NEWS: FDA Lifts Ban on Silicone Breast Implants

POLITICS: FDA Lifts Ban on Silicone Breast Implants

After a 14 year ban on silicone breast implants (and being nearly the last developed nation to do so), the FDA decided they're okay for use by the general public. And by general public, we of course mean women 22 years and older, as there's insufficient data for younger women.

However, these are not the silicone implants of your grandmother's day. The new implants are called cohesive gel implants because they will not leak fluid, but are not completely solid, either. They've earned the name "gummy" implants, as they will not leak silicone even if cut open. Before, they were only approved in very special cases, as in a mastectomy or in cancer patients, because they feel look and feel much more realistic.

The hullabaloo about silicone breast implants in the past has been largely considered speculation. There has since been no connection of silicone leaking in the body and causing cancer. However, the FDA must insist on a post-approval study for the next 10 years with 40,000 women, implying that 40,000 women should be getting implants.

The FDA also warns that these implants, like few others, are not permanent and will require maintenance in case they rupture or are otherwise damaged. Silicone implants of many kinds are already commonplace in virtually each and every other implantation procedure.


The same technology that created gummy bears.

gummy bears gummy boobs interesting i prefer natural girls

yeah i don't think i've had the "pleasure" of comparing these to the more common saline variety. however i'm thinking i'd like the real thing more than this.

Ahhh, the slow crawl of law vs. science. How many damned years ago did they show the silicone/cancer thing was bullshit?

Gross

*squish*
Make sure to get one in lemon and the other in grape. :p

I hear they need to be massaged on a regular basis to keep them soft.


I'll be throwing in a free back rub.
Reserve your appointment today

Fake boobs make me sad

Very said I say very sad!

Fake boobs suck!!! Damn Playboy is full of fake boobies. Even Heff's 3girls all have fake tatas!! I would choose mosquito bites over fake tits anyday.

LADIES, even if you disagress with every comment I ever make, please hear this:

REAL BREASTS ARE 1,000,000,000 TIMES BETTER.





p.s. There are a few Suicide Girls who appear to have had implants. Isn't this against the whole idea behind Suicide Girls?

Just checking.

This topic's going to get real fun real fast.

I would so get them if I could afford it...

Oh no you di'nt.

I've just had an interesting thought. Can you imagine what a pillow made of 'gummy' silicone would be like. I bet it would be soooo comfortable!!

They don't appear to...there are numerous SGs who actually DO have augmented breasts.

This is not against the whole idea behind SuicideGirls. The whole idea behind SuicideGirls is that you don't have to care what other people think to be sexy...that, in fact, it's sexier when you don't care what other people think.

Perfect example:


Do you think Nixon gives a fuck if I think she's sexy? Now...clearly, I do...but the point is...regardless of whether I do or not...it's not going to put piss in her cornflakes either way.

if this site is about anything, it's about body modification. one thing it isn't about is being judgemental of a woman's looks. some girls are born with big tits and hate them, while others are born with small tits and hate them. the "whole idea" of SG is to celebrate the beauty of the individual, not whether or not they have real tits.

-cough- lets think less about the dumb debate and more about nixon sexiness and breasts mmkay.

and myself I could care less if they were licorice flavored.
And I HATE licorice

If you're tasting the breast implant something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Okay, well, now I can sleep knowing that this really, really important issue has been resolved.

But can women take gel-boobs onto planes?

only if they'll fit into a space the size of a small laptop bag.

Ok...so it lifts...but does it separate?

If I can touch em they are real enough for me. Implants don't get on my nerves at all compared with the huge variety of clothing and other accessories that can be purchased by women to make men think they are getting something that they are not. I am sure there are men out there who are just as guilty of using body altering apparell but I feel that when a woman does it it is socially acceptable but if a man were found out to be wearing a slimming undergarment or the equivalent of control top panty hose he would face a pretty severe amount of ridicule from the general population.

Bouncing here and there and everywhere!!! They are the gummi breast!!