What is a Gummy Bear Breast Implant?
Breast augmentation surgeries are the most performed plastic surgery in the world. Women outside of the U.S. have a choice between three types of breast implants: silicone gel implants, saline breast implants, and cohesive gel implants. Only in the United States is the cohesive gel implant under scrutiny. It may be another twenty years before the FDA approves them for unrestricted use. Have you ever had the pleasure of holding a saline or silicone gel implant in your hand? Have you ever squeezed them? If you have, then you know that both of these implants use liquid filler inside a silicone shell. The liquid can be squished and squeezed and moved around. What makes a cohesive gel implant different than a traditional silicone gel implant? The new cohesive gel implant uses what is called a cross linker during its production. This cross linker binds the gel together and makes it form into a solid mass of gel. The solid mass of gel has a consistency similar to the popular candy called Gumm
