Silicone breast implants were pulled off the market in 1992 amid concerns that leaks from the implants could lead to cancer or autoimmune disease. Five years ago, revamped products returned to the ...

One month after the FDA approved the return of silicone gel-filled breast implants to the U.S. market, a European study is raising new concerns about their safety. Researchers in Austria have ...

Silicone breast implants have made a big comeback in cosmetic procedures, a little more than six years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted its ban on most use of the devices. In 2012, ...

— -- Silicone breast implants, banned from use since 1992, are now back in clinical trials with improvements that researchers say will keep them from leaking, and help put them back on the market ...

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Thicker shells and stickier silicone make today's silicone-gel breast implants less prone to break and leak than versions sold years ago, Inamed Corp. argued Tuesday in asking the government to end a ...

When it comes to breast augmentation, which involves breast implants, there are actually two types to choose from: saline and silicone. While they achieve a similar look and are both approved by the ...

Modern implants are less likely to rupture. Q. I have breast implants that are silicone. I am concerned about ruptures and other problems with them. What would you recommend me to do as far as making ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Pamela Dowd drove her 20-year-old motor home 2,500 miles from Boise, Idaho, to tell a government panel how her silicone breast implants led to health problems that sapped her ...

Textured silicone breast implants, generally believed safe, can result in immune-related complications, including cancer. Every year, about 400,000 people in the United States receive silicone breast ...

Although breast implants don’t actually expire, they aren’t guaranteed to last a lifetime. The average saline or silicone implants may last anywhere from 10 to 20 years. However, many are removed ...