Inamed and MemoryGel

FDA Approvals: Inamed and MemoryGel
Medscape (subscription) - USA
The FDA has approved silicone breast implants (Inamed and MemoryGel) for
breast reconstruction in women of all ages and for breast augmentation in
those aged ...

A Day In the Life...

A Day in the Life: Dr. Anna Wong
CNN International - USA
... But while Wong also does other procedures that include Botox injections, breast
augmentation and ... I've had an injection to fill my nose out, but didn't follow ...

Did you know?
Fortnightly Tenerife News - Tenerife,Spain
... A single injection of Botox in the stomach can help to alleviate stomach problems,
according to new research. Many patients who ...

The Top 5

Survey Lists Top 5 Cosmetic Procedures
NBC5.com - Chicago,IL,USA
... to remove varicose veins. Breast augmentation came in sixth, followed by
liposuction, nose jobs, eyelid surgery, and tummy tucks.

Top 10 Women That Make Us Wonder: Did they have breast augmentation?

Determining whether or not a celebrity has gone under the knife is tricky, but fun. Between wonderbras and sneaky designers, many a gorgeous woman has left us guessing as to whether or not their goodies are real. Go ahead and ogle, remember, it’s just good, clean research.



10. Jessica Alba
Alba, about to move in to a new apartment with her longtime beau, has fought off rumors of plastic surgery.
However, avid Alba watchers agree that these breasts haven’t changed sizes yet. You’ll see pictures here and there that make you wonder, but there are very few women who would boost their breast size to a small B cup.
While most of us can agree she’s certainly resorted to gel inserts, padding and push-up bras to make them look a little meatier than they are, with her small frame her bust is perfectly proportioned to make us all drool.
This picture is from Sony Pictures’s Into the Blue and was found on The Alba Area.

9. Britney Spears
As a direct counterpart to the classy Jessica Alba, Britney Spears, the world’s trashiest mom, has long denied her obvious breast augmentation. Britney went under the knife early, when at 17 she took a quick vacation, exited as an A cup and came back an overflowing C cup. The world took notice and those bouncing breasts took Spears to the top of the pop charts and earned her the derisive nickname, Pop Tart.



Ever living up to the name, Britney Spears has spent the last five years coveting and, at the same time, bemoaning the spotlight. Her tawdry exploits are well chronicled and her trashy exploits are widely known by even the most uninterested person.



However, no one can now deny that the chest that Spears paid for has earned her millions of dollars. Breast augmentation for Spears was a great investment.

8. Tara Reid
The queen of botched plastic surgery, Tara Reid has spent at least 2 years complaining about her surgery but has not shied away from exposing it to all involved.



Tara has recently gotten the offending surgery fixed. She talks about the breast augmentation as if she is still emotionally recovering from the trauma.

“First of all, I asked for big Bs, and he did not give me big Bs. He gave me Cs, and I didn’t want them. At all. Right after the surgery, I had some bumps along the edges of my nipples, but the doctor said, ‘Don’t worry, it’s going to be better.’ But after six months of ‘it’s going to get better,’ it started to get
worse and worse.”

She also says she had saggy skin and a bumpy stomach after botched lipo. Former fiancé Carson Daly says he hopes she’s happy and he’s glad she’s had the courage to get it fixed and to talk about it. Of course, though Tara’s been sending out the signals that she’s interested in Carson still, he’s clear she’s a little too wild for him. He says he trying to clean up his party image now that he’s moved from MTV to NBC.

7. Carmen Electra
Along with following Jennie MacCarthy on MTV’s Single Out, and following Pamela Anderson on BayWatch, Electra followed the norm in Hollywood and said yes to breast augmentation. However, she often complains of her large breast implants and says she wishes she had chosen to avoid surgery like Jessica Alba.

She explains, "I didn't like it at first. I really didn't want to go as big as I ended up going. "It was nice that I didn't have to wear a push-up bra anymore, but I could have left myself alone. "I didn't need to do it."

Electra has made a career out of her body, and with little real talent, I highly doubt she could have made it as far as she has without them.

6. Kate Beckinsale
One to confuse us, Kate Beckinsale actually had her breast augmentation reversed. No word on why, but the results are dramatic.



