substances were experimented with for these implants. A pure form of triglycerides and hydro gels were two substances that were widely experimented with. Another filler substance used in the United States was policloruro of pyrrolidone in saline. The quality that all the filling substances are designed to have is that hey should be absorbed and excreted adequately in case the shell cracks or leaks.
The history of breasts implants has come a long way and up to this day researches are being conducted to improvise on breast implants. The second generation brought changes and the shells were made thinner and the gel was made less viscous. These changes did not prove very useful and the breast implant was more fragile. The third generation of breast implants came into being in around 1989 and the silicon gel had a fraction of silicon oil to it that made it more viscous. The firmness and the texture of the envelope were further reduces. Other than these three generations various other researches were conducted and various other breast implants were devised for breast enlargements. In the 1960’s another device was developed which had a polyurethane coating. This coating proved a success and decreased the incidence of capsular contracture after a breast implant surgery. By the end of the 1980s various shapes and sizes were developed as far as breast implants were concerned. One style i.e. the MemeME style was rather very unique. It had a skin formed on the shell, which was formed in situ by spraying it with silicon along the surface. This caused an extensive cross link to be formed in the membrane.
All through the history of breast implants, Silicon was one standard material used to make the shell of the implants. However various types of filler substances were experimented with for these implants. A pure form of triglycerides and hydro gels were two substances that were widely experimented with. Another filler substance used in the United States was policloruro of pyrrolidone in saline. The quality that all the filling substances are designed to have is that hey should be absorbed and excreted adequately in case the shell cracks or leaks. The history of breasts implants has come a long way and up to this day researches are being conducted to improvise on breast implants.