ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF GUMMY BEAR BREAST IMPLANTS

 BY: HEMPSTONE MWANGALE : Gummy bear implant is a name given to high-strength silicone gel implant. In the medical world, it is called a cohesive silicone gel implant. As the name states, these implants are made of silicone gel. Cohesive silicone gel implant has a semi-solid form, because the material inside it is very dense. The silicone gel breast implant, on the other hand, is in liquid from.

ADVANTAGES

One of the best things about gummy bear implant is its ability to hold its shape. This means that even if it ruptures, it will retain its shape and not leak. We have all heard of cases in which the silicone gel breast implants ruptured and leaked inside the body. Well, with the gummy bear implants you do not have to worry about any leakages, because the material inside them is dense and will not leak out in the event the shell breaks or ruptures.

Recent studies have shown that gummy bear breast implants have a much lower leakage rate than other available breast implants. However, it is important to point that the overall leakage rate of gummy bear implants is still not available.

Provide Real Shape another advantage of gummy bear implants is that they are able to provide real looking breasts. Since these implants are made of semi-solid material, they can easily be shaped into a teardrop shape, which is how the real breasts look. Moreover, gummy bear implants retain their shape for very long period of time.

The gummy bear implants also feel like natural breasts. The gummy bears are soft and squishy and they remain so after breast implantation surgery.

The regular silicone gel implants and saline implants would become hard, if they were overfilled. However, with gummy bear implants there is no such issue. These gummy bear implants come in variety of sizes. All you need to do is choose the size that fits your body.

DISADVANTAGES

One of the main disadvantages of gummy bear implants is that there is not enough data to back them up. Yes it is true that whatever data is available shows gummy bears implants in good light, but the data is not conclusive. Thus one cannot rely on the data completely.

Another disadvantage of gummy bear implants is that they require a large incision for implantation purpose. Since they are semi-solid in nature, they cannot be pushed through small incisions like the saline and silicone gel breast implants. The surgeon at least needs to make an incision of 4.5 to 5.5 cm for gummy bear implants. The surgeons usually use the underneath incision with these implants, because these implants are very difficult to insert using the areola and armpit incisions.

Since these implants are made in teardrop shape, their rotation will lead to breast distortion. However, rotation can only occur if the implant has been fitted inside a loose tissue pocket. This risk is minimized, if due care is taken during surgery.

Another disadvantage of gummy bear implants is the possibility of fracture. Since they are of semi-solid nature, there is always a possibility that they can fracture. However, there are no known reported cases of fracture. Thus surgeons do not really know if they can fracture and what happens if they do.

VERDICT

So far there has not been much negative news about these implants. However, we still need to wait for the final verdict.

If you are thinking about gummy bear implants, make sure that you choose an experienced and certified plastic surgeon for the job.