5. Beyonce Knowles
While Beyonce doesn’t admit having implants, in this picture they look oddly round and a bit too firm. The jury’s out, but just judging by this picture, these breasts don’t look natural.



4. Natalie Umbruglia



Remember the song by Umbruglia, “Torn”? When Torn was first released to a ready and waiting audience, Umbruglia was caught by surprise at it’s resonance in the States. When caught topless by journalists with then boyfriend Lenny Kravitz, Rick Dees, a popular DJ, joked that she was a double topless. This embarrassing comment scarred Umbruglia, and she flew under the rader for years afterwards.
Her small breasts were upgraded however, and the result is a beautiful girl who now would get a different response were she to show off her recent breast augmentation.

3. Christina Aguilera
How do you go from super flat, to bouncy C cups? Breast augmentation is the culprit.



2. Marissa Miller
This surfer turned model has fooled us all with her gorgeous athletic physique and storybook discovery. However, do real breasts behave like this when you are lying down? One would expect them not to stay perched high and together…



1. Angelina Jolie
I look at these breasts and I have to conclude that these are real. She’s had them as long as she’s been on the radar, and they sag, droop, fall and lift just like real breast tissue. If they aren’t real, then she needs to share her secrets. Her doctor has a magic scapel.

Silicone Is Back in Toronto

The news that silicone implants had received general approval by Health Canada was covered en masse by the Toronto media. After years of being restricted to official approval on a case-by-case basis, the latest generation of implants for breast augmentation would appear to be prompting a comeback. Of course, not everyone is happy. A lot of people feel quite passionately about this topic, opposed or not.

What Happened

It was only about fourteen years ago that Health Canada had practically banned the use of silicone gel implants for breast augmentation in Toronto and across Canada, citing health concerns. A great deal of this appeared to have been the result of problems with the implants of that time. Consequently, public opinion in Toronto was swayed. It was swayed in the belief that there was a strong likelihood of a direct causal relationship between the breast implants and the various illnesses reported by women who had or had had them. Regardless, to date, the reported scientific research done would seem to disprove such a relationship. This isn't to say that there were no issues whatsoever with the safety of the breast implants at that time. However, it's also the reason that research and development has continued to improve their safety.

It's been reported that, there were few difficulties under the prior system of case-by-case approval to get the okay for breast augmentation with silicone gel implants. However, the fact remains that such a process existed in order to screen all applicants.

Understanding the Process

As with any invasive cosmetic surgery procedure, the individual should be able to assess the potential risks, as well as the benefits of the procedure. This usually occurs during the consultation stage: attaining familiarity with the procedure and the recovery process is quite valuable. This is when the knowledge and experience of the cosmetic surgeon themselves comes to light.

This is one of the reasons why many reputable cosmetic surgery clinics in Toronto, make it a point to inform their patients of the benefits and the risks of breast augmentation. All in the effort to ensure that an informed choice is being made.

It's also the reason why one shouldn't take a consultation for granted. It gives one the opportunity to assess the cosmetic surgeon and also, one's own comfort level with them.

The Research So Far

Both the FDA and Health Canada have approved silicone gel implants on the basis of existing and future research, and as the result, Toronto cosmetic surgery clinics have been permitted to use them for all women seeking breast augmentation. Again, it's been noted that no direct causal relationship has been properly determined based on existing data.

Naturally, more research needs to be done. However, at the same time, improvements have been made in successive generations of silicone gel implants.

Quality of Life

Plastic surgeons target quality of life
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
... Eyelid procedures and face-lifts remove the signs of aging from the face,
he said. But plastic surgery ...

Back in Business

Silicone implants back, for better or worse
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
... of plastic surgery at Emory University and a doctor at Paces Plastic Surgery Group,
said Monday that he expects more women to seek breast augmentation now that ...

Silicone back in business
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
... 5) The surgery is lucrative for those doing it. National studies show doctors earned
on average as much as $3,450 for each breast augmentation procedure. ...

Stocks Pause For A Breather In Holiday Shortened Week
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... PowerRating) advanced 7.84% and 10.93% after the US FDA approved INAMED
Silicone-filled breast implants to be used in breast augmentation, reconstruction and ...

