Patients often wonder what happens when a silicone gel breast implant develops a leak. Silicone gel breast implants are more cohesive than the old style silicone implants from 15 – 20 years ago. A new generation of silicone gel implants was developed with cohesive silicone technology which resulted in a precise formula for cross-linking the silicone polymer.
One advantage of the optimal cross-linking process is to produce gel that is sufficiently cohesive to better stay within the implant shell should the shell’s integrity ever become compromised.
Watch our video below in which Dr. Durst demonstrates this technology and highlights why silicone breast implants are now the most popular choice of our patients.
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