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 ...

Good evidence on the safety of silicone gel breast implants is still lacking almost 10 years after they were reintroduced to the U.S. market, researchers report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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, ...

Although they don't look a day over 20, silicone breast implants celebrate the big five-o this year. They've had their ups and downs, even bouncing back from scandal, but the 50-year-old implants have ...

Though “reasonably safe,” silicone-gel breast implants won’t last a lifetime and women who get them probably will need surgery again, the government warned as it ended a 14-year virtual ban on what ...

After the recently confirmed nine fatalities that link breast implants to anaplastic large cell lymphoma or ALCL, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is currently investigating 350 other cases of ...

More than one in five women who had silicone breast implants for cosmetic purposes and half of those who got the implants after a mastectomy needed surgery to remove the implants within a decade, ...

June 22, 2011 — Silicone gel–filled breast implants are safe and effective when used according to their labeling, but the longer a woman has the implants, the more likely she is to experience ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . All silicone breast implants eventually require removal. The longer a person has these implants, the greater ...

Getting breast implants can change a person’s life for the better. But in recent years, some people have suspected that their breast implants have made them very ill with diseases such as: These ...

Silicone gel implants were taken off the market in 1992 amidst fears that they could be linked to cancer, autoimmune and connective tissue disorders (such as lupus). But since the FDA approved their ...