FDA approves Silicone
LongIslandPress.com - NY,USA
... There are many reasons women consider breast augmentation. Thousands of
women have enhanced their figures and improved their self ...

A New Helen...

Rebuilding Helen
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
... Helen decided to kick-start her life with a new body -- new breasts and a tummy tuck,
all rolled into one surgery -- and she found herself in the San Francisco ...

Decision Welcomed

Breast Implants :: Cosmetic surgeons welcomed FDA decision ...
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
... welcomed the FDA decision of lifting ban on silicone breast implants for women
for breast reconstruction in women of all ages and breast augmentation in women ...

Doctors Busy?

Dr. Mark Schusterman Welcomes the FDA Approval of Silicone Gel ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... the landmark decision made on Friday, November 17, 2006 by the FDA to lift the ban on
the use of silicone gel implants for cosmetic breast augmentation. ...

Silicone implants' return could keep doctors busy
WZZM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
... Cummings, who runs www.implantinfo.com, predicts plastic surgeons' offices will be
getting more phone calls than usual today about breast augmentation. ...

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon Offers Most Advanced ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... States Food and Drug Administration’s approval on Friday November 17th 2006 of silicone
breast implants for use in cosmetic breast augmentation surgery, San ...

Silicone Comes Back

The US Food and Drug Administration (Fda) Approves Silicone ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
THE FDA RECENTLY APPROVED ALLERGAN'S INAMED® SILICONE-FILLED BREAST
IMPLANTS FOR USE IN BREAST AUGMENTATION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REVISION
SURGERY. ...

THIS BRINGS BACK GREAT MAMMARIES
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
... The use of silicone implants dropped to where they accounted for just about 10
percent of the breast-augmentation market. These ...

FDA's Decision Applauded

Plastic Surgery Societies Applaud the FDA's Decision to ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... personal choices about her health care based on all the available and accurate
information about cosmetic plastic surgery, breast augmentation and breast ...

Silicone OK gives some new option
Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton,OH,USA
The patient calling Dr. James Apesos at home Sunday didn't have second thoughts
about her breast-augmentation surgery. But now she had a first choice. ...

Despite Unanswered Safety Questions, US FDA Lifts Restrictions ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... The implants are approved for breast reconstruction in women of all ages and
breast augmentation in women ages 22 and older. The ...

THE US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) APPROVES ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
THE FDA RECENTLY APPROVED ALLERGAN'S INAMED(R) SILICONE-FILLED BREAST
IMPLANTS FOR USE IN BREAST AUGMENTATION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REVISION
SURGERY. ...

Allergan Announces FDA Approval of INAMED ® Silicone-Filled ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Allergan’s INAMED ®
Silicone-Filled Breast Implants for use in breast augmentation, reconstruction and ...

Mentor Receives FDA Approval to Sell Its MemoryGel(TM) Breast ...
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The products are indicated for women undergoing breast reconstruction and for women
who are at least 22 years old undergoing breast augmentation. ...

The Daily Checkup

DAILY CHECKUP
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... In this country, silicone-gel implants now account for only an estimated 10
percent to 15 percent of the breast augmentation market, with saline implants ...

StreetInsider.com Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 11/20/06
StreetInsider.com (subscription) - Birmingham,MI,USA
... States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Allergan's INAMED
Silicone-Filled Breast Implants for use in breast augmentation, reconstruction
and ...

FDA Approves Silicone Breast Implant for Breast Reconstruction
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
... manufactured by Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Mentor and Irvine, Calif.-based Allergan
for breast reconstruction and cosmetic breast augmentation, but the agency ...

FDA's Approval

FDA Approves Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
... the marketing of silicone gel-filled breast implants made by two companies
for breast reconstruction in women of all ages and breast augmentation
in women ages ...

FDA Says YES

Ban on silicone breast implants lifted
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... The agency overruled that recommendation. Breast implants have grown
in popularity for augmentation, despite a history of lawsuits. ...

FDA Says 'Yes' to Silicone Breasts
ABC News - USA
... The decision has big implications for the industry, as breast augmentation
is the second most-popular cosmetic surgery procedure in the United States today. ...

News Roundup
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... The approval restricts breast augmentation to women ages 22 and older.
Breast reconstruction is available to women of all ages. ...

Breast Implants :: Mentor MemoryGel Silicone Gel-Filled ...
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
A breast implant is a prosthesis used in cosmetic surgery to enhance the size
and shape of a woman's breasts - known as breast augmentation, or to
reconstruct ...

Osmotic Tissue Expander

Hinduja Hospital Pioneers Osmotic Tissue Expander
Express Healthcare Management - Mumbai,India
... useful in mastectomy (primary and secondary breast reconstruction),
defect coverage (scars, skin tumours), breast anomalies, breast
augmentation, treatment of ...

Loose Lips

When Abs Are Tight, but Lips Are Loose
New York Times - United States
... if you need to tell your trainer pertinent health problems (perhaps that
you take antiretroviral drugs or recently had a breast augmentation)
that you do not ...

Fiction of Belden antics wins clerk's office employee breast ...
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
A Hillsborough clerk's office employee won herself a breast augmentation
last week by spinning the recent bar antics of Hillsborough Tax Collector Doug
Belden ...

The Latest Rage

Britney’s Mystery Date?
Extra TV - USA
... Even Us Weekly suspects Ms. Britney may have had a little work done. “Experts
are telling us she may have had breast augmentation,” Szish said. ...

Health Canada Lifted a 14-Year Ban on the Sale of Silicone Gel
The Open Press (press release) - USA
... Known for his talent in breast augmentation Dr.Trevor Born leading cosmetic
plastic surgeon will now be using the Memory Gel ™ implant.. ...

Eyelash Transplants The Latest Cosmetic Rage
CityNews - Toronto,Canada
... three or four of the surgeries every month. "Eyelash transplantation does for the eyes what breast augmentation does for the figure. ...

What's Popular in Queensland

Assisted beauty
Courier Mail - Australia
... In Queensland the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures for women are
breast augmentation or reduction, liposuction and rhinoplasty (nose job). ...

Spells Dallas

And That Spells Dallas
Opera News (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... clothes are de rigueur. The big hair of legend has largely disappeared,
but breast augmentation is, as we say in Texas, big bidness. ...

Transformation...

Where the Haircut Is Only the Beginning
New York Times - United States
... to transform themselves into a single persona by means of cheek implants,
permanent eyeliner, lip injections, oral surgery, breast augmentation (which
they had ...

A New Technique

Belly-button breast implant surgery leaves minimal scaring
abc13.com - Houston,TX,USA
... "I absolutely love it," said Viereck. "I would do it again.". The augmentation
procedure is actually named TUBA, transumbilical breast augmentation. ...

Getting It All Done At Once

Touch-Ups
WOWT - Omaha,NE,USA
... So, Sutton started with a breast augmentation two years ago. ... At
Aesthetic Surgical Images a breast augmentation runs $4,500; a tummy
tuck: $6,000. ...

Stewart Gives Support

The Skinny on Post-baritaric Plastic Surgery
Newswise (press release) - USA
... Surgeries such as tummy tucks, breast augmentation, and thigh, buttocks
and arm lifts can be done separately over time, or all at once during marathon 8- or 9 ...

STEWART ENDORSES
PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
Rocker ROD STEWART has given his blessing to daughter KIMBERLY's recent
breast augmentation, insisting the surgery has made her more confident. ...

A New Procedure

Surgery takes, replaces breast
Winnipeg Free Press (subscription) - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
... While in surgery, Buchel barely flinches as he lifts up a bloody flap of stomach
fat for a tummy tuck, exposing tiny blood vessels connected to the muscle ...

About Breastfeeding

Can you breastfeed with fake boobs?
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
... the States. The largest percentage of breast augmentation surgeries
occured in women between the ages of 19 and 34. However,in spite ...

Getting It Done On A Package Tour

DoT/MECO to package medical tours for Taiwanese
Manila Bulletin - Philippines
... Local and foreign clients patronize the clinic specially for nose job,
botox treatment, face lift, liposuction and breast augmentation. Dentista, Inc. ...